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  • [Printable] What Can I Control? Coloring Activity

    [Printable] What Can I Control? Coloring Activity

    Regulating emotions is tough - for all of us. And understanding (and accepting) what's in and out of our control is a powerful tool to help. In our students, learning to control feelings...

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  • [Download] Engage Every Learner® Content Spring 2023 Expansion Pack

    [Download] Engage Every Learner® Content Spring 2023 Expansion Pack

    Spring is fast approaching, which means it's time for some fresh new content! We've launched a brand new expansion pack for your VariQuest® Design Center Software to make preparing for...

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  • What Would Help Special Education Teachers? Interview With Anna from Prior Lake High School

    What Would Help Special Education Teachers? Interview With Anna from Prior Lake High School

    Here at VariQuest, many of our education consultants were once teachers themselves, and all of them have credible voices that they bring to the table thanks to their backgrounds. Not only...

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  • [Listen] Podcast: The Importance of Social-Emotional Learning Visuals in Schools

    [Listen] Podcast: The Importance of Social-Emotional Learning Visuals in Schools

    Do you love listening to podcasts in the education space? Are you looking for more information and resources on Social-Emotional Learning and Teaching in schools? We've got something great...

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  • [Download] 100th Day of School Activities for Elementary Teachers

    [Download] 100th Day of School Activities for Elementary Teachers

    As an elementary teacher, when you reach that 100th Day of School, you may be thinking about it being the halfway point in the year, as well as a good time to reevaluate and set new goals...

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  • [Download] Sensory Path for Elementary Students: Dinosaur Discovery

    [Download] Sensory Path for Elementary Students: Dinosaur Discovery

    Whether students are learning by doing or learning while doing, keeping them engaged during a lesson provides for maximum learning potential. And what kid doesn't love learning about...

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  • [Videos] Classroom Supports for Vision Boards, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Valentine's Day

    [Videos] Classroom Supports for Vision Boards, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Valentine's Day

    When you return from winter break and begin a new calendar year with students, you might be looking for new ways to start fresh with your lessons and may even make resolutions to create...

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  • [Lesson Plan] Celebrate the Chinese New Year 2023!

    [Lesson Plan] Celebrate the Chinese New Year 2023!

    Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, has been celebrated for thousands of years. It is one of the most important holidays widely celebrated in many Asian countries and...

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  • [SEL Activities] 3 Ideas for Students to Reflect on Their Year

    [SEL Activities] 3 Ideas for Students to Reflect on Their Year

    As another calendar year comes to a close, we reflect back on all that has happened - good or bad - and consider how we can move into a new year with a positive attitude and fresh...

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  • [Lesson Plan] How Big is My Problem? A Lesson Plan for Elementary Teachers

    [Lesson Plan] How Big is My Problem? A Lesson Plan for Elementary Teachers

    Reflecting on, and regulating emotions is a life-long learning process. Even as adults in the age of discussing the "Karens" - we all need to remember to take a moment to stop and think...

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  • What is the Best Source for Learning Visuals?

    What is the Best Source for Learning Visuals?

    VariQuest® is your source for the various tools and ideas you need to improve the classroom experience for teachers and students. We offer an exceptional array of learning tools and...

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  • Creating a Student Journal: What are you reading, feeling, and learning?

    Creating a Student Journal: What are you reading, feeling, and learning?

    Journaling is widely regarded as one way to improve mental health, as writing and reading about our feelings and events help us to process the emotions behind them. And because the...

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  • [Lesson Plan] Emotion Meter: A Social-Emotional Learning Lesson for Teachers

    [Lesson Plan] Emotion Meter: A Social-Emotional Learning Lesson for Teachers

    We can't control our feelings, but we can control how we act on them. For students learning this concept as they grow socially and emotionally, this means not only recognizing feelings,...

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  • [Toolkit] Building a Student-Based Enterprise

    [Toolkit] Building a Student-Based Enterprise

    As educators, we prepare our students not only with the tools needed to succeed in reading, writing, and arithmetic, but we're also preparing them for success as they move into adulthood...

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  • Visual Aid Posters – Essential to Every Presentation

    Visual Aid Posters – Essential to Every Presentation

    In our technological age which revolves around the use of smartphones and other mobile devices, giving students physical materials from which they can learn facts, ideas, and concepts can...

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  • How to Increase Teacher Retention

    How to Increase Teacher Retention

    A February 2022 National Education Association survey of its members revealed that 55% of educators were ready to leave the profession they loved earlier than planned. Factors like low...

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  • How Can I Improve Teacher Morale & Motivation?

    How Can I Improve Teacher Morale & Motivation?

    At the beginning of the school year, educators might be feeling excited, hopeful, stressed, or maybe apprehensive about what's to come. As the year moves along, the uncertainty felt at the...

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  • [Lesson Plan] Social-Emotional Learning for Elementary Students: Belonging

    [Lesson Plan] Social-Emotional Learning for Elementary Students: Belonging

    What is a sense of community? The feeling of belonging and mattering to a group. Connection is something we all want. Feeling connected to people, to places, and to things feels important...

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  • Making Teachers' Lives Easier - These Tools Can Help

    Making Teachers' Lives Easier - These Tools Can Help

    Finding teachers. Keeping teachers. Supporting teachers. Inspiring teachers. Helping teachers. When it comes to giving teachers the support they need to do their jobs effectively, we can...

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  • [Download] Engage Every Learner® Fall 2022 Expansion Pack

    [Download] Engage Every Learner® Fall 2022 Expansion Pack

    It's official: the fall 2022 school year has begun!  In an effort to make the back-to-school transition more manageable, we've created an expansion pack for your VariQuest® Design Center...

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