Teaching while pregnant is no picnic. Add morning sickness to the mix and you might be wondering if you’re going to make it. Here are some tips to deal with morning sickness and other pregnancy symptoms while teaching. Subscribe to the Teach 4 the Heart Podcast. Teaching when pregnant can be downright challenging. You’re already […]
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There’s no doubt about it – teaching is hard. But as followers of Christ, the way we deal with these challenges should be radically different than how everyone else does. Because we have Christ, and He changes everything. Subscribe to the Teach 4 the Heart Podcast. There’s just no doubt about it. Teaching is tough. Yes, […]
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Wish you understood your students better? Here’s twenty questions that will help you get to know them. Subscribe to the Teach 4 the Heart Podcast. We all know how important strong relationships are to successful teaching. But in order to build strong relationships, we need to understand how our students think and why they make […]
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Ready to reclaim your time and fight for balance as a teacher? These six resolutions will help you do just that! Subscribe to the Teach 4 the Heart Podcast. Do you ever wake up in the morning with the weight of all the things you didn’t do the day before heavy on your shoulders? Do you […]
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Work/life balance can feel impossible as a teacher, but it’s not. Discover two secrets all balanced teachers know – and how you can implement them, too. Subscribe to the Teach 4 the Heart Podcast. Teaching is exhausting, and before you know it, it can take over your whole life. You find yourself working on school work […]
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Whether you call it morning work, bell work, or bell ringers, having a start-of-class activity can work wonders when it comes to helping class start smoothly. Not only does bell work keep kids calm and help them focus, but it also gives you time to take attendance, answer the same question for the 13th time, […]
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Are transitions chaotic in your classroom? Discover a simple key to smooth transitions – and practical tips to make it happen. Subscribe to the Teach 4 the Heart Podcast. Transitions can be crazy, can’t they? You take twenty seconds to set up your computer for the next activity and suddenly the whole class is in […]
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Giving students choices can help them be more engaged and responsible for their own learning. But how exactly should this work? Let’s explore twenty student choice ideas – and tips for how to share and delegate control without abdicating it. Subscribe to the Teach 4 the Heart Podcast. I’ll be honest. When I first heard […]
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Keeping an appropriate noise level during independent work can be a huge challenge. In this episode, we discuss seven tips to keep kids quiet and focused during these times. Subscribe to the Teach 4 the Heart Podcast. It’s independent work time and your students are hard at work – for about two minutes. Then you hear […]
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For the past six months or so my son Clayton has been using the Phoncis Museum app to learn to read, and I figured it was time to give in a review. So here goes: Bottom line: Phonics Museum taught my five-year-old to read. Considering that’s exactly what I wanted, I am super pleased. Even better, he was […]
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