20 Fun Ways to End the School Year
The end of the school year is an exciting, yet bittersweet time. While everyone loves summer break, teachers and students have had a whole school year of connection, community, learning, and growing. It can be difficult to say goodbye. We talked to our fellow teachers to find out how they wrap up the end of […]
Learn More25 Creative Ways to Use Parent Volunteers in Your Classroom
Subscribe to the Teach 4 the Heart Podcast. It can be so helpful to have parent volunteers support your classroom. But what if you’re not sure exactly what to have them do? What if most of your students’ parents are working and can’t be there during the school day? We polled our community to come […]
Learn More50+ Clean Movie & Christian Movie Ideas for Your Classroom
Sometimes, you just need a classroom movie day. Whether it’s raining and you need to run indoor recess or your class has earned a movie party, it’s good to have a number of clean movies (for a public school) and Christian movies (for a private school) available to throw on. This list comes from the awesome […]
Learn More30 Logical Classroom Consequence Ideas
That’s the 3rd time I’ve asked Johnny to stop talking to his classmate while I’m teaching. I probably need to give him a consequence if it happens again, but what consequence will I give? What will actually be effective? It’s not always easy to know how to deal with discipline issues as they arise. Coming up […]
Learn MoreAll the Best Teaching Solutions for 2020-21 (Includes Remote Learning, Hybrid Learning, Social Distancing, and More!)
Teachers are living through what is possibly the most challenging school year any teacher has ever faced in modern history. School districts are moving between in-person learning with social distancing guidelines, online learning, or a hybrid learning model with a mix of the two. As the numbers of COVID-19 cases fluctuate, so do the forms […]
Learn MoreHow to Fast Track Your ESL Students’ Progress
Teaching English as a second language to ESL students is daunting, even for experienced and skilled teachers. The process becomes even more perplexing when you have students who can barely understand English and you don’t know their language either. You’ll need to have a lot of patience when teaching English to beginners and when communicating […]
Learn MoreTeacher Tech Tools for Digital or Blended Learning
One of the many things school closures taught us was the importance of having effective, digital tools at your fingertips. When the school closures were first announced, everyone was in an emergency, panic mode and no one had time to fully research online tools before picking one. It’s becoming clear that technology will play some role […]
Learn MoreWorried about Your Students? Read this.
“I’m so worried for my students.” “Only a handful of students are still logging into the online classroom.” “There are students I haven’t been able to get in touch with since the quarantine.” “Some of my students don’t have the best home environment.” We’ve been seeing these commonly repeated anxieties in the Teach 4 the Heart […]
Learn MoreThe Ultimate Guide for Teaching from Home with Kids
We teachers are experiencing a completely unprecedented situation. Some teachers were given only 20 minutes to grab classroom curriculum, lessons, and supplies before being told they now need to figure out how to teach online. Due to school closures, we now need to educate not only our class, but our own children as well! If you […]
Learn More5 Keys to Starting a New Teaching Job Midyear
Yay! I got a job; I’m so excited. Oh my goodness. In just a few days, I’m going to be standing in front of a bunch of teenagers and I’m going to be the one in charge. I’m not even a decade older than some of them! They all know each other, they’ve been in […]
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