This morning we head to train our first of many schools this 2012-2013 school year. We are excited that it is in our own backyard and with a school we will be able to have an ongoing relationship with. Just because your school/staff may be miles or states away from us here in the Peach State, doesn’t mean however that we can’t have a great mentoring...

http://befickle.blogspot.com/2010/03/secret-service-activity-days-activity.html We pinned this one on our BIG Three Pinterest board and we can’t stop dreaming of variations you could apply to this one! You should certainly read the details of how this blogger used the “secret mission” to inspire kids to do acts of kindness for people in their lives. The summed up...

It is no secret that the first few weeks of school are hectic. Teachers are frantic with never enough time or resources to get their classrooms ready in order to welcome sunburned faces and out of routine students. Your bus drivers are learning new routes and new residents. Lunchroom staff and janitorial crews are checking things off their list in order to have it...

Before your eye starts twitching and you completely have a nervous breakdown, take a deep breath. I am in no way suggesting you have a free-for-all circus take place in your classrooms on the first day of school. We all (kids especially) need parameters, guidelines, and instructions on the how, when, and where of anything…not to mention the why. (We will get to that...