From the Classroom Archives - A Mom and a Job. Raising Happy, Busy Kids https://www.amomandajob.com/category/from-the-classroom/ Boredom Busters, Parenting Tips and Honest Advice for Moms Who Do It All Wed, 13 May 2026 23:31:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/www.amomandajob.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cropped-mom-and-child.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 From the Classroom Archives - A Mom and a Job. Raising Happy, Busy Kids https://www.amomandajob.com/category/from-the-classroom/ 32 32 128526194 How to Build Confidence in Your Child https://www.amomandajob.com/how-to-build-confidence-in-children/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-build-confidence-in-children Thu, 11 Jul 2019 17:28:52 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=798 Parenting Tips · Raising Confident Kids How to Build Confidence in Your Child (Simple Steps That Actually Work) By A Mom and a Job  ·  9 min read In this article: Why confidence is built in the smallest moments, not the big ones The power of sitting with hard feelings instead of fixing them How...

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]]> 798 Consistency is Key- change behavior drastically https://www.amomandajob.com/consistency-is-key-change-behavior-drastically/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=consistency-is-key-change-behavior-drastically Fri, 17 May 2019 02:51:58 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=759 Consistency in Parenting Parenting Tips · From the Classroom Why Consistency is the Most Underrated Parenting Tool (And How to Use It) By A Mom and a Job  ·  9 min read In this article: Why consistent routines reduce arguments, meltdowns, and bedtime battles The dinner rotation system that eliminated “what’s for dinner” forever What...

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]]> 759 How to Raise an Authentic Child: Teaching Kids to Be Themselves https://www.amomandajob.com/be-yourself-be-who-you-are-you-have-value/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=be-yourself-be-who-you-are-you-have-value Fri, 08 Feb 2019 16:13:40 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=718 Raising Confident Kids · Parenting Tips · From the Classroom How to Raise an Authentic Child: Teaching Kids to Be Themselves in a World That Wants Them to Copy Everyone Else By A Mom and a Job  ·  8 min read In this article: The math test where my own answer was right and I...

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]]> 718 Work Life Balance, working when you have small children at home https://www.amomandajob.com/work-life-balance-working-when-you-have-small-children-at-home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=work-life-balance-working-when-you-have-small-children-at-home Fri, 28 Dec 2018 01:15:53 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=686 Stop juggling work and life: Work life balance. Really, there should be no such a thing. It should be called life. Imagine life as a box, inside that box there are plenty of things. One of those things should be work, others can be family, commitments etc. Work should complement our life. It should not...

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]]> 686 Children and Emotions https://www.amomandajob.com/children-and-emotions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=children-and-emotions Mon, 26 Nov 2018 03:47:28 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=603 Everyone has emotions: Children are people and they have feelings too. Many times children have a hard time expressing themselves and may either laugh or cry to let you know how they are feeling. Expressions on a child’s face can also tell you how they are feeling. What are Emotions: What are emotions? How do...

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]]> 603 What to say everyday: https://www.amomandajob.com/what-to-say-everyday/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-to-say-everyday Wed, 15 Aug 2018 01:01:55 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=558 Things to say everyday to your children: We say a lot of things to our children everyday we tell them what to do, where to go and when to clean up. It is time to make the things we say memorable and lasting. Remember when a teacher or parent told you something and you got...

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]]> 558 Teachers- make the most of your day! https://www.amomandajob.com/teachers-make-the-most-of-your-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teachers-make-the-most-of-your-day Tue, 07 Aug 2018 03:17:47 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=548 How to get things done: We all want to squeeze the most we can from our day, however we all just got the same 24 hours. How is it that some people can accomplish the world in one day while others are simply floundering? We got to prioritize our time! What does that mean? People...

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]]> 548 Catch their interest https://www.amomandajob.com/catch-their-interest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=catch-their-interest Tue, 31 Jul 2018 01:51:41 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=530 Is it alive? Can it move? Want to be that successful teacher whom everyone admires and all the students love? Want to know what the favorite teacher trick is? You need to make your students excited to come to class to learn. Simple as that, you need to capture their interest. Capturing children’s interest is...

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]]> 530 How to teach children to communicate https://www.amomandajob.com/how-to-teach-children-to-communicate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-teach-children-to-communicate Fri, 20 Jul 2018 17:49:58 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=511 Why teaching children to talk is so important: Did you talk to your child/ student today? The real talk, not the hi- how are you speech? Communication builds relationships! Yup, by simply talking to your child you are building your relationship with him/her. We communicate to connect with others, (whether it is verbal or non...

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]]> 511 How to respond to children’s behavior https://www.amomandajob.com/how-to-respond-to-childrens-behavior/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-respond-to-childrens-behavior Thu, 12 Jul 2018 18:09:51 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=496 What is your first response to your child’s behavior? “You just spilled on the clean floor!” Whoa, wait a second, was that you yelling? It could have just about been any frustrated mom, dad or teacher! Unfortunately,  our initial response is usually the first emotion we feel when children did something we do not like....

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