How many of your bad days were exacerbated by your own thoughts about the days events? Have you ever tried explicitly reframing negative thoughts about yourself or a particular situation? Could you ever use a positive self-talk boost? I remember driving through the Costco parking lot looking for a spot one Saturday last December. I know, who goes to Costco…
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The Top 5 Ways to Encourage Positive Self-Talk in Your Students
The Ultimate Guide to Helping Students Boost Their Self-Confidence
This post may contain affiliate links. Please see my disclosure here. One the best parts of being a teacher is getting to know students and watching them learn and grow. While this is a major perk of being a teacher, there are also times that it is difficult to reach certain students. Sometimes, the difficulty in reaching these students is…
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Growth Mindset Picture Books for Kids: The Top Classroom Read Alouds
This post may contain affiliate links. Please see my disclosure here. Picture books are a fantastic way to convey important growth mindset concepts to your students. If you are looking for a list of age appropriate titles for your level(s), I’m going to start by saying that I believe picture books are relevant and appropriate for all age groups. In…
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How to Tap Into the Social-Emotional Stuff so You Can Get to the Academic Stuff
You have to reach them before you can teach them. Do you agree or disagree? Do students need to feel emotionally connected to their teacher in order to get the most out of instruction? How do emotions impact learning? How much emphasis do you place on your relationship with your students? Do social-emotional teaching strategies increase student achievement? Before we go…
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What Do You Do With a Chance? Activities and Review
This post may contain affiliate links. Please see my disclosure here. I am a Kobi Yamada picture book groupie. If you’ve read his What Do You Do books, you already know what I mean. It’s rare that a picture book author can convey such powerful messages in so few words. Read on for a book review and classroom activities for What…
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