While most of our class time should be spent covering major concepts and the material in our textbooks, there...
Two weeks before the end of school I did something I no intention of doing. In fact, it was a 180-degree turn...
At the end of a school term, I sent off my students with a list of fifty tasks to complete over the summer ....
In the last several weeks I have heard myself repeatedly telling my students about my growing conviction that...
Back-to-school supplies are stocked in stores, teacher meetings are beginning, and school cleaning is...
Our experience When I noticed that my two year old was not speaking as clearly as his older brother had at...
Recently in Sunday School, we studied the story of Elisha who was gifted with supernatural eyesight. He had...
Every February, our school takes a week to focus on an idea, value, or skill that we want to develop in our...
Creativity flourishes best within boundaries—or at least, that’s what they say. As counterintuitive as this...
I find personality tests intriguing. Enneagram, Myers-Briggs, DISC, and other frameworks for explaining the...
This year marks my fourteenth year teaching full-time in a parochial school classroom, and it hasn’t always...
We long for children who will live to their full potential as God created them, who amount to something, so...
FBCS, Sept. 2019 Motivation My sixth-grade teacher pulled me into the hall for a conversation. “I know you...
Photo by Ryan Fields on Unsplash In my last blog post I talked about the art of noticing your students. This...
Photo by Kuanish Reymbaev on Unsplash “I can’t wait for the first day of school,” commented my...
For a number of years, I used the Character Sketch books as a basis for our devotional time at school. Each...
“Don’t forget to pray for Monster!” This request was called out just as I was preparing to pray at the end of...
Ever hear a student complain that they’ll never use the algebra they’re struggling through? Or that diagrams...
Book Review: Total Participation Techniques: Making Every Student an Active Learner b y Persida Himmele &...
“How was your second day of school?” I asked a new teacher. “Not so good,” she replied. “I’m finding more...
