Date: August 12th, 2025

Being able to focus our attention is a skill. Here’s one way to help kids focus longer!
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Date: August 9th, 2025

Here are a couple of things you can do to lessen kids talking while you’re teaching.
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Date: August 5th, 2025

Polly answers the question: “We have a student who constantly lies to her parents about what is going on at school causing her mom to get mad at us! How do we navigate this?”
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Date: August 2nd, 2025

What’s the secret to reducing swearing in the hallway of your school?
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Date: July 30th, 2025

Here’s how I handle sleeping in class.
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Date: July 27th, 2025

A high school student once asked me, “Do you teach us things that we’re never gonna use in our life?” This was my response!
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Date: July 23rd, 2025

Here’s how one teacher I met connected intrinsic rewards with curriculum, school values, the school store, and behavior. Brilliant!
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Date: July 18th, 2025

Kids often try to keep a piece of their control when you give them a direction. Be careful this doesn’t lead to a power struggle!
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Date: July 15th, 2025

Teach kids how to solve their own squabbles, instead of doing it for them!
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Date: July 12th, 2025

Polly answers the question: “How can I help my young students work through anger, frustration, shutting down, and refusal when they already don’t have much control over their emotions?”
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