Summer Slide is the phenomena that occurs when kids are not working very much on academics over the summer vacation. They typically lose at ...

Since getting a puppy last year, I can compare a lot of dog training techniques to what I do in the classroom. I know that sounds funny-but...

Inspiration is a big concept for kids to comprehend. My kids just completed their final class book and wrote about who inspires them. I rec...

We all know it's important for our kids to be creative. I went to a workshop recently that talked about the benefits to brain developmen...

Another activity I like to do for critical thinking can involve something as ordinary as a paper clip. Most students don't enter school ...

So on my favorite teacher forum I discovered the site: http://www.ustream.tv/theowlbox  . A man named Carlos in California put a ...

I love using poetry in the classroom. I think the succint language a poet uses is just ripe for vocabulary instruction. Every week I post a ...