When teaching young children, you take on the task of teaching them how to learn, how to cooperate with peers and be curious, how to have resilience in the face of making many mistakes, and how to be reflective in how their own brain learns. No...

A lot goes down on the playground during recess. From pretend play, rules to games that are made up as they go, to literally climbing walls, there is no shortage of happenings to address. For teachers, recess time is just like lifeguarding. Dar...

Band aids, ice packs, loose teeth, oh my! The school nurse can be quite the celebrity to young kiddos. In this episode we discuss the challenges of helping first graders navigate when a trip to the nurse is necessary, what to do when the stomac...

Today we discuss all of the chaos that goes on during our lunch time. We eat with our students in the cafeteria where we witness the dilemmas of where to sit, what to eat, how to use utensils, and all the spills and messes along the way. We sha...

This show is all about flexible seating choices, dilemmas with seating arrangements, and setting up a thriving classroom environment. We share anecdotes of all the successes and challenges in keeping a room full of first graders attentively lis...