42 Important Life Skills for Teens
Teens should leave home and head to college or career with a sense of who they are and the life skills to start adulting. We’ve compiled a list of the top life skills that teens need to be successful in...
Teens should leave home and head to college or career with a sense of who they are and the life skills to start adulting. We’ve compiled a list of the top life skills that teens need to be successful in...
The science of reading uses a lot of technical terms that aren’t always familiar: phonological awareness, phonics, phonemic awareness, decoding, and so on. It can seem overwhelming at first, but once you have a good understanding of what the various...
We don’t know about you, but we’re always looking for bargains on shelf-stable, allergen-friendly classroom snacks. That’s why we were psyched to see this 20% off deal on Rold Gold Pretzel Sticks, bringing each bag down to $0.41. Pretzels are...
Dear We Are Teachers, I accepted a job at an elementary school known for extremely entitled students (and parents). Some stories I’ve heard: They stopped doing a science fair because parents were hiring judges to “volunteer” and give their child...
This summer marked the 10-year anniversary of the week I substitute-taught for a kindergarten class. At the time, my best friend and roommate was a teacher’s assistant for an older grade at that school. She explained that their sub bailed...
Red Ribbon Week is held each year from October 23 to October 31. It’s the largest drug-abuse prevention campaign in the country, targeting K-12 students. Schools participate in a variety of ways, like hosting special speakers, throwing contests, decorating school...
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Just because we teach children doesn’t mean we are children. Which is why we’re shaking our heads at this Reddit thread in which teachers are spilling the stupidest, most insulting icebreakers...
We’ve covered TikTok content creator @karencassssss in her impression of “that teacher” who is always popping into your classroom. We wrote about when she portrayed a teacher in the hallway on the first day of school. And now, Karen’s our mom....
Listen, I know administrators and guidance counselors don’t do it to purposely fluster us, but am I the only one whose school schedule and daily timing for classroom periods changes every single year? Changes and tweaks are driven by new...
Sometimes it feels like kindness can be hard to come by, but we believe kindness is everywhere if you look! That’s why we created this fun kindness word search bundle. It includes three puzzles with three different difficulty levels: easy,...
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