84K views · 7.3K reactions | Have you ever thought… “There’s no way my kindergarteners could follow directions the first time”? 3 steps that changed everything. 🙌👇🏼 1️⃣ It starts with YOU. Your CALM and confidence set the tone for your classroom. But here’s the thing—your thoughts don’t always tell the truth. Pause. Breathe. CHALLENGE that thought. If you stay calm and clear, you’ll be able to enforce expectations and build your AUTHORITY in your classroom. 2️⃣ Set crystal-clear agreements.✨ Here’s what most classrooms get wrong: we assume students know what we expect. But if they don’t see it, hear it, or practice it, they can’t follow through. (I’ll show you what this looks like inside our free workshop) For example: • During center rotations, my students know whisper mode is non-negotiable. • If they go above a whisper, I calmly walk over to them and here’s the exact line I say “the whisper agreement we made has been broken, I will walk with you to your desk. Feel free to give me your secret “strong arms signal” once your mind and body are ready to return”. No arguing. No nagging. Just clear boundaries. And here’s the kicker—it works. Students learn FAST when the expectations are consistent, calm, and firm. YOU are building AUTHORITY 3️⃣ Model it, role-play it, reinforce it. I used to skip this step, and it cost me every time. Now, I: • Break directions into ONE simple step. • Establish eye contact and have students repeat back the expectation. • Role play what it looks like to succeed. For example, when introducing center rules, I ask a student to model: • A great “center master” uses whisper mode, stays focused, and completes their task. We practice together until the entire class knows what’s expected. And when someone slips up? No yelling, no frustration. Just a calm follow-through on the agreement we made. What NOT to do: 🚫 Giving too many directions at once. 🚫 Repeating yourself over and over. 🚫 using “will you” statements instead of “I will” 🚫 Threatening consequences you won’t enforce. Comment “authority” to join THE free workshop to learn ALL the best teaching strategies ⭐️ | Singing&Teaching | Facebook
84K views · 7.3K reactions | Have you ever thought… “There’s no way my kindergarteners could follow directions the first time”? 3 steps that changed everything. 🙌👇🏼 1️⃣ It starts with YOU. Your CALM and confidence set the tone for your classroom. But here’s the thing—your thoughts don’t always tell the truth. Pause. Breathe. CHALLENGE that thought. If you stay calm and clear, you’ll be able to enforce expectations and build your AUTHORITY in your classroom. 2️⃣ Set crystal-clear agreements.✨ Here’s what most classrooms get wrong: we assume students know what we expect. But if they don’t see it, hear it, or practice it, they can’t follow through. (I’ll show you what this looks like inside our free workshop) For example: • During center rotations, my students know whisper mode is non-negotiable. • If they go above a whisper, I calmly walk over to them and here’s the exact line I say “the whisper agreement we made has been broken, I will walk with you to your desk. Feel free to give me your secret “strong arms signal” once your mind and body are ready to return”. No arguing. No nagging. Just clear boundaries. And here’s the kicker—it works. Students learn FAST when the expectations are consistent, calm, and firm. YOU are building AUTHORITY 3️⃣ Model it, role-play it, reinforce it. I used to skip this step, and it cost me every time. Now, I: • Break directions into ONE simple step. • Establish eye contact and have students repeat back the expectation. • Role play what it looks like to succeed. For example, when introducing center rules, I ask a student to model: • A great “center master” uses whisper mode, stays focused, and completes their task. We practice together until the entire class knows what’s expected. And when someone slips up? No yelling, no frustration. Just a calm follow-through on the agreement we made. What NOT to do: 🚫 Giving too many directions at once. 🚫 Repeating yourself over and over. 🚫 using “will you” statements instead of “I will” 🚫 Threatening consequences you won’t enforce. Comment “authority” to join THE free workshop to learn ALL the best teaching strategies ⭐️ | Singing&Teaching | Facebook
