How to Save Your Voice: Vocal Hygiene for Teachers
As an educator, taking care of your voice is everything. Thankfully, there are plenty of steps you can take to help keep your voice healthy and prevent damage and voice loss.
Mental Health & Well-being
Managing an Allergy-Free Classroom
Classrooms present numerous opportunities for allergic reactions, and everyone has a role to play in keeping children with food allergies safe.
The New Health Curriculum: More Than Just Sex
For the first time in almost 20 years, Ontario’s health curriculum has received a major overhaul. Although some parent and religious groups have mounted protests, Ontario’s ...
Helping Students Learn through Grief
Sometimes, adults assume children are too young to experience grief. But if you’re capable of feeling love, you’re capable of feeling loss.
Power Recipes: How to Incorporate Cooking in the Classroom
Royce Li knows of students who hadn’t cracked an egg before entering his Grade 11 class. “It’s shocking,” he says from Rick Hansen Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario ...
Food Allergies: It Only Takes One Bite
Food allergy is a growing health concern in North America and for good reason. Too many kids are having allergic reactions and going into anaphylactic shock while at school.
Addressing Mental Health Disorders in the Classroom
Mental health disorders come in many shapes and sizes. While there is no one-size-fits-all method of addressing them, here are some strategies I have used in the classroom.
Breathe In, Breathe Out: Yoga and Mindfulness in the Classroom
Mindfulness and yoga are becoming popular approaches in our classrooms for their principles that encourage kids to engage their minds, connect with their bodies, and breathe.
Is Sex Education Working?
The quality and quantity of a teacher’s own sex education also play a role in the quality and quantity of sex education they provide. “There isn’t a lot of [sexual health ...