Indoor Recess Ideas for Social Distancing
Finding fun and safe things for students to do during indoor recess has always been a challenge. Then, 2020 took it to a whole new level….
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Brain Bins Promote Creativity and Essential Skills
Brain bins are what I call morning tubs in my first-grade classroom. They include open-ended materials that my students use to explore, create, build, and- dare…
7 Games for Critical Thinking that Add Play to Your Day
Let’s talk about the importance of PLAY and games in our classrooms today. Do you agree with the following? Learning should be fun. Learning should be…
How Visual Perceptual Skills Relate to Reading
Today, we’re talking all about visual perceptual skills. I’ll share some of these visual perceptual skills with you, give examples, and explain how they can contribute or…
Brain Booster Buckets with Oriental Trading
Today, we’re going to talk about how to use games and toys in your classroom for increased critical thinking and problem-solving skills! When my first graders…
Why Logical Thinking Is Critical to Student Success
We spend a lot of time planning beautiful, standards-based lessons for our students. We cross our t’s and dot our i’s when it comes to a…