Welcome back to another school year! The days are getting cooler, it’s getting dark earlier, and back to school clothes have been purchased. Time to dive right into another school year! This week I want to talk about inclusion. This is a huge hot button topic right now. I am of the belief that students … Read more
Hello all, Now that we are officially a few weeks into the school year we’ve begun talking to students in our inclusion classes about differences. It sometimes seems pretty obvious when some of our students walk into their general education classrooms that they may have some differences from their peers. Some of these differences are … Read more
Hello all! Welcome back! A few weeks ago in this post, I talked about using the book Have You Filled a Bucket Today? to teach kindness. As a refresher, it talks about how everyone has an invisible bucket they carry around which holds our good thoughts and feelings. We can fill others’ buckets by doing … Read more
Hello all, Welcome back to another week! Many of you are probably in school by now, but some might be starting this week. Good luck to all and best wishes for a great school year! One of the toughest parts that I’ve found to the start of the school year in a self-contained or partial … Read more
Hello all, It’s back to school season and if you’ve been on social media lately it’s easy to get sucked into all of those picture perfect classrooms. I’ve seen so many back to school posts involving beautifully decorated classrooms. Classroom libraries and reading nooks that are colorful, perfectly organized, and inviting. Bulletin boards that must … Read more
Hello! Have you filled a bucket today? No, not this kind of bucket… This kind of bucket! Our invisible bucket that “lives in our hearts” as my son likes to say. Some teachers at my school use this book* to introduce and talk about kindness. It can often be heard around my school “You filled … Read more
Well, it’s officially August, which means I go back to school this month. Yikes! I’m still trying to hold on to the last few weeks of summer but my thoughts are turning to the coming school year. One of the most important things to do at the beginning of the school year is establishing a … Read more
Let’s face it, we are in the best of times (vs. the worst of times). Summer vacation! If you’re like me you’ve been going non-stop all school year. Between starting a new job with a new age group of students, rebuilding a program, making materials, slogging through grad school and being a mom, this year … Read more