84K views · 7.3K reactions | Have you ever thought… “There’s no way my kindergarteners could follow directions the first time”? 3 steps that changed everything. 🙌👇🏼 1️⃣ It starts with YOU. Your CALM and confidence set the tone for your classroom. But here’s the thing—your thoughts don’t always tell the truth. Pause. Breathe. CHALLENGE that thought. If you stay calm and clear, you’ll be able to enforce expectations and build your AUTHORITY in your classroom. 2️⃣ Set crystal-clear agreements.✨ Here’s what most classrooms get wrong: we assume students know what we expect. But if they don’t see it, hear it, or practice it, they can’t follow through. (I’ll show you what this looks like inside our free workshop) For example: • During center rotations, my students know whisper mode is non-negotiable. • If they go above a whisper, I calmly walk over to them and here’s the exact line I say “the whisper agreement we made has been broken, I will walk with you to your desk. Feel free to give me your secret “strong arms signal” once your mind and body are ready to return”. No arguing. No nagging. Just clear boundaries. And here’s the kicker—it works. Students learn FAST when the expectations are consistent, calm, and firm. YOU are building AUTHORITY 3️⃣ Model it, role-play it, reinforce it. I used to skip this step, and it cost me every time. Now, I: • Break directions into ONE simple step. • Establish eye contact and have students repeat back the expectation. • Role play what it looks like to succeed. For example, when introducing center rules, I ask a student to model: • A great “center master” uses whisper mode, stays focused, and completes their task. We practice together until the entire class knows what’s expected. And when someone slips up? No yelling, no frustration. Just a calm follow-through on the agreement we made. What NOT to do: 🚫 Giving too many directions at once. 🚫 Repeating yourself over and over. 🚫 using “will you” statements instead of “I will” 🚫 Threatening consequences you won’t enforce. Comment “authority” to join THE free workshop to learn ALL the best teaching strategies ⭐️ | Singing&Teaching | Facebook
84K views · 7.3K reactions | Have you ever thought… “There’s no way my kindergarteners could follow directions the first time”? 3 steps that changed everything. 🙌👇🏼 1️⃣ It starts with YOU. Your CALM and confidence set the tone for your classroom. But here’s the thing—your thoughts don’t always tell the truth. Pause. Breathe. CHALLENGE that thought. If you stay calm and clear, you’ll be able to enforce expectations and build your AUTHORITY in your classroom. 2️⃣ Set crystal-clear agreements.✨ Here’s what most classrooms get wrong: we assume students know what we expect. But if they don’t see it, hear it, or practice it, they can’t follow through. (I’ll show you what this looks like inside our free workshop) For example: • During center rotations, my students know whisper mode is non-negotiable. • If they go above a whisper, I calmly walk over to them and here’s the exact line I say “the whisper agreement we made has been broken, I will walk with you to your desk. Feel free to give me your secret “strong arms signal” once your mind and body are ready to return”. No arguing. No nagging. Just clear boundaries. And here’s the kicker—it works. Students learn FAST when the expectations are consistent, calm, and firm. YOU are building AUTHORITY 3️⃣ Model it, role-play it, reinforce it. I used to skip this step, and it cost me every time. Now, I: • Break directions into ONE simple step. • Establish eye contact and have students repeat back the expectation. • Role play what it looks like to succeed. For example, when introducing center rules, I ask a student to model: • A great “center master” uses whisper mode, stays focused, and completes their task. We practice together until the entire class knows what’s expected. And when someone slips up? No yelling, no frustration. Just a calm follow-through on the agreement we made. What NOT to do: 🚫 Giving too many directions at once. 🚫 Repeating yourself over and over. 🚫 using “will you” statements instead of “I will” 🚫 Threatening consequences you won’t enforce. Comment “authority” to join THE free workshop to learn ALL the best teaching strategies ⭐️ | Singing&Teaching | Facebook
84K views · 7.3K reactions | Have you ever thought… “There’s no way my kindergarteners could follow directions the first time”? 3 steps that changed everything. 🙌👇🏼 1️⃣ It starts with YOU. Your CALM and confidence set the tone for your classroom. But here’s the thing—your thoughts don’t always tell the truth. Pause. Breathe. CHALLENGE that thought. If you stay calm and clear, you’ll be able to enforce expectations and build your AUTHORITY in your classroom. 2️⃣ Set crystal-clear agreements.✨ Here’s what most classrooms get wrong: we assume students know what we expect. But if they don’t see it, hear it, or practice it, they can’t follow through. (I’ll show you what this looks like inside our free workshop) For example: • During center rotations, my students know whisper mode is non-negotiable. • If they go above a whisper, I calmly walk over to them and here’s the exact line I say “the whisper agreement we made has been broken, I will walk with you to your desk. Feel free to give me your secret “strong arms signal” once your mind and body are ready to return”. No arguing. No nagging. Just clear boundaries. And here’s the kicker—it works. Students learn FAST when the expectations are consistent, calm, and firm. YOU are building AUTHORITY 3️⃣ Model it, role-play it, reinforce it. I used to skip this step, and it cost me every time. Now, I: • Break directions into ONE simple step. • Establish eye contact and have students repeat back the expectation. • Role play what it looks like to succeed. For example, when introducing center rules, I ask a student to model: • A great “center master” uses whisper mode, stays focused, and completes their task. We practice together until the entire class knows what’s expected. And when someone slips up? No yelling, no frustration. Just a calm follow-through on the agreement we made. What NOT to do: 🚫 Giving too many directions at once. 🚫 Repeating yourself over and over. 🚫 using “will you” statements instead of “I will” 🚫 Threatening consequences you won’t enforce. Comment “authority” to join THE free workshop to learn ALL the best teaching strategies ⭐️ | Singing&Teaching | Facebook
