Coworkers can make or break any job. In education, our teaching teams can make our jobs easier and more joyful, or harder and more stressful. I’ve worked with teams where we brought out the best in each other, divided up work efficiently, and enjoyed our work...
The Wordle craze seems to have settled down a bit since its height earlier this year (or at least fewer people are sharing their scores on social media). That hasn't stopped developers from creating many variations on the game. One such variation that I recently...
My oldest daughter got a little analog wristwatch for her birthday a few days ago. So far she loves wearing it (she wanted to wear it to bed last night) and is rather quickly learning how to tell time with it. As you might expect,...
This morning I'm taking my daughters to a little petting zoo near our home. They love to pet the goats, sheep, ponies, horses, and bunnies. Both of my daughters love learning about animals and they are both learning to write right now. Thinking about those...
Brainstorming lists of alternative words and phrases is one of the strategies that I have students use when conducting online research. Doing this before they start a search and or whenever they feel stuck can help them generate new search result pages that doesn't duplicate...
Play resources need to be able to take a knock if they're used every day by lots of children.Play resources need to be able to take a knock if they're used every day by lots of children.Early Years Outdoors, Play Resources, Cosy, Cosy products, creativity,...
This is a guest post from Dr. Beth Holland (@brholland), Research & Measurement Partner at The Learning Accelerator (TLA) - a national nonprofit. As the school year ramps up again, teachers and leaders have to confront the same challenge that has been plaguing schools...
