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                3 Ways to Create a Safe Community for Learning

                Let me READ this article to you! Just click play! Taking the time to build a sense of community in your classroom is paramount to your students' success.  Why?  <<<Spoiler Alert>>> It helps with everything!  All year! When students feel like they are...
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                Art at a Science Museum

                Over the summer I was finally able to bring my family to the Boston Museum of Science. My kids are at the perfect age to enjoy and explore the exhibits and activities: everything from the dinosaurs to the electricity, the explorations of sound and space. We saw a show...
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                How to Deal With Stress as a Teacher

                Stressed to the MAX?  If you're a stressed teacher, then chances are you've got some stressed kids. That's not the goal. The goal is to be a happy teacher and have happy students. My name is Elizabeth and I love helping teachers to think of creative ways to think...
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                Meaningful Teacher Reflection

                Meaningful Teacher Reflection - it's part of becoming a better educator. And I'm sure it is an expectation for you to reflect on your teaching practices at one time or another. Chances are, you do it already as you create new goals, prepare for observations or look...
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                SEL Song Lyrics

                What better way to teach students about Social Emotional Learning than through the ARTS?  A colleague of mine said it best: "Art IS SEL!"   And if music is an expression of humanity, then music is a way we can learn about our abilities to love and be loved, to...
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                6 Types of Art Therapy Exercises for the Classroom (and Some Examples)

                In recent years, the need to address students' social and emotional needs have grown.  Now is the perfect time to focus on beneficial and creative  activities for your students. Art is excellent for mental health, and art therapy is a perfect choice to combat today’s...
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                Why I Teach SEL through SEAL

                Have you heard of SEAL?  It stands for Social-Emotional Artistic Learning!  It takes the best of what arts integration is and integrates it with the ever growing need for social-emotional learning.  I teach SEAL and today I want to tell you more about WHY I teach SEL...
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                Teaching Remotely from Home

                This workshop is geared to teachers who are transitioning to teaching remotely from home.  Learn some tips about mindset, how to keep connections with your students, and where you can get FREE resources for your students and yourself! And you can even earn PD for this...
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                What makes SEAL not a program?

                Picture it - It's the beginning of the school year and you have just set up your classroom.  (ok... most of your classroom)  and your principal has just called over the intercom that the first staff meeting of the school year is about to begin in 5 minutes. You gather...
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