E157

155. Why I Stopped Doing Themes (and what you can do instead)

From Special Educators Resource Room · Hosted by Jennifer DeBrosse

2025-11-21·466

Episode summary

In this episode of Special Educators Resource Room: Theme weeks can be fun—but what if they’re also burning you out? In this episode, I’m walking you through the moment I decided to stop planning my entire week around pumpkins, apples, or snowflakes… and what I did instead to keep students progressing and save my sanity.

Original publisher description

Theme weeks can be fun—but what if they’re also burning you out? In this episode, I’m walking you through the moment I decided to stop planning my entire week around pumpkins, apples, or snowflakes… and what I did instead to keep students progressing and save my sanity. Inside this episode: ✔ Why theme overload happens ✔ The systems to use instead…