by Yvonne Crawford | Aug 13, 2016 | Around the World, Teaching Tips
In today’s world it’s so important to be accepting of other religions as all of those religions are all around us. I know when I grew up, back in Texas, I think every single person went to one of three churches in town and they were all Christian. I...
by Yvonne Crawford | Aug 12, 2016 | Teaching Tips
I’d like to first start this post by saying that I wasn’t paid for this post, nor did I receive anything for writing this post. In fact, the people I’m writing about don’t even know I’m writing this post. As a mother and teacher, through...
by Yvonne Crawford | Aug 11, 2016 | Around the World, Teaching Tips
Learning about less-known countries is fun because you can teach your students everything about that particular country. It opens their eyes to a whole new country, culture, and language. A country I like to teach about that doesn’t get a lot of media nor...
by Brian Crawford | Aug 7, 2016 | Gifted and Talented, Teaching Tips
This summer, our son, a rising eighth grader, went to Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina for a Duke TIP Center for Summer Studies program. In order to qualify for this intensive three-week program he had to attain a certain score on the SAT test –...
by Yvonne Crawford | Aug 6, 2016 | Language Arts, Mathematics, Reading, Resources for Teachers, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
My husband has a real knack for writing poetry, so when I decided to make a poetry math glyph he was onboard! It’s a fun little activity where students answer questions, then based on their answers they answer math questions. Then, students create their glyphs...
by Yvonne Crawford | Aug 5, 2016 | Teaching Tips
I like other teachers and parents go through old pictures and see difference between how our students and children have developed. Be it learning the alphabet, learning to speak English as a Second Language, reading a chapter book for the first time or just learning...
