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Lauren Piland
May 22, 20241 min read
Blooming Resources: Everyone's Invited! an inclusive party planning prompt
Although we are all more alike than we think, learning about ways we’re different is the first step in understanding, accepting,...
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Lauren Piland
May 13, 20241 min read
Blooming Books Podcast: Season 1 Author Spotlight!
I knew (and hoped!) this podcast would bring about a useful list for parents and teachers to pull book recommendations from for their...
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Lauren Piland
May 10, 20241 min read
Blooming Resources: Our Memory Box! cherishing & creating family mementos
Teaching our kids and students about the importance of their family traditions, mementos and culture can be a powerful way to help them...
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Lauren Piland
Apr 19, 20242 min read
Blooming Books Podcast: Illness & Loss
Guiding our kiddos through impending grief and loss can be such a tough topic, especially when we're dealing with our own emotions as...
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Lauren Piland
Apr 12, 20241 min read
Blooming Books Podcast: Facing Challenges!
Facing struggles as parents and teachers is inevitable, yet a pivotal moment we can teach and model our own less than zen moments for our...
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Lauren Piland
Apr 11, 20241 min read
Blooming Resources: Cloudy Day! a self-regulation techniques activity
We've all had days that go from cloudy to worse! Our friend Stormy is having one of those days. In our Blooming Books Podcast episode on...
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Lauren Piland
Apr 1, 20242 min read
Blooming Books Podcast: Self-Regulation!
The building block of most Social Emotional Learning (SEL) techniques starts with self-regulation. But, what is self-regulation?! It's...
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Lauren Piland
Mar 27, 20241 min read
Blooming Resources: The Perfect Match! adaptive tools + inclusion activity
Although we are all more alike than we think, learning about ways we’re different is the first step in understanding, accepting,...
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Lauren Piland
Mar 25, 20242 min read
Blooming Books Podcast: Celebrating Inclusion!
This episode on inclusion was especially touching and inspiring to me as a mom to neuro-typical and non-disabled kiddos, because true...
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Lauren Piland
Mar 15, 20242 min read
Blooming Books Podcast: Navigating Friendships!
For our first official episode, we dove into the topic of fishy friends, a recess queen and teacher besties with elementary educators...
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Lauren Piland
Mar 13, 20241 min read
Blooming Resources: Fishy Friends card game!
With our brand new podcast now out in the world, I'll be discussing and highlighting an activity that will go along with each episode's...
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Lauren Piland
Feb 28, 20241 min read
Blooming Resources: Think Like An Author + Illustrator
Not to pick favorites, but this might just be my favorite activity in the bundle that goes along with our book, Blooming Blasts Off! Not...
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Lauren Piland
Feb 21, 20241 min read
Blooming Resources: Howl at the Moon BINGO!
The stars at night, are big and bright - in our little slice of Texas! And living outside of Space City (Houston), you can't help but...
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Lauren Piland
Feb 15, 20242 min read
Blooming Resources: SEL Mantras Series on Friendships!
If you've been following along on social media for a bit now, you've probably noticed our weekly mantra series - where I post one monthly...
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Lauren Piland
Feb 9, 20242 min read
Blooming Resources: Mama's Guide to Hard Conversations
When I left the classroom in 2017, I felt depleted, I felt guilty, I felt like I was turning a blind eye to a huge problem in the public...
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Lauren Piland
Jan 26, 20242 min read
Blooming Resources: Sneaky Silent Letters! Word Mechanics & Phonics Activity
I remember when I was teaching second grade, there were so many lessons and facets of Balanced Literacy, aka teaching reading and...
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Lauren Piland
Jan 17, 20242 min read
Blooming Resources: our Beyond the Text Bundle for Blooming Rose Blasts Off!
lesson objectives: I can extend the literary experience through book-based reading comprehension, ELA, STEM and SEL activities My goal...
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Lauren Piland
Jan 10, 20242 min read
Blooming Resources: Unique Explorations an SEL activity!
lesson objectives: I can reflect, share and celebrate differences in myself and others We have a growing consensus among educators and...
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Lauren Piland
Dec 12, 20232 min read
Our tips for setting up a holiday promotion timeline that works?"
Do you prepare backup plans? As a product-based entrepreneur you always have to stay ahead of the game in terms of scheduling and...
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Lauren Piland
Dec 12, 20231 min read
Meet Blooming Rose
Hi! And welcome to the home of our children's book series and academic materials! ✨ WHAT: Blooming Rose Blasts Off is the first title...
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