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How Do You Celebrate Student Success? We Have 4 Creative Tips.

How Do You Celebrate Student Success? We Have 4 Creative Tips.

A teacher plays a significant role in shaping our children and enhancing their success rates. How do they do that? By motivating the students to want to improve and making them believe that they can excel. How do they motivate their students? By showing appreciation.

Appreciation is, in fact, the most effective positive student motivator. Celebrating student success and rewarding even their smallest achievements through recognition certificates and student of the week awards have a tremendously powerful impact on student morale and classroom engagements. 

We have put together a few simple, inspiring, and uplifting ways of intentionally celebrating your students while creating a positive classroom community.

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March Kindness Craft Activity Using Clover Cut-Outs

March Kindness Craft Activity Using Clover Cut-Outs

Spread kindness and express what you are lucky for with this fun March kindness craft activity! Use large four leaf clover cut-outs (SE-8244) and have each child/ student write on one what they are lucky for. Then you can string them together and hang them up to double as classroom decorations or home décor. 

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How Do You Celebrate Student Success? We Have 4 Creative Tips

A teacher plays a significant role in shaping our children and enhancing their success rates. How do they do that? By motivating the students to want to improve and making them believe that they can excel. How do they motivate their students?

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5 Tips to Use an Incentive Chart the Right Way to Change Your Child’s Behavior

If your child is struggling with certain behavioural issues, help can be as simple as a tactic many parents swear by: incentive charts. There are various types of incentive charts you can use from. Some are simple, with stickers and without too many categories, which are perfect for young children, including toddlers and preschoolers.

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Practice Maps can be used for teaching children about current events.

Practice Maps can be used for teaching children about current events.

History is made everyday and it's important for children to understand what is happening in the world around them. That is why our practice maps can be good tools for teaching children all aspects of social studies including discussing current events with them.

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3 Reasons to DIY Your Gifts This Valentine’s Day

It is almost that time of the year again.  Love is in the air. Storefronts are decked in red and pink. Shops are filled with chocolates and flowers, and lovers trying to find the perfect gift for their Valentine.

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Navigating the Fluid Space Between Learning and Fun: A Guide

Owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been almost two years since the children have gone out. The pandemic has not only affected the formal education system but also disrupted the learning capacities of students.

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Benefits of Hands-On Learning for Children

Education is one of the most scrutinized realms of our society, with the primary focus being on test scores and the ability to retain knowledge.

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First Day of Winter

First Day of Winter

Welcome to the First Day of Winter! Creative Shapes Etc. has a variety of fun products to assist you with your winter crafting and decorating needs! 

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Snowman Personal Incentive Chart: A Blend of Fun and Function

Reward charts or incentive charts are a popular tool used by parents and teachers to change children’s behavior. But that’s not all they are. Today, incentive charts can be used for so much more.

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