When Should You Abandon Your Lesson Plan?

The most magical learning moments are often unplanned.

I’m sure all teachers have experienced this. The lesson takes on a life of own, goes off-plan, but the students have an amazing learning experience.

Of course, the opposite happens too - a plan goes off the rails and is a complete disaster.

Why do these occurrences happen? How can we encourage more of the positive and less of the negative experiences?

Today we’ll look at what we can learn about abandoning our lesson plans, when we should do it,...