Are you interested in making your classroom more mindful by making small changes in the language you use? Simple language shifts in feedback can result in a change from defensive to mindful and accountable. Here are a few tips to informally add mindfulness into your teaching, which decreases the need Read more…
How to Balance the 4 Domains of Language Learning: Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening A balance between all four domains of language learning— Reading, Writing, Speaking, & Listening— provides the most effective, engaging language learning! On this episode of The Arsenio Buck Show (a high-energy ESL Podcast,on which I’m Read more…
10 Ways to Improve Speaking a Foreign Language On a daily basis, both Arsenio and I receive questions from English Language Learners who want to know, “How can I improve my English speaking?” So, in this episode, Arsenio and I discuss my Top 10 Ways to Improve Speaking a Foreign Read more…
11 Attitudes of Mindfulness: How 11 Words Cause Calm What are the Attitudes of Mindfulness? As a student of Mindfulness training, I was constantly reminded of the “Attitudes of Mindfulness” clearly posted in the Mindfulness classrooms. These attitudes were continually referenced during classes. We were often invited Read more…
What is a Silent Retreat? 5 Ways to Implement Silent Retreat Mindfulness into your Everyday Life Are you interested in recharging? Would you like to focus on yourself? A Silent Retreat could be your answer. Silent retreats provide the space to focus inward and release the distractions of the outside Read more…
Daily Interaction Dialogues were created because my English Language Learners constantly request more speaking practice, especially examples of what to say in their everyday interactions. They want to be able to communicate with English speakers on the phone and in natural settings like talking to their neighbors, asking for help Read more…
Top 10 Dr. Seuss Quotes to Teach Character Are you looking for a way to teach good character through stories? Get started with these Top 10 Dr. Seuss Quotes to Teach Character, along with possible themes and life lessons. Currently, schools and libraries are gearing up for Read Across Read more…
Mindfulness Exercises for Children: Short, Simple Mindful Minutes The Need for Mindfulness Exercises for Children Right before the start of the school year, I was speaking with my friend Kerry, a brilliant, innovative educator, who was once my Cooperating Teacher while I was student teaching. Kerry was talking about Read more…
How Gratitude Speaking and Writing Prompts Increase Student and Teacher Engagement, Connection, Community, and English Production “Your ability to see beauty and possibility is proportionalto the level at which you embrace gratitude.” —Steve Maraboli How did speaking and writing prompts for my English Language Learners affect academic and mental health results Read more…
Be Calmer and Happier with TAPS: A Mindfulness Exercise for BOTH Teachers and Students “If every 8 year old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation.” – Dalai Lama When I first read this quote, I thought, “Whoa! How bold!” Then Read more…