You’ve heard about Brain Breaks, now- Brain Breaths
A day in the life of a teacher can feel wild, frantic and unpredictable. These feelings may ebb and flow… read more
Low accountability post SL options for upper elementary students
I told a story, now what? upper elementary options
Low accountability post SL options for lower elementary students
I told a story, now what? lower elementary options
After story games
One of the beautiful things about SL is that after you have told a story and provided rich input for… read more
Student comments and feedback
Reading and beautiful mistakes
LETTING THEM READ Since the beginning of the year, I have been providing my students with rich input via stories…. read more
Post-story Collective Class Acting
Coming at SL as a former TPRS/CI teacher, I have always been tempted to incorporate motions, gestures and movement into… read more
The Push and Pull – Managing distractions in Stories
Brain Breaths in action
This year I am making a consistent effort to include Brain Breaths in all of my classes. (See… read more
Why I’m enamored with Story Listening
A brief history of my teaching career: I began my teaching career almost 15 years ago using classic TPR and… read more
Flip the Script -keeping Lunchtime Talks alive
Recently, I had the pleasure of attending the iFLT conference in St. Petersburg, Florida. I was truly inspired by the… read more