These days you can go to the store and buy almost anything you want.  You don’t need to think about how you are going to fix that toaster, sharpen that pencil and heat up that dinner; just buy a new one, use a pencil sharpener and throw that dinner in the microwave. “Creative Thinking”,...
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For our final field trip the students voted to go to the Imagination Station in Toledo, Ohio.  I’m so they did.  It had been years since I’d been there with my son and it was fun going through the exhibits – new and old. They have a new exhibit “The Big Dig” to explore...
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It’s taken me a few days to recover from the last ten weeks of school, but I think I’m back!  I have lots to share from marathons to great performances but that’s tomorrow.  To say I had a blast would be an understatement – I guess I didn’t realize how much I missed the...
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The colonial unit was completed!  It was a grand success and I felt great!  Now to start working on the next adventure! I wanted to have the students make change.  They are all great doing it on paper but I have found when they have to actually make change they kind of freeze.  So...
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After your child knows her letter sounds and can identify the beginning and ending sound in words, she is ready to work with the vowel sound in the middle. Introducing word families or patterns to your daughter will help build her reading and spelling vocabulary as she begins to see the patterns found in words. Word...
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Inspire kids and they can do anything! I have seen it for myself.  Last year the students from New Morning School’s preschool to 8th grade ran the equivalent to 6 marathons together and Runner’s World hear about it.  This year they added doing laps in the pool and biking miles to make it an...
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The students will be participating in a modified Ironman Triathlon on Thursday.  The student body works together to run 26 miles.  Last year they made it with the help of preschoolers, kindergartners, elementary students and the middle school students. So far they have completed the laps while at the YMCA.  So today was the...
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Deanna Norris from Child Abuse Prevention sent out a request for exhibitors to set up in conjunction to the Pinckney Art in the Park.  It was the first time it was participating in the art fair and I decided it would  be a good match for reaching more parents and children in the area...
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Does anyone have a tune to learn the 13 colonies by?  I’m not particularly musical but I’m going to try to come up with something to help the students remember the original colonies.
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We made the paper with 5 color photos and a tag line over the front page headline.  Very exciting! Matt Jackman did a nice job capturing the essence of the day.  Check it out!   Time Travelers
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