September 11, also called Patriot Day, is a somber day of remembrance and can be difficult to discuss with children. Whenever I have a difficult topic to discuss, I always start with a picture book. I also remember Mr. Rogers’ wise advice: “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the… Read More
The strange start to the 2020-2021 school year is here. How are you doing?! I am trying to just take one day at a time (sometimes one hour at a time) and give myself — and others — lots of grace. But I’m also trying to rely on what I know to be the best… Read More
If you are a teacher who is teaching remotely again this year, I’m in it with you. We will all get through this together. Here are 12 things I am doing before school officially starts. 1 – Since we use Google Suite tools, my grade level team and I are setting up a Google site… Read More
It’s official. My school district will start the year with remote learning for at least nine weeks. I absolutely support getting kids and teachers back in schools, but we have to do that SAFELY. I am so tired of this pandemic, so tired of wearing a mask, so tired of not being able to do… Read More
In my last antiracism resources post, I shared 10 articles that take less than 10 minutes to read. Here are more great resources I have found (and that I’m using myself), but they’ll probably take longer than 10 minutes to read! That’s okay. This work is critically important and is worth all the time we… Read More
Do you know about Juneteenth? Here are some ways you can learn about the important significance of Juneteenth and share the history with children! When is it? Juneteenth is celebrated on June 19th every year. What does it celebrate? According to this website, “Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery… Read More