Inside: Need holiday gifts for teachers? Choose a holiday present for your child’s teacher from this teacher-approved list of ideas teachers will love to receive. As a teacher, we never expected holiday gifts from our students. But on the last day of school in December, most of my students came in carrying goodies and baskets […]
How to Make Hanukkah Art with Pointillism for Decorations
Inside: Celebrate Hanukkah with this adorable Hanukkah art with Pointillism project which is a great way to honor the Festival of Lights. In our home, we celebrate all the things. We celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah in our interfaith family. Related: What every interfaith family should know about the holidays But Christmas can often over […]
How to Spread Christmas Kindness With the Kindness Elves
Inside: Spread Christmas Kindness with the Kindness Elves when they bring suggestions for ways to show kindness to your friends, family, and community. We love the magic of Christmas in our home. We love it so much in fact, each year we bust out our holiday decorations a little earlier. This year, we’re ready to go […]
How to Make Christmas Art with Pointillism for Kids
Inside: Celebrate Christmas and Christmas trees decorated with lights with this Christmas art with Pointillism and turn it into a decoration or a Christmas card. I just asked our Alexa how many days there were until Halloween and she told me. Then Alexa followed up and asked me a question: “I’m often asked how many […]
Create a Positive Classroom Environment in Under 5 Minutes
Inside: Use these 12 quick ways to create a positive classroom environment to increase kindness and support so students feel safe and ready to learn. School has been in session for a while now and we’ve learned our kids’ names and taught them our routines and procedures. They know where to find the pencils and […]