A Small Classroom Activity That Supports Common Core Standards in a Big Way
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How our short nature-themed song became a classroom mindfulness activity that supports Common Core standards.
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This Classroom Hello Song Was Alienating, So I Wrote a New One
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I’d been singing the same Hello Song, every day, for years. Enough was enough. It was time to write a new one.
Read MoreTriangle Pose Can Be Tricky: Here’s How to Master it With Kids Yoga
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Triangle Pose engages the quads while stretching the hips, hamstrings and calves. It also strengthens and stretches the muscles of the low back, fires up the core, and opens the chest and ribcage. Here’s how to teach it to kids!
Read More3 Ways to Let Children Take the Lead… For Their Own Good
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This week I took a ride on an eagle, balanced like a pumpkin tree, and more. These were not my ideas. They came from the creative minds of young children; my job was to be ready to say Yes!
Read MoreThe Dynamics of Dynamics are VOLUMINOUS
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When you need to get someone's attention, it can be tempting to just get louder. That works fine in the short term but in the classroom, you can quickly observe that everyone else gets louder too.
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