Inside: Countdown to Thanksgiving Break and focus on kindness at the same time by using this Kindness Countdown to Thanksgiving Break Paper Chain. October to December for any school year is especially crazy as we all try to teach all the things and celebrate all the holidays. Halloween to Winter Break can often feel like […]
Ideas for Your Classroom
Gingerbread Activity and Craft Perfect for Classroom Holiday Parties
Inside: Use this fun and free glyph gingerbread activity to have fun during December or at holiday winter parties. I did it. I said yes to organizing and hosting my daughter’s elementary school’s winter parties again. At her school, every class gets the same party for grades K-2 and for 3-5. And because our public […]
Thanksgiving Kindness Role Playing Cards for Kids to Practice Kindness
Inside: Use these Thanksgiving Kindness Role Playing Cards with kids to practice how to be kind towards others on Thanksgiving. While there is no one way to be kind, there are many ways to be unkind. And when kids are around family they haven’t seen in a while or are expected to sit still through […]
Best Sensory Toys and Gifts for Kids Who Need Sensory Input
Inside: Use this list of the 35+ best sensory toys and gifts perfect for kids who are sensory seeking or need to fidget in order to concentrate. When my eldest daughter was a toddler and a preschooler she probably would have been diagnosed with sensory processing issues due to her low vision skills. She is […]
Kindness Leaves Kind or Unkind Sort for SEL Curriculum
Inside: Use this Kindness Leaves Kind or Unkind Sort to help students determine what is kind and what is not during this sel center activity. Every late August, when I’m dripping sweat by 9am and overheated all day, I long for the chillier, sweater weather fall days. I look forward to all things pumpkin spice […]