Posted by Unknown | 5:15 AM

Throwing unique-shaped containers in the recycling bin is hard for me. (I’m always wondering how they can be recycled into kid’s crafts.) Cy...

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Posted by Unknown | 10:08 AM

Which sounds like more fun: relaxing quietly in lotus pose on a yoga mat or gliding smoothly above the clouds on a magic carpet? Performing ...

0 comments Labels: exercise, movement, outdoor play, sensory games, social skills

Posted by Unknown | 5:18 AM

I don’t know what happened to our set of dominoes, but it’s disappeared. (sigh) So many of the blogs I follow have used dominoes as a math m...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:19 AM

You know what’s REALLY funny to a first grader? Homophones! These are words that sound the same but have different spelling and meaning. Lea...

0 comments Labels: Free Printables, Games, Language Arts, Reading, Spelling

Posted by Unknown | 3:56 AM

"Tall Mountain" Pose Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and...

0 comments Labels: nature, posture, self control, self-confidence

Posted by Unknown | 2:22 AM

We tend to take our sensory system for granted until something goes wrong with it. We are all sensory organisms! Our sensory system provides...

0 comments Labels: ADD, ADHD, self control, sensory integration, Sensory processing disorders, stress management, yoga in schools

Posted by Unknown | 5:13 AM

Warning: If your child tends to be bossy, it might be best to avoid this activity. My son thoroughly enjoyed being “Ruler of Egypt” ... perh...

0 comments Labels: Crafts, Free Printables, History, Language Arts, Writing

Posted by Unknown | 9:01 PM

I was watching my daughter do her homework yesterday, and I noticed her posture. She was leaning to one side, her one leg folded under her a...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:56 AM

Download this thermometer here . Spring break is coming up so I figured it would be fun to take an imaginary trip to five U.S. capital citie...

0 comments Labels: Free Printables, Geography, Measuring, Science, Weather

Posted by Unknown | 2:49 AM

This weekend as Jay and I were moving my office to a larger room in the house I found a box of old school work and photos. As I began going ...

0 comments Labels: character education, gratitude, teachers

Posted by Unknown | 5:27 AM

Back when we practiced fractions with nautical flags , I discovered something pretty awesome about them: there is a flag for each letter of ...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:16 AM

Can you think of a more romantic piece of art than Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss ? I can’t. While romance isn’t at the heart of this lesson, expos...

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Posted by Unknown | 2:28 AM

One of the most challenging aspects to being an educator is getting (and keeping) students engaged in learning. We have all had it happen: w...

0 comments Labels: Adaptive Learning, character education, lesson plan, Meditation, whole child learning

Posted by Unknown | 5:15 AM

My son asked me for another scavenger hunt last week. I wanted to do something different, though (see our other hunts here and here ). Blis...

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Posted by Unknown | 3:30 AM

Jedi Warrior Pose builds confidence! One of my favorite aspects of my work is the family interactions during private yoga sessions. The stud...

0 comments Labels: Children's health, family health, imagery, self-confidence, warrior pose