My kiddos are always asking for hands on science activities, even if it’s one we have done over and over like this Hovercraft Science experiment project.
As I write this list, I realized all of these items were things found in my Christmas stocking at one point or another. But hands down, we’re pretty sure you can’t escape childhood without owning all 5 of these items! See if you agree and share your own top 5 after the jump!1. Slinky: It doesn’t matter how old you are, slinky will always be cool. Want extra fun? Search for Giant Slinky on You Tube and check out the super-sized versions in action.
When I was a kid, my mom was anti-coloring book. She is an artist and a teacher. (It ’s been decades since she produced art professionall...
Teach your kids how to make their very own marshmallow catapult using common household supplies. How to construct a marshmallow launcher.
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How stories about children swapped from the fairy realm helped me navigate being transgender
Make a balance sculpture and learn about physics and the center of gravity! When I was a kid, my brother and I had a favorite game called "Don't Tip the Waiter." The object of the
Strange fashions have been with us for hundreds of years and include skirts draped over cages, shoes with 18" points, and hair augmented by horse hair stretched over wire forms.
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Find out how to get students interested in Greek Mythology gods and goddesses analysis excercise by using the biography project. This is an engaging and memorable student-collaboration activity. You can use this for The Odyssey, The Lightning Thief, Hercules, ancient history, Greek theater, Greek civilization, or for a fun mythology unit.
We first knew Jim Henson’s Muppets from their appearances on Sesame Street (Great American Things, September 1, 2009). Henson, however, didn’t want to be stuck with the label of “…
"Important for students to begin to self-assess learning and needs--while roaming the room during these times, teachers can use these as quick and fast checks for understanding where he/she is most needed at that time".
OK guys, we’ve got a ton of pictures in this post, and here’s why! Back in October John Luke and I announced we would be traveling to Guatemala in January and were inviting our followers to come with us! Well, this was that trip and it was amazing! We had never done anything like this before, so it was a totally new concept for us. I want to give you guys a good idea of how our week was because we hope to take more of these “Group Adventures” in the future and hope you will come with us! So if this is news to you, or just to explain a little more, we partnered up with a company called “Influence Trips.” They coordinated the details of the trip for us, and the we posted on Instagram inviting up to 50 people to come to Guatemala with us for a week. While we were there we toured and enjoyed the country, and also got to take part in a service day at a school there (I am hoping to get some more pictures from that day if you want to check back, unfortunately that camera is currently lost by the …
