Being an elementary teacher and then a middle school teacher was awesome. However, I knew I wanted to understand the education landscape from various perspectives. I decided to become an instructional coach, which led me to starting my side hustle in career coaching and then to...
Removing one of the barriers to working outside with groups.Removing one of the barriers to working outside with groups.Early Years Outdoors, Whole School, barriers to learning outdoors, hand hygiene outdoor advice, hand hygiene outdoor kit, hand hygiene outdoors, health & safety, health & wellbeing, hygiene,...
What if you created a “standard algorithm” for your day? Here’s what I mean. In my 4th grade classroom, a focus of my Math curriculum each year is the standard algorithm for double-digit multiplication and long division. I enjoy these instructional days because as a Type-A teacher, I...
Stumped for ideas? Check out this blog post about why every school needs a stump or several!Stumped for ideas? Check out this blog post about why every school needs a stump or several!Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Early Years Outdoors, stumps, stumps biodiversity, stumps...
History of Skogsmulle and I Ur och Skur pre-schools.History of Skogsmulle and I Ur och Skur pre-schools.Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning, Forest Kindergarten, Forest School, I Ur och Skur, nursery, outdoor nursery, Skogsmulle, SwedenRead More...
Just leaving this graph here for folks who think that cyberbullying is a bigger scourge than in-person bullying in schools (because we often tend to demonize technology)… These data are from NCES Report 2024-109, Student Reports of Bullying: Results From the 2022 School Crime Supplement to...
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in February 2024… The Baseball 100, Joe Posnanski (baseball) Alias Emma, Ava Glass (thriller) 1000 Ultimate Adventures, Lonely Planet (travel) The Blade Itself, Joe Abercrombie (fantasy) Before They Are Hanged, Joe Abercrombie (fantasy) Bowlful, Norman Musa (cookbook) The Last Hunter, J. N. Chaney & Terry Mixon (science...
Fantastic example of positive impact of nature-based practice.Fantastic example of positive impact of nature-based practice.Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning, Whole School, Dunblane Nature Kindergarten, nature kindergartens uk, nature-based learning, nature-based pedagogy, nature-based playRead More...
Previously, I wrote about the tension surrounding book choice in schools from four main parties: parents, teachers, students, and admin. This article will not have an admin option. It will address a group I left out last time instead: librarians. Guiding students in book choices is...
I had the honor of being the featured interview in the Winter 2024 issue of K-12 EdTech Magazine. Here are a couple of quotes from the article: Keep asking the question, technology for the purpose of what? How you answer that question depends on your learning...
