Teaching With Haley O'Connor

Today I wanted to share some of my favorite books to support your lessons on respect. Having strong read-alouds makes it so much easier to introduce and reinforce social-emotional skills. This post contains affiliate links. I receive a tiny stipend when you use my links to purchase these books at no cost to you. I use these stipends to keep… Read More

This post contains affilate links. I receive a small stipend when you purchase something on Amazon. However, I stand behind each product and wouldn’t recommend something I didn’t believe in. This is at no cost to you. Now that Halloween is over (😭😭) it’s time to move on to Thanksgiving. I’m so thankful for other educators and activists who teach… Read More

I recently was able to update my Kindness Curriculum to include digital components. I love that so many teachers around the world are able to use it in a classroom setting and digitally. One easy way to add social-emotional learning into your day is by read-alouds. In my classroom, I strive to do one SEL lesson a week. During the… Read More

One of the most powerful ways we can connect with our students and normalize “big feelings” is by sharing quality literature with them. Often, they can identify with a character and label their emotions before they can label their own. Even if you’re not ready to add Social-Emotional learning to your daily or weekly lesson plans, bringing in powerful read-alouds… Read More

Man what a crazy world we’re living in! Years ago, I heard Google was moving into the education space. I was excited for what this could mean for students and teachers…especially in upper grades. But here we are and even Kindergarteners are learning to use Google™ and Google Classroom™! It’s pretty exciting! Unfortunately, so many teachers are asked to use… Read More