Photo by corina ardeleanu on Unsplash While I do love teaching and enjoy my job greatly, it is stressful...
The first year I taught school, I moved from Kansas to Spanish Lookout, Belize. I taught thirteen students in...
Over the years, teachers have become very creative with helping students get through the winter slump–those...
The last post gave big-picture ideas of themes and approaches for your class devotions. This post shares...
Photo by Katerina Holmes from Pexels Here are a few suggestions that I have found to be very helpful when...
“Why do we have to know all this stuff?” Sure, sometimes students are just grasping for a reason not to care...
Photo by Натали Хмельницкая on Unsplash “A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices, for yonder breaks a new...
Photo by Dan Kiefer on Unsplash The wise men are flattened this morning, not by the glory but because a small...
“How do you wash these crayons?” asked a student. I was puzzled—why does she want to wash her crayons? Kayla...
In their attempt to find new trade routes to Southeast Asia, Spanish and Portuguese sailors in the 15th...
In church this morning, our deacon preached on the fallacy of basing our identity on things that can be taken...
There is only one place in the world where I can walk into the local TV station and get instant coverage just...
I loved hearing one of the first-graders asking, “Can I say the verses by myself? I know them.” This child...
Photo by Cheng Qi Huang on Unsplash In this mid-summer moment, my classroom looks like a disorganized storage...
“How do you keep teaching year after year without burning out?” Occasionally I hear this question from...
“Good morning…uh…uh…uh,” I said to the girl coming down the hall. Her mask was over her nose. Her hood...
During Book Week, we had a lot of fun celebrating books and reading. Mystery Readers visited classrooms to...
Image by brusnikina9 from Pixabay A study in questions “And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I...
One of my memories as a seven, eight, and nine-year-old involves reading to my little sister for hours at a...
Does Johnny deserve an A? Did Susie answer enough questions correctly? Can Janie read the proper amount of...
