Today’s post is contributed by a fellow elementary school teacher, mom and blogger, Jill McPherson. She shares with us a process she uses regularly to help her students resolve conflicts in a peaceful way that builds emotional and social intelligence. Whether you’ve got two or twenty kids under your charge, if you’ve struggled with helping…
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Starting Homeschooling for Non-Homeschoolers
School is closed. My 8 year old is at home. I’m not teaching either and am home. After a week of sleep-ins, lots of hiking and cleaning the house – we’re ready to get into some homeschooling for us “non-homeschoolers.” I’m so thankful that I’m a teacher and have the background and resources to create…
Caring for Yourself When Home with Kids
Have you recently found yourself at home with kids due to the Coronavirus pandemic? Are you also wondering what the heck you’re going to do with them all day, every day, for the next few weeks (or longer) – while maintaining your sanity and hopefully helping them to learn too? You’re not alone and I’ve…
Most Powerful Books About War for Kids
If you’re a Teacher-Librarian in Canada (like me) and it’s early November, you’ve probably taken down the black and orange bulletin board, packed away the dangling spiders for another year, and been delaying re-shelving the mass of horror books in a huge teetering stack on the re-shelving cart. You’ve probably also realized that Remembrance Day…
How to Use Tonglen to Tame Parenting Anger
I’m hoping the word “Tonglen” caught your attention! And no I did not make it up – it is a real word and not just click-bait. It’s also a tool that I think that every parent should add to their toolbox. But what is it? In a nutshell “Tonglen” is the ancient Buddhist practise of…