Defiance, disrespectfulness, kids yelling “NO!” is what a teacher’s classroom management nightmares are made of! These days, most teachers may have had one or two defiant students in their class…
Dealing with Defiant Students in the Classroom
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Easter Egg Number Matching Math Center
Here is how to create fun math centers with Easter Eggs! You can make it with just some plastic eggs and a permanent marker to help kids practice matching…
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Preschool Math: What Do Kids Need to Learn?
Preschool math instruction is fundamental. And how well a child learns the basic concepts during this foundational time can make the defining difference in whether or not a child sees…
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Morning Meeting Routines That Really Work for Pre-K, TK, and K!
Are you looking for an easy Morning Meeting routine to follow? Here, I will explain the typical morning meeting routine that I (Heidi) follow. It’s filled with music and quick,…
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Kindergarten Reading: What Should Parents Know?
Most children are taught to read in kindergarten these days. This is now a big surprise to many parents, who have fond memories of blocks, painting, stories, play dough, and…
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Getting Through a Lesson WITHOUT INTERRUPTIONS!
If you are having trouble getting through a lesson without interruptions, you’ll be happy to hear that this is a classroom management skill you can learn by changing just a…
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Number of the Day Routine for the Kindergarten Focus Wall!
I am excited to explain how I use my Number of the Day (or Number of the Week) Focus Wall set in this post! I use this set of pocket…
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Ten Simple Memory Tricks to Help Kids Learn the Alphabet
Sometimes, kids have trouble learning the alphabet. And when this happens, teachers and parents will use anything and everything to help them learn. Often, inventing a mnemonic device (also known…
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Consequences that Teach Better Behavior (Instead of Punish)
It can be difficult to think of effective consequences that actually teach BETTER BEHAVIOR than simply punishing a child for a discipline problem! But after teaching for 35 years, I…
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Overloaded with DISRUPTIVE Kids who JUST WON’T STOP!
Have you ever had a class with so many difficult, disruptive students that you felt that you could barely even teach? What can you do to get past it? How…
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