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⁣ I’ve had a few people DM me on Instagram and ask me how I create relationships with my students. We all know that relationships are the foundation of any successful teaching that will occur in your classrooms! Here are 5 simple strategies I use to help develop and strengthen my relationships with students (includingContinue reading “How I build relationships with students”

Can we talk about this and how it applies to education for a minute? A few things before I dive into this… I 100% agree with the people who say that educators and schools are unfairly judged by society and the people who make the educational decisions in this country. They don’t truly understand whatContinue reading “Your thoughts determine your relationships…”

I took this picture of my sweet boy at 4:30 this morning. He had woken up around 1:30 and came downstairs to find me asleep on the couch (hello, third trimester). He’s too heavy for me to carry back upstairs so we snuggled on the couch until he fell back asleep. After I snapped thisContinue reading “Be the change”

If you know me in person, you know I feel strongly about teaching children social-emotional skills and giving them an appropriate space to work through those feelings (whether it’s anger, frustration, sadness, or anxiety). It’s one of the things I am the most passionate about in education. Maybe it’s because I have witnessed first handContinue reading “Social-Emotional learning in action through relaxation stations”

Hey everyone! I’m so glad you stopped by! I’m going to talk a little bit about something that seems to be a constant topic of ongoing conversation among school personnel (and parents of young children)…behavior (cue the dramatic music). My apologies in advance because this is probably going to be a little long and aContinue reading “Setting your classroom for student success”

Hi! I’m so glad you’ve found your way here! My name is Shannon. I’m a wife, boy mama to the cutest 6 month old and 2 1/2 year old ever, and  an integrated preschool teacher. Not quite sure what that … Continue reading →