Last year, while looking for magazines for my son at our public library, I stumbled upon The Mailbox magazine for teachers. I fell in love with this resource! The Education Center publishes this magazine at five levels (Preschool, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grades 2-3 and Intermediate. They advertise being the #1 idea magazine for teachers. On this point, they may be right. Every volume I have seen was full of ideas for displays, classroom management, literacy, activities to go along with books, math fun, activity centers, organization tips, etc. The ideas are more appropriate for regular classroom teachers, however, I have adopted many ideas for use with my preschool son, and I think substitutes could glean plenty of ideas from the pages, as well.
The Mailbox also has a
website (with free ideas) and a
blog. Within the blog, I found a
great post with some fresh suggestions to help teachers help their substitutes. Here is an excerpt:
- Come back to an orderly classroom by leaving the substitute a deck of cleanup cards. Write a classroom job on each of several cards that students can do. Ask the substitute to pass them out at the end of the day for a quick and easy cleanup.
- On large individual cards, describe your favorite classroom songs, chants, greetings, games, and time fillers. Keep the cards in a box, or hole-punch the cards and thread them on a metal ring.
Many of the posts in their blog advertise other books or products that they offer for sale, but all that I have read also include sample pages from each level that you can use without making a purchase. Also, many posts are a sharing of experiences and ideas from the readers. Take a look for yourself.
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