You’ll agree that smiling is contagious, right? I mean, didn’t you smile when you saw this photo? I sure did. I discovered the photo on a fellow teacher’s Pinterest board. She maintains a board of smiles: smiling kids, smiling adults, and even smiling animals. I love this idea and intend to create my own “Smile…
Visit Termite Town, settle in at Meerkat City, and dive into Water World: students learn about interesting places animals build their homes in this new book from Lonely Planet Kids. If you’d like to win this book, play along and tell me which of the following animal homes sounds most comfy to you. Your choices…
I just took the ACE test, which measures adverse childhood experiences. My result? It was a zero, which means I’m lucky. I grew up in a household that was supportive and loving. My parents didn’t abuse me, take drugs, have a mental illness, or get divorced. (Some sources say that the national average of 2…
Need some leaf activities for fall? No problem! We have you covered. (Get it? Covered in leaves!) The best thing for you to do is to click this link right HERE. You’ll notice that there are 1135 leaf ideas. So look to left of your screen and narrow your search by grade level. If you’re…
Roald Dahl, author of such wonderful tales as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach, was born on this day in 1916. And this man not only wrote fascinating books, but he had a fascinating, sometimes tragic, life. Here are a few Roald Dahl facts: His first name is pronounced, “Roo–all.”…
Sing a song of science! This book and CD set from Cantata Learning teaches students the steps engineers follow to solve problems. You could win my copy! To enter our random drawing, submit a comment to this blog to let us know how you’d use this set. Send it by 11:59 pm EDT on September…
Have you played the game 52-Card Pickup? It’s a card game you only agree to play one time. I was a kid when I agreed to play. My uncle asked. I agreed. The next thing I knew the 52 cards in the deck he was holding were spewing out all over the floor. Hence the…
Do you know what I did last weekend? I…
When I discovered that this Saturday, September 9, is Teddy Bear Day, well my brain was overtaken with teddy bear thoughts. The idea that the Teddy Bear was named after President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt has always warmed my heart. (For a quick review of how this came to be, click here.) I’m also a fan…
Print labels right from your smartphone or tablet. Really? Yep! With the DYMO MobileLabeler, just type in your labels and use Bluetooth to send them to this all-in-one label maker. Choose from dozens of fonts, use speech to text, and use the built-in spellcheck. If this nifty solution makes your heart go thumpa thumpa, then…