Tech Tidbit: Turn off your email notifications on your phone to reduce distractions and break your email-checking habit. ✉ We’ve been sharing about habits lately as we prepare to read Atomic Habits for our next book club. I was guilty of mindlessly checking my email on my phone WAY TOO MUCH. I was reading Marie […]
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On the anniversary of Leah’s year of daily meditation, yoga, and journaling, the Kenton girls discuss all things habits and routines. In this episode, you’ll learn more about developing new habits, tools and strategies for habit-tracking, and the girls’ best tips for success. Devon and Leah also share their favourite books on habits and routines
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I’ve become a bit obsessed with reading personal development books. (Maybe it’s a sign of my age, maybe I just love learning 😉) At the end of September 2020, I downloaded the audiobook Atomic Habits by James Clear. Honestly, I didn’t expect a book about habits to be so interesting. I like personal development books, but
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Hey teachers, we see you and we know that you’re tired and overdone. So are we. But there’s a sparkle of light at the end of the tunnel–spring break is here and we can all take some time to rest and recharge! We invite you to check out our countdown to spring break for some
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I’m celebrating the milestone of a 1 year streak of daily wellness practices! 🎉 March 15, 2020 was the beginning of a shift. That day, I went from *sometimes* getting up to exercise to a DAILY wellness practice of yoga, meditation and journaling. It started when COVID cancelled my commute to all the schools I usually work in. This change
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Creating QR codes is now easier than ever with 1 click QR-code creation available in Google Chrome Browser. It literally took me 20 seconds to demonstrate how to create one (see the tutorial below). If you’re not using Chrome browser, my other favourite site for making QR codes is The QR code generator. What are
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Reading Apps for Educators We both love to read and reading is something we often share about here on our blog and on social media. It’s such an integral part of our daily lives–whether we are reading to students at school, reading for enjoyment or reading for professional learning. We’ve always loved to read and
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For us, the winter months have been long, heavy, and harder than usual, and we cannot wait for SPRING! We’d also like to be done with this pandemic, but that’s a whole ‘nother issue… In anticipation of spring’s arrival, we are excited to announce that our next event will be a 7-day wellness challenge called Spring
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On the latest episode of the Cultivating Connection Podcast, Jennifer Casa-Todd joined us for a conversation about digital leadership and social media in education. Jennifer is a teacher-librarian from Ontario and the author of Social LEADia, our first book choice for the new KG Education Teacher Book Club. She’s an experienced educator, who has served
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We both love to read. We read for enjoyment and relaxation. We read as part of our community book club. We read to learn. And we read for professional development. Social LEADia by Jennifer Casa-Todd explores the important topic of social media in education and shares the stories of “amazing kids who are leveraging social
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