It’s that time of year when Spring Fever hits. The weather is warming up, along with misbehaviors. It’s also a stressful time of year as teachers are pushing to get students to benchmark before the end of the year assessments. With learning at such a critical point and students just wanting to get out of the classroom spring fever is hitting hard. So how do you cure spring fever so you can use this time for instruction? You don’t! Rather embrace it and use it for your teachi

Every year for every holiday classrooms around the nation have parties. Yes parties are fun and the students enjoy them, but don’t you ever get tired of the same old grocery store cupcakes and party games? Don’t you wish that somehow even with the kids having fun they could get something educational out of the experience? This was my train of thinking when I started teaching at-risk kindergarten back in 2007. I knew these kids needed every single opportunity to learn. But I

Today I want to share a story with you from my personal life. As a young girl, I was taught to DREAM- that I could be anything I wanted.  An