So grateful for Jools Lebron and her "demure and mindful" trend because if we approach teaching this way, the impact is HUGE for both students AND us! Let's dig in! Here are six different ways you can be more demure and mindful in your teaching practice! Links mentioned: Breathing Brain Breaks Guided Breathing Freebie Bubble Video Guided Breathing resource on TPT Teaching circumlocution Podcast Teaching circumlocution Blog Boundaries Checklist freebie Megan Hayes Brain Breaths Let's Connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store La Familia Loca PLC

THIS WAS SO FUN! Riana interviewed me for this episode and I had NO idea what questions she was going to ask me! Excited to share my big news with YOU and continue supporting you this year! La Familia Loca PLC Let's Connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store La Familia Loca PLC

YAYY! You're here! I am so glad! In this episode I'll give you 4 criteria to consider as you think about your first 6 weeks back to school! This is a juicy preview of the workshop I'm offering this weekend "Cultivating Connections: 5 Strategies for Building and Sustaining a Thriving Classroom Community " I hope you can join me! Click here to save your seat! Links: Dr. Sims Bishop Cultivating Connections Workshop Let's Connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store Join the waitlist for La Familia Loca PLC Let's Connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store La Familia Loca PLC

Summer is here! Stop worrying about prepping for the next school year! This episode is to remind you to enjoy the summer break that you waited for during the school year. Rest, and don't forget to download the free "Sunshine and Serenity" teacher's summer companion resource guide. Links How To Be Intentional During Conference Season Blog Post “Conferencing Intentionally” worksheets Sunshine and Serenity PDF Join the waitlist for La Familia Loca PLC Let's Connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store Let's Connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store La Familia Loca PLC

I am so grateful for this woman and this important conversation! Bertha Delgadillo joins me for this episode and together we share our journeys with our late in life diagnosis of ADHD and how we’re working to understand our Brains and unleash our superpowers! We hope to see you at our session at ACTFL this year in Philadelphia! The following are the various links mentioned in this episode! Get on Bertha’s email list! XOXO, Your Tough Love Coach Podcast I have ADHD Podcast Dr. Hallowell ADHD 2.0 Futureadhd.com ACTFL 2024 Join the waitlist for La Familia Loca PLC Let's Connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store Let's Connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store La Familia Loca PLC

What a JOY it was to interview Kristen about her Brief Moving Meditations! I hope you LOVE this episode and you enjoy incorporating some of these ideas into your classroom with your students! Here are the various links mentioned in this episode: My Guided Breathing Brain Break Resource Kristen's Qi Gong Teacher on YouTube The Gorilla/ Immune Boost breath Kristen's template for the Humming bee breath to use with students! Join the waitlist for La Familia Loca PLC Let's Connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store Let's Connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store La Familia Loca PLC

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to YOU! Thank you so much for listening and supporting my podcast! Here's 5 novel Brain Breaks for you to try out this week with your students! I hope they bring ALL of you LOTS of JOY! These are the various links mentioned in this episode: 35 Brain Break Blogs on my website Episode 3- Student Buy In Country Class Names for Community Building Shape Up Inspiration from Iamjoshuawoodard Example ASMR video Recent reviews of the podcast! Add yours! Join the waitlist for La Familia Loca PLC Let's Connect: My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store Let's Connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store La Familia Loca PLC

There's nothing like the feeling of spreading JOY and teaching gratitude! I can't wait to hear how these ideas bring YOU, your students, and the teachers in your building some joy this week, next week, and for years to come! Love, Annabelle Blog for Student Driven Word Clouds Instagram video of word clouds YouTube video how to of Word Art.com Recent reviews of the podcast! Add yours! Face-off Brain Break Blog and YouTube video to see it in action! Join the waitlist for La Familia Loca PLC Let's Connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store Let's Connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store La Familia Loca PLC

Get ready, in this episode, I'm giving you three, no-prep strategies to use in your classes for when you come into school and literally, barely have the energy to teach. No prep, like zero prep! Get excited, and listen now! Links & Resources The Comprehensible Classroom Collaborative Free-Writes S2 Episode 6: The POWER of Dopamine! with Jess Psaros S1 Episode 4: 3 Low to NO prep Games for the World Language Classroom! Let's connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store Let's Connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store La Familia Loca PLC

A very special guest is joining me to talk about the importance of dopamine in our world language classes. You don't want to miss this conversation with Jess Psaros! Links TPR: My Gestures Blog Jess' Document on Educational Implications for the Middle School Classroom based on Adolescent Brain Development Be the first to know when La Familia Loca PLC opens its doors again! Join the waitlist! Let's connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store Let's Connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store La Familia Loca PLC

For real though!? Do you know!? Do you ask them!? Try the strategies I outline in THIS episode to find out how comprehensible you're really being for your students! Links mentioned in the episode: Sponge analogy on YouTube Conference in the Cloud 2024 Be the first to know when La Familia Loca PLC opens its doors again! Join the waitlist! Let's connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store Let's Connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store La Familia Loca PLC

