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Pedagogy
Engaging Boys in Reading: Overcoming Challenges and Strategies for Success
As educators and parents, we want all our students to develop a love for reading. However, when it ...
Read More Minimizing Challenging Behaviors: What Would Jesus Do?
Students today face unique pressures, including academic demands and social media influence, leading to heightened anxiety that can ...
Read More October 31st Is Just around the Corner… BOO!
Halloween is Coming Soon     Every October 31st, Christians around the world wonder if it’s okay for kids ...
Read More The Role of Music in Education
Let’s face it: we’ve all had a song stuck in our heads before. Sometimes, it stays for days! ...
Read More Reigniting a Love for Reading
We live in a visually stimulating world – inundated by images from every direction – from our cell ...
Read More Mastering the Art of Classroom Group Work: Fostering Critical 21st-Century Skills
After sharing that I needed to reteach a small group of students, my teammate said, “I was thinking ...
Read More Tell Me a Story
It is challenging to be a person with a reading disability. So much of school, and even life, ...
Read More Setting Achievable Goals
Goals are a part of modern life. We are no longer satisfied with just doing our best. We ...
Read More Outdoor Education: A Value Add to our Lutheran Schools
Many years ago, my father would take me to what he called set-up for something he called “outdoor ...
Read More Can You Draw Me a Map?
Does Your Classroom Have a Globe? Â Â Â Â Right before Thanksgiving, I talked to fourth graders about the hymn, ...
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