Here’s Help for that Holiday Chaos!

That last week before Christmas vacation can be a real doozy. While thoughts of sugar plums may not derail that … More

See the Movie. Stage the Play!

Take advantage of high student interest in the Peter Rabbit movie by enacting my read aloud play script, The Tale … More

One of the greatest things my mother ever did for me was regularly take me to the public library when … More

It’s not my aim to be political, but no matter one’s affiliation, it’s hard to deny that racial tension has … More

Some of my colleagues were complaining recently that kids today don’t have much in the way of grit, meaning that … More

We’ve been seeing it for the last year or so: the education pendulum on the verge of swinging. Standardized testing, … More

That you’re visiting my blog tells me you’re most likely already a fan of reader’s theater, so I needn’t tell … More

Women soldiers? It’s not so unusual in 2015, but back in the 18th century, the very idea would have drawn … More

Imagine saying the Pledge of Allegiance to a bright yellow flag featuring a coiled rattlesnake! The history of the flag … More

I think much of what I know about teaching, about kids, about life itself, I learned from Spanky and Our … More