Making measuring hands-on and interesting for kids is always important.  This activity insures that they will want to measure all of their favorite stuffed animals.  They can also measure their real favorite  real pets but they won’t stay still like a stuffed pet will!  
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                  Sohan is studying Russia and is fascinated with their architecture.  I used equations to practice addition and subtraction with regrouping. The color key is: Blue = 45 white = 100 yellow = 58 red = 61 light blue = 90 Have fun!
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Savanna is studying telephones so I made this to help her practice her math facts at the same time.  She is working on addition and subtraction facts but if you need something harder or easier just change the equations to fit your needs. Color key: Orange = 8 brown = 10 dark blue =...
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                  Molly is studying flowers so I made this math sheet for her.   She is learning her multiplication facts so I included multiplication, addition and subtraction equations. If your students need to work on different facts, just white out the equations and add your own.  Just...
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An excellent activity to help children understand intolerance is to do this simulation of segregation. It is a powerful activity that effects everyone involved. It is based on a similar activity done in 1968, the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was shot. This is a video taken 2 years later for the teacher,...
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  I'm excited to be going back to work today.  I have lots of new things to take in...
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  My son showed me this great tribute to Calvin and  Hobbes creator Bill Watterson.  What’s not to love?...
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  I met with a group of University of Michigan students working on an educational on-line game for my...
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I was looking for what to do with those old floppy disc, you know the ones you have from...
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  Wow – there is so much out there to pick from for children of all ages.  I have...
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