Whether your school requires you to send home spelling words, or your students’ parents want to work on sight words, many parents want spelling word and sight word support to help their children learn new words. However, parents often aren’t sure how to support their children. They might feel like the only option is paper and pencil practice or flashcards.…
Being a teacher is hard work. So is being a teacher mom (or a teacher parent, if you’re not a mom). It’s been a steep learning curve to get back into the swing of teaching full time while also getting my own 3 kids out the door each day. Add trying to feed my family and keep my house (semi)…
We all get angry. Anger is a totally normal and healthy emotion. However, that doesn’t mean that it’s easy to deal with. Often times, kids don’t know how to handle their anger, so they yell, hit, throw things, and call names. Here are 7 fantastic books to help kids deal with big, angry emotions. This book contains affiliate links. That…
Writing is important because it gives us the means to express ourselves. Parents often want to encourage their children to write, but aren’t sure how to help. Here are 6 ways parents can support their child’s writing development as well as a free printable support guide you can send home to parents. Why do parents need support? Parents often want…
To many parents, it might feel like history is being erased and changed. Many lessons and activities they loved and enjoyed are no longer taught: Columbus discovering America, Thanksgiving feasts reenacting the first Thanksgiving, and Martin Luther King Jr. “fixing” all racial discord in America. Here are 5 reasons we need to help parents understand why the way we teach…