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One of the most useful classes I ever took in high school, was a "Computer Programming" class, somewhere around 1982-ish. (For tho...

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Our musical instrument projects have been a HUGE hit. Just the other day, my sons put on a music concert for me. The toddler played the rain...

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I'm asked often what the 'secret' is to getting and keeping children engaged in yoga-based activities, in this world of electron...

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Posted by Unknown | 3:26 AM

Photo: Avian Cetacean at Flickr.com I've always been fascinated with sand dollars. A variety of legends & associations have been mad...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:31 AM

In the process of brainstorming a place value activity, this little exercise was born. It’s simple and fun and takes next to no prep. Just f...

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Posted by Unknown | 6:05 AM

Photo Credit: notesfromxian.com I hope everyone had a great week! And just In Case You Missed It, here are this week's top relevant pos...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:54 AM

We’re a college ball kinda family; there’s not too much NBA on at our house. Despite this, my son found out about the legendary Michael Jord...

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Posted by Unknown | 11:58 AM

Photo Courtesy:   johnflurry.com Its a commonly held belief that ASD children should be discouraged from parallel play; and that they  need...

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Posted by Unknown | 11:06 AM

'Lonely Girl'  image by Lucia Stewart Courtesy of  fineartamerica.com A few years ago I provided adaptive summer camp programming f...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:09 AM

My son’s fascination with jellies hasn’t waned since we did our first jellyfish activity (check out the awesome tunnel book we made here ). ...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:19 AM

To have a little fun with measuring, I turned my son into the Ruler of the Ruler, complete with a crown too! To start our activity, we read ...

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Posted by Unknown | 12:08 PM

Mindy Kalling photo courtesy of glamour.com In Case You Missed It is back with the most intriguing, awe-inspiring and informative posts fro...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:13 AM

NOTE: This freebie is no longer available for download because iStockphoto limits the number of printable impressions. If you’ve been follow...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:03 AM

After I attended a Mom’s Night Out for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) event, I realized that our afterschool curriculum w...

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Posted by Unknown | 9:59 AM

I have always been on the fence about the concept of Peer Mentoring and have often wondered how effective it really is in the long term. My ...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:20 AM

It’s amazing how much in our world is symmetrical. Once you start looking, you find symmetry (both occurring naturally and man-made) everyw...

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