The start of a new calendar year brings with it the opportunity to make some changes in your classroom. You may have rearranged your students’ desks, created a new bulletin board, or developed a new interest center that supports a new unit of study. Starting fresh in the new year always feels good and generates […]
There are times when life sends us more to deal with than we expect, want, or feel we can deal with. I’ve heard it said that we never get more than what we can handle at any one time. Sometimes I wonder about that…. How about you? When life comes crashing in on you from all directions, how […]
‘Tis the season of gift giving, boxes wrapped in colorful papers with bright bows, and cards or tags attached with the receiver’s name artfully penned. They are lovely to look at and fun to open. But there are other kinds of gifts, simple gifts, that don’t come in gaily wrapped boxes that can be given […]
“We’re all one family under one sky. We’re a family under one sky. No matter what differences we have….” Those are words from a song that my grandson’s, diverse kindergarten class performed recently. How true those words are. We are all human beings, one family, with differences, living under one sky on our precious Mother Earth, […]