You're amazing... Don't forget it... There's a tiny homework assignment in this episode that will take 30 seconds but have a BIG impact! Here are the links mentioned in this episode: John Bracey Work won't love you back - Sarah Jaffe Blog on End of the Year Survey Be the first to know when La Familia Loca PLC opens its doors again! Join the waitlist! Let's connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store Let's Connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store La Familia Loca PLC

Lack of Support Lack of Engagement Lack of resources Lack of inspiration Lack of community You're not alone! Listen to Silvy's journey to JOY and transformative year within La Familia Loca PLC! The doors are open until Friday the 17th at 8pm CDT and I would love to be your support, cheerleader, and part of your community the rest of this school year! Click HERE to learn more and become our newest member! Let's Connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store La Familia Loca PLC

That was SUCH a fun episode to record! I hope it gives you lots of ideas for tracking all the amazing things happening in your classroom every day! Below are the many links and references I talk about throughout this juicy episode: Tuesday Tip 39 - Seating Chart (a visual for you) Interpersonal and Interpretive Communication Rubric Blog! Mary P Overton Blog Positive Phone Calls home blog (read it!) Positive Phone calls home podcast (OMG SO GOOD!) 10 Day Brain Break Challenge! (YAY!) Let's connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store Let's Connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store La Familia Loca PLC

Unplugged, unscripted, authentically tackling imposter syndrome and challenging YOU to teach as your AUTHENTIC, RAW, GENIUS, MAGICAL self! Thank you for being here and tuning in to Episode 1 of Season 2 of Teaching La Vida Loca the Podcast! Here are the people, places, and things mentioned in this episode: CI DownUnder Bu Cathy Bu Anne Adriana Ramírez and Margarita Peréz García's Podcast Stations Blog Stations Podcast Station Expectations Freebie Resource Class Jobs Course with John Sifert La Familia Loca PLC - Join the Waitlist! Let's connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store Let's Connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store La Familia Loca PLC

Welcome to the final episode of season 1 of Teaching La Vida Loca! In this episode, I want you to reframe and rethink the way you talk about your "rest" this break and in future breaks from school! I am so grateful for you, and I cannot WAIT to venture into a new year and brand new season of Teaching La Vida Loca with YOU! Here's the original post I saw on Instagram by ArtbyLittleBug Here's the post with my big announcement! Here's the link to register for my workshop on Story asking- Reimagined on the 7th of January! Let's connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store La Familia Loca PLC- Get on the waitlist for the next time the doors open! Let's Connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store La Familia Loca PLC

I am SO glad to be back to podcasting and I hope you're excited for some HIGHLY engaging and impactful reading strategies that are LOW prep for you! Don't forget to leave me a review (yay thank you!!) on Apple Podcasts here. And, don't miss the opportunity to join me for my workshop on Story-asking Reimagined in January to make the story-asking process more engaging and equitable! You'll LOVE it! Register here. Here are the people and links mentioned in this episode: Laurie Clarq Michele Whaley Lauren Tauchman Carol Gaab Claudia Elliott Adriana Ramírez AC Quintero Giant Fairy Wizard Brain Break Carrie Toth Freeze Frame La Familia Loca PLC- Get on the waitlist for the next time the doors open! Let's connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store Let's Connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store La Familia Loca PLC

Phew... I double dog dare you to try this the next time you feel like pulling your hairs out in front of a class... the next time your find yourself ready to explode because they're LITERALLY not doing ANYTHING like you wanted them to... Pause, breathe, and ask yourself this question! YAY! Here's the Brain Break mentioned in this podcast!- the blog Here's a video of it in action! - listen to how quiet they sound! Here's where you can learn about the Empowered Mastermind two day workshop that Claudia and I are hosting in Raleigh, NC! Let's Connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store La Familia Loca PLC

HUGE shout out to Dr. Liam Printer for joining La Familia Loca PLC this weekend and sharing his incredible research and knowledge in such REAL ways! To listen to his podcast click here or visit his website to read about the many ways you can learn from him! The various forms of engagement he shared he noted he learned a lot from John Marshall Rieve. Episode 54: Being intentional about your feedback To register for the workshop that Express Fluency is hosting for FREE on October 3rd click here. Let's connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store Let's Connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store La Familia Loca PLC

What a treat to have my dear friend Andrea join me for this podcast episode! There are TONS of actionable takeaways for you in this episode, and I cannot wait to hear how they have an impact on you and your students! Make sure to follow Andrea on Instagram to continue to learn and grow with her! Here are the links and people mentioned in this episode: Lauren Tauchmen CI Midwest Lauren Watkins Bryce Hedstrom Rise and Shine Collective (don't forget, not only will Andrea be participating, but she is a special guest presenter for the VIP members of the Rise and Shine Collective!) Let's Connect! My Blog My YouTube My Instagram My Website My TPT store La Familia Loca PLC