Art Heist: Gardner Museum Theft
Under the Influence: Art Itself Do you know art? Have you been to a museum or a gallery where you can see legendary works of art? How did you feel …
Continue Reading8 Ways to Stop Teacher Burnout
Do you remember the movie, “Alexander and the Terrible No-Good, Very Bad Day”? It was a horrible day and everything that could go wrong, went wrong. I …
Continue ReadingWalking Sticks and Other Camouflaged Insects
It’s a jungle out there. Entomology professor Julie Peterson says there’s an estimated 10 quintillion insects on earth’s globe. If you have not heard …
Continue ReadingHands-on Learning With Books: Activities for the Early Childhood Class
Appreciate literature in your classroom. It is one of the best ways to motivate your students to take an interest in written as well as a spoken …
Continue ReadingMy Family: A Theme Lesson for the Primary Grades
Whether you are a parent who is homeschooling or a teacher needing a lesson plan for the classroom — family is a good theme. Celebrate this very …
Continue ReadingYoung Children and the Dangers of Heat: Preventing Heat Illness
Playing outside during the summer is healthy and promotes benefits from exercise, however a young child’s body cannot adapt to extreme changes in …
Continue ReadingGoing Against the Grain: All About Salmon Spawning
It might not seem important to think about salmon and muse over their history or ponder what their life is like today. But it’s a vital story in the …
Continue ReadingPatriotism: Activities For Children That Can Nurture a Love of Our Country
We are lucky to live in a nation where freedom and justice for all prevails. We as parents/teachers are the ones to teach our children the importance …
Continue ReadingAll About Magnets: A Theme Unit for Elementary School
Magnets are magnificent. Their force is invisible, but its effects are found all around us. Magnets are used to hold schoolwork on refrigerators, they …
Continue ReadingWho Was Agatha Christie?
World’s best-selling crime writer with one-half billion books sold; and read in more than languages than Shakespeare—Check √ Creator of popular …
Continue ReadingThe Octopus and Soft Robotics
Octopuses are cool. Part of the Cephalopoda class (pronounced sef-uh-luh-pod), which is any member of the phylum Mollusca, a small group of highly …
Continue ReadingNative American Crafts For Kids: Southeastern Nations
For years before the European explorers came upon American shores, the native nations prospered around the areas of the Southeastern areas known today …
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