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21 Feb 23

Stress Management for Teens

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Mental health has been on a lot of minds recently. Our lives were blindsided by Covid lockdowns, and they changed in ways we were unprepared for. Few lives were upended as fully as those of teens. That’s why stress management for teens is such an important skill set to develop. …

08 Jan 23

Teamwork in School: Why Do You Need to Teach Students to Collaborate?

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Have you ever watched a concert or musical performance where one person is alone on stage singing a song? It seems like that person is on their own, but in reality, they are working with musicians, lighting and sound technicians, a director and a whole crew to make that performance…

08 Jan 23

Community Problems and Solutions

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One of the most valuable life skills we can develop is that of problem solving. We will encounter problems for the rest of our lives. Whether at home, work or in the community, problems will arise. The ability to solve them is paramount to our physical and mental health. Personal problems,…

08 Jan 23

Ways to Spread Awareness for a Cause

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Most of us have a cause or two that are near and dear to us. Sometimes they simply involve strongly held beliefs. Sometimes they’re born out of a love of the communities where we live, work, and play. Maybe a loved one battled a disease that raised our awareness of…

27 Dec 22

How to Promote a Love of Reading in the Classroom

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Ah, the love of reading. Some of us have it, and others wish they did. It’s not so much the act of reading itself that we love, but what we get out of it. Reading teaches us about new concepts and transports us to new worlds. It gives us insight…

22 Nov 22

Environmental Educators: Making the World a Better Place

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The earth is changing. Every year, we set hundreds of meteorological records, and the following year, we break them. Our planet has some serious problems, and the weather takes it out on us. We need to treat our planet better. The problem is, not all of us know what exactly…

22 Nov 22

Water Wise: Ways to Save Water

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Many parts of the world are in the midst of an ongoing drought of historical proportions. This has led many communities to implement water restriction measures and other ways to conserve this precious necessity. Even those who live near plentiful sources of water need to take steps to curb usage…

21 Oct 22

How to Gamify Your Classroom

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Students have a wide range of interests, but one thing almost every student enjoys on some level is a game. Whether a tabletop board game or a video game or something in between, almost everyone has had the chance to play and enjoy a game at some point. By breaking…

08 Sep 22

Real World Connections: Key Factor in Learning

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Most of us resisted a lesson or assignment at some point in our lives, saying we’d never use that particular lesson in the real world. Sure, it was a simple excuse to get out of something we didn’t want to do, but there is a real kernel of truth in…

20 Aug 22

Empowering Kids to Be Part of the Solution

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When we pivot lesson plans to include word problems, many kids have a hard time making that adjustment. The lessons that were already giving them trouble get muddied up in hypothetical situations. Not only can this be confusing for their young minds, but with hypothetical situations, they often simply don’t…

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