Tasty Bites for Teachers' Minds

Greetings and warm wishes for fair weather and happiness! Thank you for taking time out of your day. Last week, I had the audacity to suggest that our teaching practice can be rich with opportunities for self care. This article is the second in a series that I hope will help your classroom spaces will be or become that for you and your students. I am fortunate that my classroom gets a lot of natural light. This allows me to turn off and keep off my overhead fluroescent lights

“As I often tell my students, the two most important phrases in therapy, as in yoga, are “Notice that” and “What happens next?” Once you start approaching your body with curiosity rather than with fear, everything shifts.” ― Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Kia ora, awesome snackers! Thank you, New Zealand educators, for being the largest TEACHERS SNACKS audience in the world! I hope that you had an amazing Summe

As with a child, to commune with Athena demands a level of openness and intuition greater than that used in the usual discourse between adult humans of a common culture. -Sy Montgomery, The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness Kia ora, industrious snackers! I have amazing news! This reward system will not have you digging into your pocket, nor will you need to ask anyone to buy something off your wish list. This reward can be duplica