There are few things more vulnerable than a young teacher introducing themselves to a room full of experienced educators. You’ve spent years preparing (and perfecting) speaking in front of kids, and suddenly, on the spot, you’re asked to speak to...
Kids enjoy comparing things. You’ve probably heard remarks like, “My pencil is the shortest in the class,” or “That’s the longest caterpillar I’ve ever seen.” They also like using math tools like rulers. They’re hands-on and make learning more concrete...
It’s not an easy time to be a teacher—and it hasn’t been for a while. Between the day-to-day struggles and the complex, overarching systems making things difficult, the teaching profession is no walk in the park. But we know that...
We love a good organizational hack, so we were psyched when we saw that this highly-rated desk organizer is on sale for just over $15 on Amazon. Organize all your teacher pens and markers in one place “As a teacher, one...
Address Common Project-Based Learning Challenges Through Culture-Building contributed by Sara Segar, Experit Learning Depot I would never claim to be the world’s best project-based educator. There have been ups and downs, some duds, and big mistakes. I have encountered every PBL...
Nonfiction often includes text features, aspects of a text that help make a text more accessible. Authors use these additions, like sidebars and charts, to help readers focus on important parts of a text and to organize the information. When...
Idiomatic expressions, commonly called idioms, add color and interest to writing and speech. Many of them aren’t intuitive, though, especially for kids and multilingual learners of all ages. We’ve put together a list of some of the most common English...
Who isn’t exhausted by the time you get home after a long day of teaching? One of the last things we want to do is plan and prepare a delicious (and healthy!) meal everyone in the family will enjoy. Our...
Sometimes we get so focused on teaching routines and procedures at back to school that we forget that these first few weeks are primarily about building community. After all, students are much more likely to follow the rules when they...
Short vowel sounds are often the first phonics patterns kids learn. Whether you teach the vowels in alphabetical order or in another order, you’ll come to short ‘i’ pretty quickly. Having lots of examples of short ‘i’ words will help...
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