Multicultural Children’s Book Day is an online children’s literacy event that occurs on the last Friday of every January. Valarie Budayr an...

Several months ago I wrote a blog post about a children's book called Dragon's Breath by Michael Gordon. In Dragon's Breath , ...

Winter is here... and so is cough and cold season! As teachers, we are exposed to all of the germs our students bring into the classroo...

In February 2014, The Learning Network conducted an interesting survey about recess in schools . They asked children in middle school and h...

Are you looking for an activity to show children why it's important to use soap when they wash their hands?  This pepper + soap STE...

I usually write about children's books and activities on this blog, but every once in a while I find a resource that parents should...

Using children's literature in the classroom can be a powerful strategy to talk with students about difficult topics in a gentle, n...

February is National Children's Dental Health Month ... a month-long observance that raises awareness of dental health and promotes...

It's wintertime in the northern hemisphere and the COVID-19 pandemic is still going strong. Even though scientists are making progr...

Autism... also known as autism spectrum disorder (ASD)... is a diagnosis consisting of a wide variety of symptoms and/or characteristics. Th...

The United States had its first reported case of coronavirus back in January 2020 and life has changed dramatically since then.  We...

Last month, I wrote several posts about recognizing signs of anxiety in children and how mindfulness techniques can help allevi...

For years, preschool teachers and homeschool families have used mindfulness bottles (also called 'sensory' and 'calming...

The school year has started and things are looking different than they had in the past.  One of the most obvious changes is that teache...

There is a lot of talk these days about mindfulness.  It's the latest craze in health and wellness.  We see memes about it on socia...

Handwashing is a vital skill for children to learn.  Their hands come into contact with countless germs each day.  This is especially ...

The beginning of the school year is here and, for the first time in recent history, students and teachers are going back to school in the mi...

It is normal for children to feel anxious at times.  Examples of 'normal stress' include the beginning of the school year, hav...