Life change comes through establishing and working proper routines. As a 20-year-old, I walked into work one day with my drowsiness very apparent. My co worker knew that I was going to be teaching the following year. Part way through the...

Image by Himsan from Pixabay Lucinda continues the series of stories of Christian martyrs and heroes from the past. We hope you will be inspired by these histories and perhaps find them helpful in preparing for school devotions and other...

There are many different publishers and textbooks available to schools, but all curricula are not created equal. Some are superior, some are mediocre, and some can cause major problems in the classroom. We should be wise and well-educated...

“This is for you,” Andrea said in a shy voice as she presented to me a grocery bag full of something. “If you don’t want it you can give it to someone else,” she added. Of course I had to appreciate the gift after that! I peered inside the...

“Learning disability” is a term that has a history that is broad, varied, and astonishingly disputed, given how popular the term is. The legal definition for learning disability comes from the federal law IDEA: “Specific learning...

Photo by Oliver Hale on Unsplash Rules, laws, guidelines, expectations, or even commandments—as stated by the first grader who was handing out papers to a reluctant classmate, “You have to take it! It’s by her commandment.” As we think and...

I’ve been a fan of Michael Linsin for a few years now. I began with reading his information on classroom management which is fantastic, but more recently I’ve been intrigued with his writing on how to function well both in and out of the...

Being consistent makes me tired! And I am tired of trying to be consistent! I know consistency is important, but it would be easier to just let some things go. I also know I will be glad later on that I kept up with it now. I was leading...

While most of our class time should be spent covering major concepts and the material in our textbooks, there is much value in having students complete projects. It has been proven that students learn more and retain information much...

Two weeks before the end of school I did something I no intention of doing. In fact, it was a 180-degree turn from what I set out to do. It was a highly anticipated Saturday morning and my to-do list was impressively long. But when I...

At the end of a school term, I sent off my students with a list of fifty tasks to complete over the summer . Certainly they were all optional, and some were more educational than others. This year, I want to give you as a teacher a bucket...

In the last several weeks I have heard myself repeatedly telling my students about my growing conviction that recess is a very important part of the day. It truly is. Active playtime is consistent with how God created our bodies. It also...

Back-to-school supplies are stocked in stores, teacher meetings are beginning, and school cleaning is happening. We are preparing for another school year! As you think of getting ready for school, maybe this is your first year and you’re...

Our experience When I noticed that my two year old was not speaking as clearly as his older brother had at his age, I decided to call for an evaluation by the Early Intervention team in our area. A date was scheduled for the team (a...

Recently in Sunday School, we studied the story of Elisha who was gifted with supernatural eyesight. He had eyes to see the host of horses and chariots of fire surrounding and protecting him and his servant from the Arameans on a deadly...

Every February, our school takes a week to focus on an idea, value, or skill that we want to develop in our school. Our regular classes continue throughout the week for the most part, but we make room in each day for some special...

Creativity flourishes best within boundaries—or at least, that’s what they say. As counterintuitive as this may seem, it is absolutely true when it comes to teaching children how to write. As a teacher, perhaps you’ve had the unfortunate...

I find personality tests intriguing. Enneagram, Myers-Briggs, DISC, and other frameworks for explaining the way human beings operate have helped me to understand myself and other people in new ways. I had studied many of these in various...

This year marks my fourteenth year teaching full-time in a parochial school classroom, and it hasn’t always been easy. But, because I love teaching and spending my time imparting knowledge to and guiding little humans, it has been well...

We long for children who will live to their full potential as God created them, who amount to something, so that they can be people we’re proud of and that God will be pleased with. My vision is a young adult who has a clear-eyed sense of...