Date: August 20th, 2025

Polly answers the question: “I have a student who constantly shouts out during instruction and can’t stay in his seat for more than a few minutes. How can I help him exhibit more control?”
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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: 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 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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Date: June 29th, 2025

Polly answers the question: “We have some students who just don’t care about the consequences we give for their behaviors. What do we do then?”
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Date: June 18th, 2025

When a kid explodes into a tantrum, it’s NOT the time to say ‘use your words’!
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Date: June 11th, 2025

Is there a purpose to having our students be completely silent in line? Or is it just something we’ve always done?
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