What do our adopters have to say? Enjoy this sampling of comments about the program’s benefits from the open-ended questions on the 2018 – 2019 Year-End Teacher Survey. Mood-Enhancement and Behavior Improvement I’ve noticed that kids… Read More
Ambassador Profile: Kathleen Butler
Meet Walking Classroom Ambassador Kathleen Butler. Mrs. Butler uses The Walking Classroom with her fifth graders at Spring Valley Elementary in California. She has worked in education for 20 years, and is starting her fourth year… Read More
Exercising While We Learn!
With The Walking Classroom, my students have been loving walking (and exercising!) while they learn. We especially enjoyed listening to Slave Life and Rebellions (Complete-#76, 5-#47). My students were excited to make connections to Nat Turner’s rebellion… Read More
On the Road: Fall OST Conferences
Looking for professional development opportunities? Plenty pop up at out-of-school time (OST) conferences this fall. Plan on hitting any? If so, be sure to stop by The Walking Classroom’s booth! We’d love to meet you! Where… Read More
Ambassador Profile: Joy Poole
Meet Walking Classroom Ambassador Joy Poole. Ms. Poole uses The Walking Classroom with fifth graders at St. Elmo Elementary School in Texas. She has worked in education for 29 years, and is starting her fifth year… Read More
“Challenging” students are becoming leaders in our ESL classroom!
Thank you so much for giving my students and I the opportunity to be a Walking Classroom. We have enjoyed getting to learn in an active way. My students are always so excited to do the… Read More
Back on the Trail? We’ve Got You Covered!
For many of you, school starting means another year of walking, listening, and learning with The Walking Classroom! As we know you have plenty of preparing to do, we are here to help. We have several… Read More
Ambassador Profile: Susan Isner
Meet Walking Classroom Ambassador Susan Isner. Mrs. Isner uses The Walking Classroom with her fourth grade ELA and social studies students at North Elementary in Elkins, West Virginia. Having worked in education for 25 years, Mrs…. Read More
Technology Teacher Takes to the Trail!
As the technology teacher at my school, I use The Walking Classroom with two fourth grade classrooms. This allows me to reach three total fourth grade classes due to split classes for related arts. The students… Read More
Students Share the Love Too!
While last week’s post highlighted some quotable quotes from teacher thank you notes, this week the students share! Need a smile? Here are some samples of memorable comments from the hundreds of student thank you notes… Read More