5 Classroom Library Design Tips
Plan your library in the right spot. Give it some sunshine and love and watch your readers thrive and grow. In a kid-centered classroom, the classroom library is a hub of learning activity.
21 Ways to Keep Your Classroom Library Growing without Emptying Your Own Pocketbook
Rich, Relevant and Ever-Evolving Book Collections In kid-centered classrooms, individual interests, passions and aspirations drive reading choices and the classroom library is the backbone of literacy instruction. So, it goes without saying that every classroom...
The Simple Magic of Greeting Kids at the Door
The few precious hurry and scurry moments before the school day starts can often feel like a bustling version of Beat the Clock. Drop your lunch in the fridge. Check your mailbox. Check your email. Gather materials for the day's math and science lessons. Respond to a...
Let’s Come Together! The Power of a Classroom Gathering Space
The Classroom Gathering Space is a Kid-Centered Basic At the heart of a kid-centered classroom is a gathering space. Here students listen, talk, share, and learn from one another, much like we do when gathered around a campfire or a kitchen table. When we create and...
A little less of that. A little more of this.
The schools we have are the schools we’ve created. Our systems and cultures have been built day by day, week by week, year by year, decade by decade, One decision at a time. But maybe it's time to dismantle some of our systems, our habits, and our past ways of being....
Bravely step into what’s next. Today.
Start. Today can be your day. Be courageous. Let go of your longing for perfection. Trade it in on humility, courage and reflection. Make one simple start. This can be your day. Bravely step into what’s next. What’s that one thing you keep saying you want to do but...
Today I Celebrate Educators
Whether it's the end of the school year, the beginning, or somewhere in between, every day is the right day to celebrate the work of educators. So, for every educator committed to keep making our schools better places for kids, this one’s for you. Today, I celebrate...
Dear Teacher: 7 Simple Requests from Your Students
It’s Sunday night of Labor Day weekend. Emotions hang everywhere. Even as we grieve the last weekend of summer the air is thick with anticipation. Tomorrow marks the beginning of a new school year. Hip shoes and flashy backpacks have been purchased. Three-ring...