Play and fun are tools that open students to learning. Don’t be an April fool, add a little to play to your routine!

Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words can make you grow!

It’s a winter wonderland. Ice covers the trees from head to toe. Rain falls. Water freezes encasing the branches in a thick, shimmering block of ice . A crunching sound fills the air. I look, trying to locate the source of the sound. A tree once solid and strong lays split on the ground. Another crunch and another tree falls to the ground. I stand in awe trying to embrace the beauty of the crystal forest in contrast to the slow, nearly silent destruction of the mighty trees s

Creating miracles in students requires unwavering belief and extraordinary effort.

As my students walked into class today, they were greeted by someone new. Dr. Peterson, the Head Zookeeper, welcomed the students into class. Wearing my safari hat, vest, boots, and my official nametag, I handed the students their new nametags. They were now zookeepers in training. We continued the role playing as I shared a letter informing them of a challenge to create a zoo. The zookeepers in training would need to select an animal, design a habitat that could be disman

Chickens have a pecking order...literally. They establish a hierarchy by pecking at each other on the head.