Strategies for Surviving Halloween

You can survive Halloween with a few strategies. It’s Halloween… a holiday only a new parent or teacher could love. It’s ghoul, ghost and troll day all around the nation.  Americans spend $9 billion on Halloween–over $80 a person. Most of...

Why You Need A Digital Planner (Free template)

Do you have a digital lesson plan book? If not, read on. I have a stack of unused paper teacher books. You may, too–the green attendance “Roster” book, and the lesson plan book. I’m sad when I get them because I won’t use them, and...

FREE Columbus Day Lessons…

FREE COLUMBUS DAY LESSON PLANS FOR YOUR LONG WEEKEND “1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” That’s the fact. Kids everywhere will come home with weekly readers discussing Columbus Day. I remember my son’s when he was much younger....

5 Ways to Avoid Hoarding for School

Are you buying or hoarding? Teachers often say we’re buying when we’re not “buying” so much as “hoarding.”  Teacher spending is an affliction, but some of us sprint right over that line into hoarding. Here’s how to tell if...

How to Spot Common Coffee Offenders & Stop Them in Their Tracks

Life’s too short for bad coffee. And break room coffee is bad coffee. Schools have some of the biggest coffee offenders around. Here are a few of the biggest and what you can do about it. The Pot Finisher This is that person who polishes off the pot but never...