If students aren’t getting enough physical activity, unstructured play, & recess, don’t blame them when they get restless, fidgety, & can’t focus in class. Children need to move! Physical activity and play, enhances focus, self regulation of emotions, & academic performance.
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“Teachers need to either stop complaining or quit!”
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Teachers are leaving the profession at record rates. America is currently short 300,000 teachers.
NOW WHAT?
I will never understand why schools remove play in an effort to focus on academics when we know that play is one of the very things we need in order to focus on academics.
We are not teaching mini adults but children. Let them learn, play, and simply be children. Let's give them time to get being a child right before putting the pressures on of being an adult.
Thanksgiving giveaway! I am so thankful for all the educators who give so much of themselves every day for our students. Just retweet for a chance to win a copy of #DearTeacher Winner will be announced Thursday at 8pm.
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Admin.
Those teachers who step up and take on the harder cases because they can work with “those kids.”
Write them a card this week.
We’re only a quarter of the way through the year, and they’ve already spent a full year of empathy.
Lift ‘em up. Long road ahead.
Please RT this if you ever prayed or wished that your skin or hair were different.
In Cultural Studies, we had a discussion about representation in media (including children's books and toys), and students shared some heartbreaking stories.