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Category: Classroom Management

Unlocking Growth: Tools for Developing Motor Skills in the Elementary Classroom

April 28, 2024 Erin 1 Comment

As educators, we play a vital role in nurturing young learners’ physical development. Motor skills—both fine and gross—are essential for…

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Posted in: Classroom Management, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Fine Motor Bins, Teaching What Matters Most, whole child

Active Listening in the Classroom

August 8, 2022 Erin 5 Comments

How many times a day do you think you redirect your students because it seems they are not listening? “Eyes…

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Posted in: Beginning of the Year, Classroom Management, Developmental Growth, Executive Function Skills, Summer Break, Teaching What Matters Most, whole child Filed under: active listening, classroom, communication, listening, listening and speaking, speech and language

How to Integrate Motor Skills into your School and Classroom.

January 11, 2021 Erin Leave a comment

Practice, practice, practice!  Daily muscle work!  This may look different in every classroom and for each individual teacher depending of…

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Posted in: Classroom Management, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Fine Motor Bins, Teaching What Matters Most Filed under: Motor Development

Take Home “Go Bags”

August 21, 2020 Erin Leave a comment

What kind of tools will your students need if we end up learning at home? Just in case…right?! Create a…

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Posted in: Beginning of the Year, Classroom Management, learning from home Filed under: learning tools, school supplies

The Power of Play

June 11, 2020 Erin Leave a comment

Play is the key to unlock the door to learning! Read how you can easily implement play-based learning in your…

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Posted in: Classroom Management, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Play Based Learning, Teaching What Matters Most Filed under: developmentally appropriate practices, play based learning, play to learn, reinventing schools

Executive Function Skills in the Regular Ed Classroom or even at Home!

June 6, 2020 Erin 3 Comments

Executive Function Skills are the buzz right now in education. We hear it in many of the IEP meetings we…

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Posted in: Beginning of the Year, Classroom Management, Executive Function Skills, Teaching What Matters Most Filed under: classroom, Executive Function, organization, planning, teaching, timers

Could Sensory Integration “Be The Difference” in your classroom?

May 19, 2020 Erin Leave a comment

What is Sensory Integration? Sensory integration is the they way that we receive information through our senses, organize the information,…

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Posted in: Classroom Management, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, New Normal, Teaching What Matters Most, whole child Filed under: auditory, learning through senses, senses, sensory bins, sensory integration, tactile, visual

Sharing your child’s work through the SeeSaw App

March 17, 2020 Erin Leave a comment

Today’s digital world is giving teachers and parents easy access to their child’s school work. I want to share my…

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Posted in: Classroom Management, digital learning, Uncategorized Filed under: digital learning, digital tools, home school

100th Day of School

February 28, 2020 Erin Leave a comment

One of my very favorite days of kindergarten is the 100th day of school! I can’t think of anything cuter…

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Posted in: 100th Day, Classroom Management Filed under: 100th day, centers, checklists, elementary

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