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Class Project: Creating Video Book Reviews
By Tina Zureick and Craig Dunlap How would someone pick a good book if they could not read? For the past three years, Tina has been asking this question of her second graders at Yealey Elementary School in Florence, Kentucky. … Continue reading
What You Can Learn from Recording Yourself Teaching
By Andrew Hawk When I was earning my bachelor’s degree, we had to complete several assignments based on watching a video of ourselves teaching. Back then, cell phones didn’t have the capability to capture videos. I can remember attaching a … Continue reading
Enter to Win an SEL Coloring Book!
This month we are giving away a copy of Coloring Book and Reflections for Social Emotional Learning (in English or Spanish) to five lucky readers. Kids can reflect, relax, and focus with 36 mindful coloring activities. To Enter: Leave a … Continue reading
When We Lose a Fellow Teacher
By Stephanie Filio When someone in a school has something to celebrate, the whole school celebrates together. Marriages, graduations, babies—no matter what it is, the staff is less weighty, the kids catch the spirit, and everyone moves through the day … Continue reading
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There’s No Such Thing as Too Many Internships
By Madelaine F. Free Spirit has an active internship program. We invited our fall 2019 publishing intern Madelaine F. to write a post reflecting on her experience at Free Spirit. As the fall semester washed me into my senior year … Continue reading