Lighting the Path to Knowledge
I woke up in a funk the other morning so I pulled the covers over my head trying to go back to sleep. As I began to doze, my dog stuck her head under the sheet and I felt her cold nose on my leg. I knew that trying to stay in bed was futile, so I threw on some…
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October is the perfect time to get your students’ creative juices flowing. Can’t you just hear the rustling of leaves under your feet, or the howling wind as the days begin to grow colder. How about biting into that first crisp red apple of the season. I just love Macouns, my tongue waters as I think about the tart…
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Behavior Problems Got You Down? Have you been struggling with Johnny or Sally since the first day of school? Do you rack your brain trying to come up with some creative ways to turn their unacceptable behavior around? Let’s face it, some kids will always get under your skin, but you’re the teacher, you’re tough and you can deal with…
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Someone posted on Facebook that August is like Sunday for teachers! We’re elated when the weekend comes around, and love Saturday, it’s one of our fun days, but then the dreaded Sunday comes, you have to correct papers, do lesson plans, and go to bed at a reasonable hour, you know the routine. How depressing is that?!!! Then there’s the…
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Usually when I tell my students that we are going to learn how to write poems, some of them say, “I can’t write a poem,” or “Yuck, Poetry!.” By the end of the workshop, which takes about 2-3 weeks, most of the kids realize that they can in fact write all sorts of poems and they even like it. I…
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Can you imagine coffee to be an alternative medicine that supports and improves mental health? Yes, I am referring to the same little beans that many of us enjoy each morning. The coffee that we consume is roasted, while Coffea Cruda, our alternative medicine for today, is unroasted. To prepare this remedy, the outer shell of the bean is…
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