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6 Tips You Should Consider When Creating Your Home Classroom
This spring you may have experienced turning kitchen tables or family rooms into instant “classrooms” but quickly realized that sometimes these spaces do not inspire learning (especially under short notice). With many families across the U.S. conducting some level of...
Tools to Build Family and Parent Engagement
Here are some ways you can engage families at your school. 1. Seek Feedback Administer a survey or school assessment. Invite the parents and guardians to share their priorities and concerns about their children’s educational experience. This is a great way to begin...
Family and Parent Engagement
Create a Lasting Impact Through Family Engagement We often hear the term “Family Engagement”, but what does that really mean and how in the world do you build a strong family engagement program that supports learners and their families? We define Family Engagement...
Physical and Virtual Manipulatives in Action: Teach Key Math Concepts in Grades 3-5
The math content in grades 3–5 forms a bridge between the additive thinking of K–2 and the proportional reasoning typically begun in grade 6. Very often our students are caught in a previous phase of reasoning within the content of the grade-level standards. For...
Physical and Virtual Manipulatives in Action: Teach Key Math Concepts in Grades K-2
I’m asked frequently in my consulting work what lessons teachers can implement for using manipulatives in their classrooms. My response is always the same regardless of the grade level. What math concept do you want to explore? Students need to engage with math in a...
Student Tips for Preparing for Remote Learning at Home
When I first learned my school was closing because of COVID-19, I was pretty excited. It was right after Spring Break, and I wasn’t ready to return to school. I thought a little extra time at home would be fun. What kid wouldn’t? The first thing I had to do to get...
Practicing Positivity in Teaching and Learning in a Time of Covid-19
As we look toward starting a new school year, many teachers are reevaluating how to continue providing the best learning possible in light of the very different requirements they may be asked to implement for the health and safety of students and other staff. The...
Sidewalk Chalk Number Games for Fun Summer Learning
If there’s one thing you should keep in your child’s “I’m bored!” arsenal, it’s a box or bucket of sidewalk chalk! Not only is sidewalk chalk really inexpensive, requires little or no clean up, and keeps kids busy during a long summer day, but there are a ton of...
Prioritizing Joy in Teaching and Learning During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Some kids dream of becoming an astronaut, a lion tamer, or a rodeo star. As a child, I never had outlandish aspirations. From as early as I can remember, I always dreamt of becoming a teacher. My dream came true in 1997 when I secured my first position as a fourth...
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