{"id":11991,"date":"2014-03-21T07:03:02","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T12:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/?p=11991"},"modified":"2019-03-27T14:21:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T19:21:13","slug":"organized-mornings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/organized-mornings\/","title":{"rendered":"Organized Mornings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/professionallearningboard.com\/blog\/\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"check_out_the_new_blog\" title=\"Check Out the New Blog\" alt=\"Check Out the New Blog\"  src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/images\/check_out_the_new_blog.jpg\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/OrganizedMornings.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11995\" style=\"border: 4px solid black; margin: 10px;\" alt=\"Elementary school teacher\" src=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/OrganizedMornings.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/OrganizedMornings.jpg 300w, https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/OrganizedMornings-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Making breakfast, packing lunches, looking for that library book- all at the same time. In most homes, mornings are chaotic and full of activity. We finally get to work and barely\u00a0have\u00a0time to take a breath before we\u00a0need\u00a0to start interacting with and teaching a whole group of children.<\/p>\n<p>Each home is different, and I&#8217;m not trying to say that\u00a0mine\u00a0is stress-free every morning, but there are some ways we can bring some of this chaos under control.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a &#8220;morning&#8221; person,\u00a0try getting\u00a0up an hour earlier to get some of your tasks done before the kids wake up. And if you are a &#8220;night&#8221; person, maybe you can pack lunches the previous\u00a0evening\u00a0and put them in the fridge. Plan what you are going to wear the\u00a0night before hand.\u00a0And, try keeping\u00a0a checklist\u00a0of\u00a0the things you need to take to work.<\/p>\n<p>As your morning routine gets organized, you will find that you feel more energetic and enthusiastic. Try it, and let me know how it works.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What are some ways you make your mornings more organized?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/courses\/tell-a-friend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tell a Friend!<\/a><br \/>\nSend an email or a link to your teacher friends, colleagues or teaching communities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TeacherCEUs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\">Like TeacherCEUs on Facebook!<\/a><br \/>\nShare a url on your facebook page.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pd4teachers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Follow @PD4Teachers on Twitter!<\/a><br \/>\nLet other teachers know how easy and helpful it can be to stay on top of what\u2019s happening in the field of education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>  Making breakfast, packing lunches, looking for that library book- all at the same time. In most homes, mornings are chaotic and full of activity. We finally get to work and barely\u00a0have\u00a0time to take a breath before we\u00a0need\u00a0to start interacting with and teaching a whole group of children.<br \/>\nEach home is different, and I&#8217;m not [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[1235,784,1234,954],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11991"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11991"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24362,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11991\/revisions\/24362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com\/tlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}