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Photo: efreeze.com Happy Friday everyone! I'll make it short and sweet this holiday week. Here are last week's favorite article link...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:42 AM

Squids swim backwards?!?!  Yep, they sure do. Of course, my son asked, “How do they see where they’re going?” “I don’t think they do,” I rep...

0 comments Labels: Plants/Animals, Science

Posted by Unknown | 4:58 AM

What’s that they say about the best laid plans? Well, whatever it is, it applies to this activity, which did not go quite as I had planned. ...

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Posted by Unknown | 4:48 AM

I love taking yoga outside in the summer. There is something so energizing about the sensation of grass against my bare feet & the sun s...

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Photo: girlguides.ca I attended my teen age niece's recital this weekend. The one thing that struck me the most in each of the 50 or so...

0 comments Labels: adaptive sports, character education, Dance, self-confidence

Posted by Unknown | 5:49 AM

I love Post-It® notes. So does my son. I’m not sure what either of us thinks is so special about them, but whenever our learning activities ...

0 comments Labels: Addition, Free Printables, Multiplication, Sorting, Subtraction

Posted by Unknown | 8:02 AM

 Photo: thehot airballooning.com    Hello everyone and a very happy Friday! This week marked the official transition from the end ...

0 comments Labels: beach, In case you missed it, sensory games

Posted by Unknown | 5:06 AM

It’s a guarantee that any time we’re outside, we’ll stop to stare at the ants. My kids have always seemed fascinated by these tiniest of ins...

0 comments Labels: Crafts, Free Printables, Language Arts, Plants/Animals, Reading, Rhyming, Writing

Posted by Unknown | 11:39 AM

Peace Pose I think most of us who teach or practice yoga would agree that the best part of a yoga class is the end - Savasana -where all ou...

0 comments Labels: Relaxation, self control, stress management

Posted by Unknown | 5:10 AM

We are totally land-locked here in the Midwest. To say that the ripples of water on the surface of lake water are waves is downright ridicul...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:11 AM

It’s summer. What are we doing inside, right?!? This little activity takes our math lesson outdoors. Put on the sunscreen and get ready for ...

0 comments Labels: Addition, Being Active, Counting, Games, Subtraction

Posted by Unknown | 8:28 AM

Photo by Lisa DeLuca spraygraphic.com Well The end of the week is finally here. It was a productive one for me, and an enlightening one as w...

0 comments Labels: education, S.M.Art Stories, sensory games

Posted by Unknown | 5:18 AM

When my son started his presidential dollar coin collection, an interest in the presidents was ignited. At a recent trip to an area presiden...

0 comments Labels: Crafts, Free Printables, History, Writing

Posted by Unknown | 11:26 AM

Those of you who read my blog regularly know that I usually keep things on a positive note, however, sometimes conflict, adversity and pain ...

0 comments Labels: anti bullying, character education, respect