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Teaching to the TOP

222. How to CURE Spring Fever as a Teacher

Teaching to the TOP

Teaching on the Double

Parenting, Education, Self-improvement, Kids & Family

4.8667 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

The birds are chirping, days are getting longer, and the leaves are beginning to fill the trees once again. Spring is officially in the air that means we are not only battling allergies but also fatigue. Spring fever is a common side effect as our bodies are beginning to adapt to the changes in weather and daylight.  During winter our body adopts and protects itself from lower temperatures and reduced sunlight. Longer days and warmer temperatures lead to an increase in activity but our bodies take more time to adjust the sleep-awake cycle and thus our timing is often out of sync. This leaves us often feeling fatigued and with low energy In this episode we are sharing 5 tips for helping you cure spring fever: Change your diet Incorporate outdoors time Reset your space Surround yourself with things that excite you Use your days if you have them LINKS: ​​014.Classroom Spring Cleaning MUST DOS 015. 5 Easy Steps to Clean and Organize Your Classroom 016. Simple Decluttering Hacks for Your Classroom SUBMIT YOUR TIME SUCKING HURDLE! We want to know what is sucking up all of your time either as a teacher or just a person. Head over to our website and submit your TSH so that you can have a chance to be featured on the podcast! SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW Are you subscribed to our podcast? If you’re not, I want to encourage you to do that today. I don’t want you to miss an episode. Click here to subscribe to iTunes! Now if you’re feeling extra loving, We would be really grateful if you left us a review over on iTunes, too. Those reviews help other people find our podcast and they’re also fun for us to go in and read. Just click here to review, select “Ratings and Reviews” and “Write a Review” and let us know what your favorite part of the podcast is. Thank you!

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0:00.0

Well, hello there, top teachers. We are your hosts, Michelle Emerson.

0:04.8

And Bridget Spackman, and we are here to make your life easier by helping you master your time,

0:09.7

organization, and productivity as a teacher.

0:13.0

Achoo! Bless you! Thank you. I don't know about you, but spring fever is rampant right now.

0:19.9

Okay, that was really lame. And no, I'm not talking about catching a cold

0:23.7

or struggling with allergies, but rather the spring fever, and I'm putting air quotes around that,

0:29.8

that causes behavior and motivation changes amongst kids and adults alike. In this episode,

0:36.5

we're going to share some tips for curing or at least,

0:40.0

you know, helping a little bit spring fever, whether you or your students are the ones suffering.

0:45.5

But first, we're going to hear a TSAH from a top teacher. This top teacher says, my time-sucking

0:51.4

hurdle is getting distracted with things that are not very important.

0:55.0

I know I should be doing my important work, but I just keep getting distracted. P.S. I love your

1:01.1

YouTube channels and your podcast. You are always entertaining and informative.

1:05.1

Well, thank you, Top Teacher. That is very kind of you. And I feel like this TSA is just, it's the most generic TSAH of something we all struggle

1:14.3

with, right?

1:14.8

Like we know what we need to be doing.

1:17.1

We're just not doing it.

1:18.6

And so my biggest advice, and I'm saying this to myself as well, is to really dig down

1:24.3

and figure out why are you not doing the thing you need to be doing?

1:27.7

Because typically, even though, yeah, it might not be as fun as scrolling social media or doing

1:33.2

the things you want to do, there is probably some kind of friction that is preventing you

1:38.0

from getting started. And if you can figure out what that is, you can find a solution. So I'm going to give you an example

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