Managing Sensory Overload for Your Child
Loud noises, bright lights, and changes in routine can be very overwhelming to someone with sensory processing issues. All of these factors can cause sensory overload, and therefore, stress and anxiety. The looming possibility of a sensory overload episode can be unpleasant and difficult for families, especially for the family member who is experiencing it. […]
Addressing Behavior in the Socially Distant Classroom
For many classroom teachers, classroom management has always been a struggle. Add in social distancing restrictions, and you might feel like you’re going through your day with your hands tied. Even though the distance might make you feel like you’re at a loss, there is hope. Many of the most popular behavior management strategies are […]
At-Home Strategies for Helping Kids Connect Letters to Sounds
The first step in learning how to read is developing the understanding that printed letters represent sounds in spoken language. This is aptly called The Alphabetic Principal. As students are developing this awareness, it’s important that they receive many opportunities to practice connecting letters with their sounds. There are so many fun and engaging ways […]
Managing Behavior by Tapping into Empathy
There is often a pressure on teachers to appear emotionally invincible. When students raise our blood pressure, we can’t let it show. We must always maintain composure and act calm, cool, and collected. While responding to a behavior by shouting or throwing chairs will certainly only exacerbate the problem, teachers need to shift their thinking […]
The Benefits of Social-Emotional Learning
When it comes to what students are learning, the spotlight is always on core academics like reading and math. This is especially true now, since many students risk falling farther behind as the pandemic prevents a return to normalcy. But we should all be just as concerned, if not more so, with students’ social-emotional wellness […]
Strategies to Manage Remote Teaching
Teachers, we get it. You have been losing sleep for months, trying to stay afloat in the hardest year of your career. To say that you’re burnt out by the school year already is an understatement. You are probably going above and beyond the call of duty, and still feel like you’re failing your students. […]
Monitoring Your Child’s Anxiety
There is such a thing as healthy stress. In fact, our bodies need a certain level of stress in order to function optimally. Our bodies and brains need to make sure we are always prepared for the possibility of truly stressful situations! The presence of stress and anxiety, even when it is over things we […]
Multisensory Phonics Instruction
Learning should happen through all five senses as much as possible. When learning is multi-sensory, it becomes deeper and lasts longer. It also provides learners with multiple modes of working with the content. Many of us associate learning phonics with seeing and saying individual letter sounds, then combinations of letters, and eventually full words. While […]
Addressing Challenging Behaviors in Children at Home
It’s easy to get fed up when our children act out. And if you are home with your kids all day, then your patience is probably wearing much thinner than usual. It is virtually impossible for us to always respond to our children’s behaviors in exactly the way we should. After all, we’re human. But […]
Becoming Your Child’s Best Advocate
It is heartbreaking to watch your child struggle, and it’s even more difficult when you don’t know how to help. Yet so many parents find themselves in this position each year. In some cases, families are lucky enough to be a part of a proactive school that takes action to address challenges a student might […]
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