The last post gave big-picture ideas of themes and approaches for your class devotions. This post shares specific, daily plans and suggestions for materials. Monday: Grades 1-6 have chapel together with a dad coming in to speak. I arrange my schedule to …Read More

The school desks are stacked, the bells silent, the hallways empty, and the schoolhouse doors locked. It is a great feeling. Now for several months, I will let my alarm clock rest unused, I’ll regularly don well-worn dresses and flip-flops, and gaily …Read More

Education has many acronyms such as ELL, ADHD, ESSA, and CCSS (English Language Learner, Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, Every Student Succeeds Act, Common Core State Standards). Here is a new acronym, and one that should apply to all of us, in the …Read More

While the boom in tech gadgets and computer apps has created many pitfalls, the same technology offers powerful, useful tools to teachers and administrators.  Here are a few tools that have proved helpful for me.   All of these tools are free and …Read More

Have you noticed how easy it is to focus on the negative things in both people and circumstances?  It comes so naturally.  Once I start noticing an irritating trait in a student or situation and think about it repeatedly, it mushrooms.  Soon …Read More