Thriving in School

photo by mathewlees According to the Boston Globe this morning, the impact of your social network may be greater than you think. A study ci...

Occupational therapists see function in most objects. 7 am - picked up on curbside after spotting it on a morning run 9 am - new life as a...

My K12 Online Conference presentation, Changing Disabilities to Possibilities - Using the MacGyver Approach is coming up this week. Here is...

Are you listening to the conversations? Going on right now is a free online conference for k - 12 educators. Check it out at the K12 Online...

On my previous post, Jeff Utecht left a comment which I rejected accidentally when I was moderating it. My only defense was that it was wa...

Collaborating with parents is so important. I often wonder how can we do a better job. I first came upon Parents as Partners website tha...

Does learning stop when the bell rings and your students leave the four walls of your classroom? We were on Second Beach in Middletown , RI ...

Summertime is a time to connect with nature. If you happen to be close to the water, you have daily reminders of this. I always know when s...

I realize that summer agrees with me. I get to be outdoors, in the light, for many hours. I get to move in many different ways: swim, bike, ...

During the Building Learning Communities Conference this July, I kept my eyes and ears open to how it felt to participants attending a day l...

There was a lot swimming around in my head this summer that never made it down to the page. I thought I would write five short blog posts a...

An international all-day "meetup" of educators interested in talking and learning about Web 2.0 technologies, will take place on M...

Keeping sensory seekers in their seat is not easy. We use a variety of solutions, from Move'n Sit cushions to wrapping Theraband arou...

We love bubble wrap. We have it taped to the wall for finger warm ups. We put it on the floor to practice jumping or to get re-energized....

One thing I hate when I search for images is scrolling to the bottom and clicking "next" to get to the following page. "Scrol...

In the last post I tried a new application that gives you the option to hear the text. Some of us may not have needed it, some may have fou...

I cringe when I walk into a classroom and all the desks are the same height. Yes, they look ordered and they line up so well. Once you add...

Autism: The Musical This uplifting documentary explores one L.A. woman's pledge to lead a group of autistic children in defying diagnose...

Did you know that you can have fun playing with beach balls all year long and not just when you're frolicking on the beach? Beach balls ...

Here's a fun activity to help children develop a tripod grasp. Find a simple line drawing. Preschool coloring books a...

Here's a nice tool made by Kim, here at Hosmer , to help a student with significant difficulty with motor control learn to draw shapes. ...

Doodling in class doesn't always have to be bad. At times, it can enable a student to listen to classroom instruction. I know because dr...

Picturing Writing is an art-and-literature based approach to writing developed by Beth Olshansky to meet the needs of stud...

Try this simple and easy online multi user whiteboard. After signing up for the free account, give out your URL & start working togeth...

Did you miss it too? January 24 was Global Belly Laughing Day . I am putting this on my calendar for next year. The physiological benefits...

Things I am reflecting on after attending the Educon2.0 conference in Philly several weeks ago: putting kids at the center of their learning...

I don't know why, but g always gets picked on when people talk about handwriting. In the Mar/April edition of Good Magazine (what a m...

One of the big lessons in kindergarten is learning how to "share". Sharing work on the Hosmer student blog gives wings to our ...

This promises to be a great conference...instead of workshops, there are "conversations". EduCon 2.0 is both a conversation and...

I noticed the stress level was a little high at work this week. It is helpful to remember we work with kids, after all. We must all, in orde...