Inside: Kindness week doesn’t work to ensure kindness in our schools. Here’s what to do instead if you want to build a positive and kind classroom and school environment. My daughter’s school had all the kindness posters hanging in the hallways and the cafeteria. The gym had gigantic murals touting character principles of respect and […]
24 of the Best Snowmen Crafts for Kids to Celebrate Winter
Inside: These are a collection of 24 of the best snowmen crafts for kids to do to keep them busy during the cold winter months or for kids in warm weather. Growing up in Los Angeles, I didn’t have real snowmen in my life. We went up to the mountains to the snow a few […]
How to Help Kids Use Role Playing to Meet New Friends
Inside: Use this role playing to meet new friends printable to help kids practice different ways to break the ice and meet a potential new friend. I took my kids to the park and I started to panic because I couldn’t find my youngest. But I shouldn’t have worried. She was only in search of […]
How to Use These Classroom Rules Posters to Set Clear Expectations
Use these classroom rules posters to set clear expectations in your classroom and help build a positive classroom environment. My first year teaching as I set up my Kindergarten classroom, my mentor teacher suggested that instead of posting the rules, I asked the kids what they thought the classroom rules should be. So I did […]
Use this Interactive Bulletin Board to Encourage Kindness
Inside: Use this interactive bulletin board to encourage more kindness in your classroom or school and make kindness more of a daily habit. When I taught at my second school, we got a “must place” principal. His last school didn’t want him anymore and he was forced to leave but he was protected, couldn’t be […]