LEAven Blog
Early Childhood
Nurturing the Whole Child: Bringing Fred Rogers’ Six Fundamentals of Learning and Growing Into the Classroom
Fred Rogers believed that every child has the potential to grow into a caring, curious, and capable person—if ...
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Building Brains for Better Reading
As teachers, we devote countless hours to helping students develop decoding skills, grow their vocabulary, and apply comprehension ...
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Read Early, Read Often, Read Aloud
In mid-May, my beautiful baby girl was born, and by the end of the month, my classroom was ...
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Make All of November a Month of Thanksgiving
Now that another Reformation celebration has passed, it’s time to gear up for Thanksgiving on Thursday, November ...
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Jesus Loves You, This We Know!
Image by starline on Freepik Go ahead and sing! It’s okay to burst out in song, especially when ...
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Real Play That Invites Real Learning
It’s spring. The school year is winding down, and you still have a long list of things you ...
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I Like You – God Loves You!
Have you ever heard the phrase by beloved children’s television host, Mr. Fred Rogers, where he shares, “I ...
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Struggling Readers
If you teach young children to read, you are a hero. Learning to read is a complex process. ...
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“I Want to Tell the Story”
One of the first things I was told not to do as a student teacher was to bring ...
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Gift, Bless, Equip
Gifting children Bibles, catechisms, or hymnals and instructing on how to use them is a fantastic ministry that ...
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