10 Things NOT to Do the Last Weeks of School
Want to make the most of these last weeks & finish the school year strong? Here’s ten things NOT to do: Subscribe to the Teach 4 the Heart Podcast. The last weeks of school can be insane. Between finishing curriculum, preparing for finals, clearing out our rooms, planning end-of-the-year activities, and (of course) dealing with […]
Learn More7 Easy Ways to Turn Boring Worksheets into Engaging Activities
Discover five easy ways to turn your existing (boring) worksheets into engaging activities that will grab and keep your students’ focus. Subscribe to the Teach 4 the Heart Podcast. Are your students tired of doing worksheet after boring worksheet? What if you could turn worksheets into engaging activities that truly grabbed and kept your students’ focus […]
Learn More8 Survival Tactics to Teach through Pregnancy & Morning Sickness
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 […]
Learn More20 Questions to Help You Get to Know Your Students
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 […]
Learn More40+ Bell Work Ideas for Every Class
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, […]
Learn MoreA Fantastic App for Kids to Learn to Read: A Review of Phonics Museum by Veritas
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 […]
Learn MoreAre New Teaching Strategies Better or Old Ones?
Some teachers tend to embrace new ideas and strategies while others cling to old ones. But the truth is that we shouldn’t judge an idea based on its age. Join us as we discover that the most effective classrooms are a wonderful combination of the best new ideas and the most effective old ones. Subscribe to […]
Learn More10 Things to Do Before School Starts
Subscribe to the Teach 4 the Heart Podcast. If you’re anything like me you simultaneously don’t want summer to ever end while also growing increasingly excited about the prospects of a fresh new year. But the reality is that the first day of school will be here before you know it, and when it comes, you […]
Learn MoreConnecting School Curriculum with the Real World
Teachers have long extolled the virtues of prepping students for the ‘real world.’ But what happens when that world is advancing at an unprecedented pace? As we moved away from a farming culture to a society of industrialized workers, our educational models naturally evolved, too. Now, with technological changes barreling forward at breakneck speeds, educators are […]
Learn MoreThe Clarifying Power of Self-Assessment (and a tool to make it fun and easy)
Subscribe to the Teach 4 the Heart Podcast. As teachers, we have so much on our plates. And then we’re asked to somehow juggle all those plates – without letting anything fall off.With so many tasks and goals competing for our attention, it’s easy to lose sight of what’s actually important.That’s why, on occasion, you […]
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