Bringing the Fun back

One of the big goals for my school this year is to bring the fun back into the building. It's so easy to get bogged down in the should do's that we forget all about the want to's. School shouldn't be all about sitting in chairs and shoving as much knowledge as possible down little …

Hotter than hot

Today was a SCORCHER it is September 25th and it is 32 C but with humidity feels like 38 and let me tell you my classroom is not a cool one. By the end of the day today it was 28 in the room. Today was a lesson in not pushing. Did I spend my …

Keep Your Sanity: 10 Suggestions for Mental Health

Being a teacher is flat out, straight up exhausting. It doesn't matter what age you teach, how well you are supported or how great your kids are. It can be all consuming, and draining; emotionally and physically. Not to mention trying to keep up with everything else in our lives, outside of school! Studies have …

An Experiment in Gratitude

I know it is only the third week of school, but like they say; "there's no tired like teacher tired" and I needed some positive energy today. Thinking about positivity, made me remember that on the last day of school last year, our principal showed us this video. It was from Soul Pancake's series: The …