We all dread the four letter word of education: TIME! I want to talk a little today about how you can get more out of your time with your kids, how to plan to hit multiple skills and domains at once. This post is the start of a series of posts that I have in mind, on how you can multiply the number of skills that you are working on with your kids as you plan for lessons. I am going to make a few assumptions: You believe that you are teacher of the whole child, not just your content area. (If you don't believe this please take some time to evaluate your position!) You believe that all skills, like content, can and should be taught. It is our job to teach these skills in school, for example the 4 Cs (you know the 4 Cs, right? 😏, just in case they are listed below.) Communication Collaboration Critical Thinking Creation Let's say you want your kids to do a research project. When lesson planning you could simply through a rubric together or find one online, hand it