Arbor Day 2019 is April 26th. It’s a time to celebrate trees! Can you think of THREE ways in which TREES are important to us?
Did...
“I think it’s necessary for all schools in our times to be able to answer the fundamental question: why do we need schools? What is the school’s...
“We want all education systems to teach children to become creative changemakers for themselves and for a better world.” – Emer Beamer
A rapidly...
“We want children to see how the world doesn’t come in bounded natural groups, but that there are spectrums of difference and multiplicities of...
“We focus our lessons on trying to understand the impetus for feelings of xenophobia and nationalism in the world.”
– Jamie Steckart
What if you...
Seems like almost every day, this term is being used. Just WHAT is Fake News? Can you tell the difference between fake and real news?
A...
As a fledgling teacher, I recall my mentor telling me one day “as a teacher, you create the weather in your classroom.” While I didn’t fully...
Photograph of Hans Christian Andersen taken by Gail Hennessey in Copenhagen, Denmark
Happy Birthday, Hans Christian Andersen!(April 2nd)...
When I think back to my school days, I can remember many events that stood out. My Second-grade teacher, Mrs. Wiersig, brought food into the...
Family Forums start the first month of school and run each month until the last day of school. Family Forums were something that I used to build...
I had previously written an article on running a classroom community of learners, but I wanted to take a minute to dive deeper into each category....
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY!
April Fools’ Day is coming. I remember when I was young eager to tell my father that his shoes were untied so he’d look down...
With every new piece of writing feedback, the pony-tailed girl at table two tapped her scuffed shoes under the table as she rushed to implement my...
William Shakespeare
In Great Britain, March 18-24th (2019) is Shakespeare Week! The anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death is April 23rd...
With spring, comes the sprouting of tulips. Personally, I love purple tulips. Although I try year after year to grow them in my gardens, the...
World Water Day is March 22nd.
Water actually has a day when people focus on just how important water is to all of us. World Water Day is...
Having taught in an elementary school named after the great Saint himself, I have celebrated many of these days in a haze of green!
The students...
HAPPY PI DAY!
FUN FACTS:
1. Pi is the circumference of any circle, divided by its diameter. No matter the size of the circle, Pi is always the...
In this article, I would like to explain how to build relationships throughout the year. As teachers, we want families to be involved, and it is...
Did You Know?
1. The National Leprechaun Museum in Dublin, Ireland, is dedicated to the folklore and mythology of Ireland.
2. In Irish...