Ask Polly Bath: Is Setting Goals Helpful or Hurtful?

Date: March 16th, 2024

Polly answers the question: “I like to set goals for myself and the kids. But when we don’t reach them, it feels like we both failed. Is there a better strategy?”

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Behavior Management: Don’t Use These 3 Words

Date: December 5th, 2021

When describing behavior, do NOT use these 3 words. Because kids won’t have any idea what you’re talking about!

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Make Benchmarks Super Easy

Date: November 13th, 2021

Here is my four-step process for making super easy benchmarks that WORK!

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Strong Feelings in the Classroom?

Date: April 8th, 2020

We all have kids in our classrooms who deal with STRONG feelings! How do we help them?

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Self-Regulation: Teaching the Individual

Date: April 4th, 2020

How can you teach individual kids to Self-Regulate? Here are my ideas…

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Self-Regulation: The Everyday Classroom

Date: April 1st, 2020

You can teach kids Self-Regulation in the classroom every day! Here’s how…

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Self-Regulation: A Whole School Approach

Date: March 28th, 2020

I’m working at home, just like so many of you. Here’s a new video about taking a whole-school approach to Self-Regulation. This will be so important when we finally get back to the classroom!

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Too Much Praise and Reward Will Backfire

Date: December 21st, 2019

Praise is not a bad thing, but it matters how and when you use it.

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Teach Kids to Put Space Between Impulse and Action

Date: December 14th, 2019

We have to deliberately teach kids how to put space between their thoughts and their actions.

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Autism and Recess

Date: December 4th, 2019

This is how I approach recess with kids with autism.

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