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Spring into training and explore professional development opportunities this spring
By LWT staff
3 minutes
Announcements
March might not be a month you typically associate with special holidays, but we’re celebrating two special holidays all month long at Learning Without Tears: Women’s History Month and Music in Our Schools Mont
By LWT staff
2 minutes
Announcements
Our National Handwriting Day celebration has come to an end and we had a wonderful time celebrating with everyone. Starting on National Handwriting Day and extending until National Random Acts of Kindness Day, we asked teachers, students, and parents to write handwritten notes of kindness to practice handwriting, share kindness with others, and to celebrate with us all month long!
By Kathryn Fox
2 minutes
Teaching Tips, Edtech
Learning Without Tears™ is excited to join teachers, administrators and occupational therapists around the world in celebration of Digital Learning Month!  The entire month of February is dedicated to showcasing and sharing the impact of education technology on student success.
By Monet Stevens
2 min
Edtech, Announcements
February is Black History and Digital Learning Month, and Learning Without Tears is celebrating the innovations of five African-American STEM visionaries.
By LWT staff
2 minutes
Edtech, Ask the Experts
If you’re an elementary school teacher, you instruct a class of digital natives.
By LWT staff
2 minutes
Teaching Tips, Multisensory Learning, Edtech
FETC wrapped up on January 26, and we learned all about how to create a makerspace to enhance digital learning in the classroom. Long before tech learners graduate and head to the incubators of Silicon Valley, they learn to build vital technology and communication skills in the elementary school classroom. To be successful digital communicators, children first need to build foundation skills like social-emotional acuity and critical thinking. 
By Megan Parker
4 minutes
Announcements
National Handwriting Day is January 23! Celebrate with us as we reimagine handwriting and embrace positivity in 2018 with our month-long National Handwriting Day celebration
By LWT staff
3 minutes
Teaching Tips, Announcements
Building Writers…and Beyond!
By LWT staff
2 minutes