Big feelings are real! When a kid walks into your classroom in the morning with BIG feelings, here’s how you can help.

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A lot of our students come from very unstable home environments. What can you do in your classroom to help?

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You’ve got to have a plan for when littles run out of the classroom. Here’s how.

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Being able to focus our attention is a skill. Here’s one way to help kids focus longer!

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A kid swears at you in front of the whole class! How do you respond?

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Polly answers the question: “I’m a music teacher and I’m having an issue with students who refuse to listen during music excerpts and instead chat – thereby ruining it for the whole class. Separating them hasn’t made a difference. They don’t take the subject seriously and therefore come in with an attitude. What should I do?”

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Here’s how to help kids self-regulate their behavior using timers during the lecture part of class.

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Polly answers the question: “What’s the most impactful thing I can do to improve behavior in my classroom?”

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Polly answers the question: “Any time my lessons involve vocabulary such as ‘the wind breaks’ or words that rhyme with something crude, my 7th graders start snickering and saying inappropriate things like ‘she said break wind!’ or ‘she said fart!’ This drives me nuts. Any ideas?”

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Teach kids how to pull themselves together when they’re disregulated.

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