Recycle those bike tubes!

This summer I took up biking.  We are so fortunate to live right by a “rails to trails” path which connects two of our cities.  The path is a gorgeous tree-lined trail which extends 15 miles through rural Northern Michigan.  Every bike ride brings with it a new adventure.  There’s always turtles at the pond, snakes who quickly scurry across the path and, occasionally, a deer stops for a quick pic. Well, last Monday was quite an adventure in a different-sort-of-way.  Two miles into my bike ride, I blew a tire.  Oh, boy.  That has never happened.  Fortunately, I was with my dad who is an avid biker.  Little did I know that pack he always carries on the back

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Bouncy Bands- Great Tool for Your Students Who Need to Move!

I love it when we can find a super cheap and efficient way to meet the needs of our students.  For students with ADHD we often recommend tools such as sissel seats, therapy balls and fidgets for use in the classroom to allow students to move and, hopefully, maintain attention to instruction.   These items are often so expensive, and with our ever dwindling school budgets, well, need I say more?  A few weeks back, Scott Ertl contacted me and asked if I would try out his new Bouncy Bands.  Scott is an elementary school counselor in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and works with students and teachers in developing plans for helping students succeed in the classroom.  When I first received

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