The is a feature in Parent & Child Magazine – Make My Day! for teachers to share moments that put a smile on our faces! I thought the activity was great, as well as the thought!
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Creativity
Make My Day!
Parent and Child Magazine – Sketchpad
I found this in Parent and Child Magazine and thought others would enjoy using it too! Sorry I couldn’t find it online to link to.
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Spring Fun!
Simple way to reinforce addition and subtraction facts while enjoying the season!
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Every Day is Earth Day!
Earth Day Network that has lots of activities to do with students in grades K – 8. We will be watching “The Lorax” and planting a tree. What are you going to do for Earth Day?
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Things I Learned at Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning conference!
Friday I attended the Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning conference and I was blown away by the amount of information available. I already use computers and our i-pad in the classroom but it was wonderful to learn of other applications and uses to reinforce and help my students learn. Fortunately I have...
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Educational Freeware! Wow!
I was looking for some examples of Haiku to show my students when I was demonstrating the form of writing and came across this treasure trove! Educational Freeware has a links and resources with the latest in resources for teachers! What a find! Here are 3 activities for writing Haiku that were made available...
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Where in the World…?
Remember this game? Well, I do! It is fun but for my students, although very bright, I think it would be hard at first so I had an idea! Why not make our own version? I’m going to wear a big safari-type hat and explain to my students that we are going on an...
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March is Reading Month – How to Make it Fun?
We are currently reading “Stuart Little”. My students have really enjoyed listening to this tale! It is so well done and clever! I was thinking about reading month, “What to do?” I could do the pizza slices (kids love food!). They would get a different color slice for each different genre that they read. ...
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Wonderful Winter Scenes
This is a simple art project that even my youngest students enjoyed doing and weren’t frustrated by the materials. Prior to starting I had framed the edge of the paper with the painter’s tape. We started with a brief discussion of the way trees look in the winter (bare branches, branches coming off the...
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