84K views · 7.3K reactions | Have you ever thought… “There’s no way my kindergarteners could follow directions the first time”? 3 steps that changed everything. 🙌👇🏼 1️⃣ It starts with YOU. Your CALM and confidence set the tone for your classroom. But here’s the thing—your thoughts don’t always tell the truth. Pause. Breathe. CHALLENGE that thought. If you stay calm and clear, you’ll be able to enforce expectations and build your AUTHORITY in your classroom. 2️⃣ Set crystal-clear agreements.✨ Here’s what most classrooms get wrong: we assume students know what we expect. But if they don’t see it, hear it, or practice it, they can’t follow through. (I’ll show you what this looks like inside our free workshop) For example: • During center rotations, my students know whisper mode is non-negotiable. • If they go above a whisper, I calmly walk over to them and here’s the exact line I say “the whisper agreement we made has been broken, I will walk with you to your desk. Feel free to give me your secret “strong arms signal” once your mind and body are ready to return”. No arguing. No nagging. Just clear boundaries. And here’s the kicker—it works. Students learn FAST when the expectations are consistent, calm, and firm. YOU are building AUTHORITY 3️⃣ Model it, role-play it, reinforce it. I used to skip this step, and it cost me every time. Now, I: • Break directions into ONE simple step. • Establish eye contact and have students repeat back the expectation. • Role play what it looks like to succeed. For example, when introducing center rules, I ask a student to model: • A great “center master” uses whisper mode, stays focused, and completes their task. We practice together until the entire class knows what’s expected. And when someone slips up? No yelling, no frustration. Just a calm follow-through on the agreement we made. What NOT to do: 🚫 Giving too many directions at once. 🚫 Repeating yourself over and over. 🚫 using “will you” statements instead of “I will” 🚫 Threatening consequences you won’t enforce. Comment “authority” to join THE free workshop to learn ALL the best teaching strategies ⭐️ | Singing&Teaching | Facebook
84K views · 7.3K reactions | Have you ever thought… “There’s no way my kindergarteners could follow directions the first time”? 3 steps that changed everything. 🙌👇🏼 1️⃣ It starts with YOU. Your CALM and confidence set the tone for your classroom. But here’s the thing—your thoughts don’t always tell the truth. Pause. Breathe. CHALLENGE that thought. If you stay calm and clear, you’ll be able to enforce expectations and build your AUTHORITY in your classroom. 2️⃣ Set crystal-clear agreements.✨ Here’s what most classrooms get wrong: we assume students know what we expect. But if they don’t see it, hear it, or practice it, they can’t follow through. (I’ll show you what this looks like inside our free workshop) For example: • During center rotations, my students know whisper mode is non-negotiable. • If they go above a whisper, I calmly walk over to them and here’s the exact line I say “the whisper agreement we made has been broken, I will walk with you to your desk. Feel free to give me your secret “strong arms signal” once your mind and body are ready to return”. No arguing. No nagging. Just clear boundaries. And here’s the kicker—it works. Students learn FAST when the expectations are consistent, calm, and firm. YOU are building AUTHORITY 3️⃣ Model it, role-play it, reinforce it. I used to skip this step, and it cost me every time. Now, I: • Break directions into ONE simple step. • Establish eye contact and have students repeat back the expectation. • Role play what it looks like to succeed. For example, when introducing center rules, I ask a student to model: • A great “center master” uses whisper mode, stays focused, and completes their task. We practice together until the entire class knows what’s expected. And when someone slips up? No yelling, no frustration. Just a calm follow-through on the agreement we made. What NOT to do: 🚫 Giving too many directions at once. 🚫 Repeating yourself over and over. 🚫 using “will you” statements instead of “I will” 🚫 Threatening consequences you won’t enforce. Comment “authority” to join THE free workshop to learn ALL the best teaching strategies ⭐️ | Singing&Teaching | Facebook
