Tools to Help Students Cope with Anxiety and Worry Children today experience high levels of stress and anxiety. When students feel worried or anxious, it’s almost impossible to concentrate on science, math, or reading. Research shows that high stress levels impair learning. That means to be effective educators, it’s important to help our students cope with worry and anxiety. If…
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In the Moment Ways to Help Students Cope with Anxiety and Worry
Back-to-School Bulletin Board Ideas That Build Community
Are you looking for back-to-school bulletin board ideas that will infuse your classroom with acceptance, a sense of belonging, and inclusion? The only thing more important than routines and procedures during the first week of school is creating a classroom climate marinating in acceptance. Your students should know where you stand from day one. Your care for them should come…
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Teach Children How to Manage Their Emotions: 5 Steps to Self-Regulation
Self-Regulation in Children For young children, emotional upset is triggered every day. Emotional outbursts, temper tantrums, and sulking are a natural part of growing up. Although these behaviors are natural, they’re often major triggers for adults. Despite our best intentions, we snap, “Stop crying/whining/complaining!” or, “It’s not a big deal. Just calm down!” We often see emotional upset as disruptive,…
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Tips for Getting to Know Your Students Beyond the Surface
If we want to be effective teachers, we must also be effective relationship-builders and connecting with students is key. Research shows that meaningful student-teacher relationships are associated with short and long-term improvements in: student academic engagement grades attendance fewer disruptive behaviors and suspensions lower school dropout rates The bottom line is that students are more willing and able to learn…
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Growth Mindset Bell Ringers: Daily Growth Mindset Activities for Your Students
Growth Mindset Bell Ringers- Quick and Easy Daily Growth Mindset Warm-Ups: You’ve learned about growth mindset concepts and you know that you want to implement them in your classroom, right? The concepts resonate with you and you understand that student achievement can be heavily impacted by it but you’re not sure where to begin. I get it. Part of the…
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