In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Steven Covey calls communication the single most important skill in life. Crucial for family, parenting, friendships, work, school, and all other areas. In this blog series, we'll be looking at the 13 Rules for Effective Communication in the Classroom and ... READ the POST
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What Does 365 Days of I Love You Look Like?
Yesterday was the 13th anniversary of the day Lisa said yes when I proposed to marry her. :) Yay, us! This marriage journey has been amazing, filled with easy and hard blessings, but always succeeding and failing toward each other's arms. We've gone camping together dozens of times, we've devoured ... READ the POST
How to Get Extra Time
The Teachers Pay Teachers sale is now LIVE!!! All teaching units 28% OFF! If you didn’t have to plan as many lessons, what could you do with your extra time? #extrasleep #sanity #gohomebefore8pm #studentteaching http://bit.ly/CreatedForLearning ... READ the POST
Keeping it Real
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Created for Learning Each Other
Shakespeare in the Park for date night! #createdforlearningeachother ... READ the POST
8 Reasons for Teachers to Learn Their Students’ Names
Throughout human history and pretty much every teacher's first weeks of school, names have been powerful things. Even mystical. In ancient societies, it was believed that if you knew someone's name you had a special power or command over them. Especially if they were a diety! So people would try to ... READ the POST
IF I STAY by Gayle Forman
We're pretty stoked for this movie to come out on August 22nd. If you liked THE FAULT IN OUR STARS by John Green, you might enjoy IF I STAY by Gayle Forman. If you knew you might die...and you knew the choice to stay or go was up to you...what would you do? Do you stay? ... READ the POST
365 Days of I Love You
More than 15 years have passed since my wife and I embarked on this journey they call marriage. We've traveled the world (and hopefully we're not done), we've devoured the whole TV series of LOST in an addicted frenzy, we've brought 3 lovely daughters into the world, we've started businesses, gone ... READ the POST