84K views · 7.3K reactions | Have you ever thought… “There’s no way my kindergarteners could follow directions the first time”? 3 steps that changed everything. 🙌👇🏼 1️⃣ It starts with YOU. Your CALM and confidence set the tone for your classroom. But here’s the thing—your thoughts don’t always tell the truth. Pause. Breathe. CHALLENGE that thought. If you stay calm and clear, you’ll be able to enforce expectations and build your AUTHORITY in your classroom. 2️⃣ Set crystal-clear agreements.✨ Here’s what most classrooms get wrong: we assume students know what we expect. But if they don’t see it, hear it, or practice it, they can’t follow through. (I’ll show you what this looks like inside our free workshop) For example: • During center rotations, my students know whisper mode is non-negotiable. • If they go above a whisper, I calmly walk over to them and here’s the exact line I say “the whisper agreement we made has been broken, I will walk with you to your desk. Feel free to give me your secret “strong arms signal” once your mind and body are ready to return”. No arguing. No nagging. Just clear boundaries. And here’s the kicker—it works. Students learn FAST when the expectations are consistent, calm, and firm. YOU are building AUTHORITY 3️⃣ Model it, role-play it, reinforce it. I used to skip this step, and it cost me every time. Now, I: • Break directions into ONE simple step. • Establish eye contact and have students repeat back the expectation. • Role play what it looks like to succeed. For example, when introducing center rules, I ask a student to model: • A great “center master” uses whisper mode, stays focused, and completes their task. We practice together until the entire class knows what’s expected. And when someone slips up? No yelling, no frustration. Just a calm follow-through on the agreement we made. What NOT to do: 🚫 Giving too many directions at once. 🚫 Repeating yourself over and over. 🚫 using “will you” statements instead of “I will” 🚫 Threatening consequences you won’t enforce. Comment “authority” to join THE free workshop to learn ALL the best teaching strategies ⭐️ | Singing&Teaching | Facebook
84K views · 7.3K reactions | Have you ever thought… “There’s no way my kindergarteners could follow directions the first time”? 3 steps that changed everything. 🙌👇🏼 1️⃣ It starts with YOU. Your CALM and confidence set the tone for your classroom. But here’s the thing—your thoughts don’t always tell the truth. Pause. Breathe. CHALLENGE that thought. If you stay calm and clear, you’ll be able to enforce expectations and build your AUTHORITY in your classroom. 2️⃣ Set crystal-clear agreements.✨ Here’s what most classrooms get wrong: we assume students know what we expect. But if they don’t see it, hear it, or practice it, they can’t follow through. (I’ll show you what this looks like inside our free workshop) For example: • During center rotations, my students know whisper mode is non-negotiable. • If they go above a whisper, I calmly walk over to them and here’s the exact line I say “the whisper agreement we made has been broken, I will walk with you to your desk. Feel free to give me your secret “strong arms signal” once your mind and body are ready to return”. No arguing. No nagging. Just clear boundaries. And here’s the kicker—it works. Students learn FAST when the expectations are consistent, calm, and firm. YOU are building AUTHORITY 3️⃣ Model it, role-play it, reinforce it. I used to skip this step, and it cost me every time. Now, I: • Break directions into ONE simple step. • Establish eye contact and have students repeat back the expectation. • Role play what it looks like to succeed. For example, when introducing center rules, I ask a student to model: • A great “center master” uses whisper mode, stays focused, and completes their task. We practice together until the entire class knows what’s expected. And when someone slips up? No yelling, no frustration. Just a calm follow-through on the agreement we made. What NOT to do: 🚫 Giving too many directions at once. 🚫 Repeating yourself over and over. 🚫 using “will you” statements instead of “I will” 🚫 Threatening consequences you won’t enforce. Comment “authority” to join THE free workshop to learn ALL the best teaching strategies ⭐️ | Singing&Teaching | Facebook
133K views · 9.7K reactions | 5 DIY Kid-Friendly Tongs - in One Handy Tool Box 🛠️ Turn everyday items into exciting learning tools! Boost fine motor skills with these easy-to-make tongs: 1️⃣ Spoon Scoopers 2️⃣ Fork Fingers 3️⃣ Chopstick Clamp 4️⃣ Jumbo Stick Pincers 5️⃣ Bottle Cap Grippers All neatly packed in one portable tool box! Perfect for: 🏠 At-home learning 🏫 Classroom activities 👩⚕️ Occupational therapy 🍽️ Mealtime practice Parents, teachers, and therapists love these for: ✅ Upcycling household items ✅ Engaging screen-free activities ✅ Developing hand strength ✅ Promoting hand-eye coordination Ready to transform playtime into skill-building fun? #DIYKidsCrafts #FineMotorSkills #UpcycledToys #OTActivities #HandsOnLearning #KidsFriendlyTools #ParentingHacks #TeacherResources | Chana Favors
