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New Year’s Eve has a reputation for being loud, glittery, and a little chaotic… but if you’re celebrating with children, it doesn’t have to be any of those things. As teachers, we know two things for sure: Kids love traditions, countdowns, and feeling included. Parents love sleep. So here’s the good news: you can absolutely have a memorable New Year’s Eve with your kids without  staying up until midnight or filling your house with confetti that you’ll still be vacuuming up in

Merry Christmas!

Why Blending Deserves More Time in the Classroom If you have ever taught a student who knows all their letter sounds but still cannot read simple words, you are not alone. Many early readers can tell you that S says s and M says m but freeze the moment you ask them to read the word Sam. The problem is not usually sound knowledge. The problem is blending. Blending is the quiet hero of early reading instruction, but research shows it is also one of the most overlooked practices

The week before winter break is famously magical and famously exhausting. Students are excited. Routines feel wobbly. Schedules get interrupted. Your patience gets tested. And somehow, instruction is still happening in between assemblies, glitter projects, door contests, and sugar induced energy levels. This is the time of year when teachers need real, practical, grab and go tools that don’t take hours to prep. So think of this post as your Holiday Week Teacher Rescue Kit .

Tiny people. Tiny goals. Because if you’ve ever tried to explain “New Year’s resolutions” to a six year old, you already know—they have no idea  what you’re talking about. Big goals are made for grown ups with planners, coffee addictions, and the emotional stamina to handle a bullet journal. Little kids, on the other hand, live in a world of right now , snack time , and where did I put my glue stick? So instead of asking our micro humans to think about where they want to be “