Rubber Duck Day
Rubber Duck Day
Bringing Students - and Joy! - Back to the Classroom
by: Leslie Mott, Christopher Rowsome
date: May 15, 2025
As grade 4 and 5 teachers, we often reflect on how to meet our students’ needs. After the COVID-19 pandemic, we noticed changes in our students’ attendance and problem-solving skills that seemed to be impacting behaviour. In response, we developed Rubber Ducking Day, and it has changed everything in our classrooms. While it was initially created in response to a need we saw in our students and our classrooms, it has grown into a deeply meaningful and powerfully positive mindset that centres on students as the driving force in their own learning.