Always end the day with a song to give children a happy thought and a smile. Click to view Good-Bye Chant Put your thumbs up if you learned...

Make students beg, "Do it again!" with these quick engaging stories.  Click to view NOTE!  If you want copies of these stories, pu...

Join me and discover how to have fun keeping some of the traditional nursery rhymes alive.  Click to view NURSERY RYMES AS A SPRINGBOARD FO...

Here are some "timeless" finger plays that will have those little fingers and hands totally engaged. Don't worry about age, la...

It's important for early childhood educators to understand how nursery rhymes and finger plays help children develop language skills and...

Brain breaks are short movement activities that help children focus and give them a positive outlet for energy and wiggles. Young children n...

In today's video you'll find some simple props and classroom management tricks. You'll be surprised how the "I" phon...

"Shhhhhh!"  That doesn't work well with kids , so here are some attention grabbers that will engage children in a positive way...

BRAIN HUGS are an easy strategy that you can use to wake up those little brains - and maybe your brain, too! Draw a line vertically down th...

Give me a cheer! Why? Cheers are a positive way to activate the brain and put a smile on children's faces. I can be in a gym full of kid...

Children spend so much time in front of a screen that many of them have a difficult time actually connecting with others and looking them in...

Several years ago I recorded some "mini" workshops in Texas for the Education Service Center 13. (O.K., to be honest, when you lo...