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5 ways to build Balance Reserves into your daily life

Melissa — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:02:28 +0000

1. Choose your top 5 Balance Reserve Areas from the 12 given in the January newsletter and schedule a different activity to build up one of them each day.

2. Choose a single Balance Reserve Area for the month and schedule activities throughout the month the build that area into your plans.

3. Chooses a Balance Reserve Area to focus on for the week and brainstorm several activities from different energy levels (high/low or relaxing/energizing) and schedule low and a high energy activities into each day at the appropriate time of the day (Morning: high energy, Evening: low energy).

4. Using the list from the January newsletter, plan an activity for a different Balance Reserve Area into each day of the week. (Monday: Peace & Quiet, Tuesday: Nature, Wednesday: Adventure, Thursday: Self-care, etc.)

5. Host a Target Balance Reserve Area Party with a group of friends or colleagues and choose a single Balance Reserve Area and plan activities together that fit this theme.

How are you fitting your Balance Reserves into your busy schedule?

The Whole Teacher Daily Planner & Workbook is here!

Melissa — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:48:38 +0000

I am so thrilled to announce the arrival of The Whole Teacher Daily Planner & Workbook!

I have had a vision of a tool to help teachers build balance and into their daily lives and it has finally come true. It is a culmination of the best tools I have been using with teachers to help them beat teacher stress and puts it all into one neat package.

Check out the video I created below, and don’t hesitate to let me know what you think. Please feel free to share with all the teachers you know.

The planner itself is on sale at http://wholeteacher.com/store. Check it out!

Free Technology Resources

Melissa — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:56:50 +0000

Wanted to pass along a link to a great downloadable resource and it’s free. If your like me you are constantly looking for how to use technology to enhance your teaching. Most of our students are way ahead of us, but edutopia.org offers some great advice on how to use it more effectively.

Here’s what they have to say about it:

"Full of succinct and practical ways to prepare our students for 21st-century success, this guide will educate and inspire
you to embrace the new-media frontier and embark on a new learning adventure. From “Breaking the Digital Ice” to
“Working Better, Together” each tip provides succinct and practical ways to turn your classroom into an environment
for learning with new media. And each tip includes a wealth of Web sites and additional resources to help you deliver
the relevant and meaningful education all students deserve."

Check it out here!