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 […]
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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 […]
Tattling vs. Telling and Why Kids Need to Know the Difference
Inside: How parents and teachers can teach kids the difference between tattling vs. telling and why they need to know the difference. When I was young, I worked at a florist for a boss who would often leave me to go to a bar for lunch. One day as we closed up, she got in […]
How to Prevent Bullying in the Classroom
Inside: Teachers can prevent bullying in the classroom with these 15 tips all educators must know so they can stop bullying and protect students. When my daughter was in the fourth grade, she was the victim of bullying. Students were bullying her on the playground and during PE and in the lunchroom. These students then […]
The Dangers of Telling Secrets and What We Teach Our Kids Instead
Inside: There are several dangers of telling secrets. But we can teach our kids these strategies instead they stay safe and stay kind. My daughter was outside playing with some friends when two of them were huddled in the corner, whispering secrets into each other’s ears. “Let me tell you a secret.” And the […]