Oatmeal Container Planetarium

Posted by | 5:15 AM
Throwing unique-shaped containers in the recycling bin is hard for me. (I’m always wondering how they can be recycled into kid’s crafts.) Cy...

Finding the Fun in Movement

Posted by | 10:08 AM
Which sounds like more fun: relaxing quietly in lotus pose on a yoga mat or gliding smoothly above the clouds on a magic carpet? Performing ...

Building Math Skills with DIY Dominoes

Posted by | 5:18 AM
I don’t know what happened to our set of dominoes, but it’s disappeared. (sigh) So many of the blogs I follow have used dominoes as a math m...

Homophones Memory Game

Posted by | 5:19 AM
You know what’s REALLY funny to a first grader? Homophones! These are words that sound the same but have different spelling and meaning. Lea...

A Tool for Self Control: Mountain Pose

Posted by | 3:56 AM
"Tall Mountain" Pose Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and...

Senses, Stims and Stress

Posted by | 2:22 AM
We tend to take our sensory system for granted until something goes wrong with it. We are all sensory organisms! Our sensory system provides...

I am Pharaoh [Craft & Writing Prompt]

Posted by | 5:13 AM
Warning: If your child tends to be bossy, it might be best to avoid this activity. My son thoroughly enjoyed being “Ruler of Egypt” ... perh...

3 Minute Neck Massage

Posted by | 9:01 PM
I was watching my daughter do her homework yesterday, and I noticed her posture. She was leaning to one side, her one leg folded under her a...

What's the Weather There?

Posted by | 5:56 AM
Download this thermometer here . Spring break is coming up so I figured it would be fun to take an imaginary trip to five U.S. capital citie...

Teachers: 99 Reasons to Love Them

Posted by | 2:49 AM
This weekend as Jay and I were moving my office to a larger room in the house I found a box of old school work and photos. As I began going ...

Spelling Practice with Nautical Flags

Posted by | 5:27 AM
Back when we practiced fractions with nautical flags , I discovered something pretty awesome about them: there is a flag for each letter of ...

A Klimt-Inspired Self Portrait

Posted by | 5:16 AM
Can you think of a more romantic piece of art than Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss ? I can’t. While romance isn’t at the heart of this lesson, expos...

Lighting A Fire

Posted by | 2:28 AM
One of the most challenging aspects to being an educator is getting (and keeping) students engaged in learning. We have all had it happen: w...

Math Post-it Note Scavenger Hunt

Posted by | 5:15 AM
My son asked me for another scavenger hunt last week. I wanted to do something different, though (see our other hunts here and here ). Blis...

Making it Personal

Posted by | 3:30 AM
Jedi Warrior Pose builds confidence! One of my favorite aspects of my work is the family interactions during private yoga sessions. The stud...
 

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