🚨New product alert! 🎃 And just in time for Halloween! Your writers will love turning these shapes into creative illustrations and stories! Based off my best-selling Squiggle Stories, your students will love these Halloween themed writing pages. This writing activity pages are PERFECT for the month of October to help celebrate Halloween in your classroom! … Read more
Sharing is caring! If you’ve worked in autism or special education, you’ve likely heard of social stories. Sometimes called social narratives, social stories have been widely used since the 1990s to help students understand specific situations, navigate social expectations, and develop coping strategies. But here’s the thing—social stories aren’t a magic fix. Some people think … Read more
At the start of a new school year (and quite frankly, all year long, too) one of my top priorities is building a strong, supportive classroom community. As teachers, we often teach a wide range of students with diverse backgrounds, interests, and personalities. One of the easiest and most effective ways to build connection, spark … Read more
I have a weird obsession with making bookmarks each year for our interactive notebooks. I’ve tried ribbon and paper clips in various forms and they always seem to fall apart in some way. My newest attempt is bookmarks that students can color. I make name sheets for the front of their binders that they … Read more
Productivity and Organizing – resources Resources, Tips and ideas for being more productive and organized. A “poster” is at end. I’ve been working on my productivity and organizing for decades, starting with notebooks and binders, then paper organizers, PDAs and today’s tools. All these tools are needed, but so are ways to be productive. Here … Read more
Tutor time reading has experienced a wave of popularity in English secondary schools over the last few years. As schools responded to plummeting reading habits, along with a focus on reading in inspection and across curriculum, it became a popular fix for promoting and practising more reading during the school day. In terms of implementation, … Read more
Comparing Popular Homeschool Spelling Curriculum – 1+1+1=1 This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We’ll assume you’re ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.Accept Reject Read More Privacy & Cookies Policy
The AAP is the largest and oldest association pediatricians in the US. I want to bring attention to this paper because almost every day someone writes to me asking for help in finding “data” or “research” or “evidence” that supports play-based learning. They are seeking to persuade nervous parents or dubious administrators that what they … Read more
Putting the focus back on human interaction. Suscipit taciti primis tempor sagittis euismod libero facilisi aptent elementum felis blandit cursus gravida sociis eleifend lectus nullam dapibus netus feugiat curae curabitur. Curae fringilla porttitor quam sollicitudin iaculis aptent leo ligula euismod dictumst penatibus mauris eros etiam praesent volutpat posuere. Metus fringilla ullamcorper odio aliquam lacinia conubia … Read more
Accessibility is influencing what we design. Suscipit taciti primis tempor sagittis euismod libero facilisi aptent elementum felis blandit cursus gravida sociis eleifend lectus nullam dapibus netus feugiat curae curabitur. Curae fringilla porttitor quam sollicitudin iaculis aptent leo ligula euismod dictumst penatibus mauris eros etiam praesent volutpat posuere. Metus fringilla ullamcorper odio aliquam lacinia conubia mauris … Read more