In the last few days your world has turned totally upside down. You went from ordinary school days of planning, teaching and interacting with students to reminding kids to wash their hands to finding out your school will be closed. You watched as students trickled out of your classrooms heading home to stay safe from a pandemic none of us could’ve imagined.
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Reading is a great way to reduce stress and practice self-care. We’re committed to promoting teacher wellness, so we’ll be sharing reviews of some of our favourite reads here on our blog! The Year of Living Danishly by Helen Russell 5/5 stars Helen Russell shares her story of moving to the happiest place on Earth:
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Hey teachers, I know there is a lot going on in the world right now. I hope you are well. As the coronavirus situation rapidly evolves and our school systems are making plans to support student learning, I’ve been thinking about how I can help. Although we are not yet sure here in Manitoba what
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We hosted our Creating in the Classroom Learning Retreat on Friday. We were so excited to spend the day with an awesome group of local educators! Our Creating in the Classroom Learning retreat explored ideas for supporting teachers and learners in creating with technology. We included projects such as book creation, video creation and digital
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Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 4/5 stars This fictional story of a young girl abandoned by her family in the marsh of North Carolina will capture your interest. What begins as a sad story of an abusive father and his neglected child evolves into a coming-of-age story mixed with murder mystery.
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This year, let’s take it beyond Valentine’s day cards! I think we can spread love and kindness any day and what better way to show kindness than by giving a compliment? Supporting our students in treating others kindly is an important part of our role as educators. I created these compliment cards as a fun
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As 2019 comes to a close, I’ve been spending some time reflecting on my year and looking ahead to 2020. Something I started doing a few years ago was setting intentions each new year. I’m not really interested in making resolutions, but I do like to have some affirmations to guide my goal-setting for the
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Choose Wonder Over Worry: Move Beyond Fear and Doubt to Unlock Your Full Potential, by Amber Rae 4/5 stars I’ve followed Amber Rae on Instagram for some time–she has the most inspiring and engaging diagram-type images for dealing with different issues in your life. When I found out that she had a book, I knew
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This week is Computer Science Education Week so we wanted to share with you some of our favourite coding tools. We hope you’ll sign up for Hour of Code and try out an hour of programming activities with your students! Before we get into our list of coding tools, I want you to know that,
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We recently announced our topic for the 2020 KG Education Winter Learning Retreat: Creating in the Classroom. This is a topic we’ve shared before and we’re so excited to be redesigning this session for our learning retreat format! We believe that one of the most powerful ways to use technology in the classroom is to create
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