Inside: Use this Christmas Light Writing Activity: You Light Up this Room to connect Christmas, writing and social emotional learning. In a classroom of 20-35 students, it’s easy for students to feel lost or feel like they aren’t valued as a member of the class. But if we want our kids to feel heard, seen, […]
Thanksgiving Gratitude Activities: 14+ of the Best and Most Meaningful
Inside: Help your kids focus on what they’re really grateful for this November with these 10 meaningful Thanksgiving Gratitude Activities your family will love. Teaching our kids to be grateful and to appreciate the list of things they have in their lives is a year-long endeavor. Gratitude is not meant to only be taught once […]
How to Celebrate Thanksgiving with a Gratitude Pumpkin
Inside: Help your kids be more grateful and celebrate what they’re thankful for with this gratitude pumpkin that’s perfect for November and Thanksgiving. This afternoon, I told my daughter she could have a cookie. She immediately countered with her, “Can I have two cookies?” So I reminded her to be grateful that I offered her […]
Thank a Teacher the Day After Halloween
Inside: Thank a Teacher The Day after Halloween on November 1st which is the hardest day to be a teacher! When I taught elementary school, the hardest day to teach was always November 1st. The kids were still crashing from the excitement of Halloween and the fun of trick or treating. Plus, most of them […]
Classroom Holiday Party Activities: 16 Best Winter-Themed Ideas
Inside: Host a classroom holiday party in your kids’ classrooms or scout groups with low-prep, low-mess, low-cost games, activities, and crafts that are winter-themed. Most room parents are busy planning or scrambling to plan, the very best, most awesome holiday party for their kids’ classrooms. And I was tasked with the same job, but for […]