Power Outage Activities: How To Amuse Your Kids
The weather is sometimes frightful – whether it’s a snowstorm, tornado, hurricane, or even an earthquake. No matter the crisis, the power usually goes …
Continue ReadingCrayon Creations: Lessons With Crayons
Can you imagine days without crayons? Ever since these artistic tools were introduced in 1903, children have used them creatively. This versatile art …
Continue ReadingAll About Clocks and Time Telling
Most young children have difficulty learning and understanding the concept of time. It’s the passage of time and the use of clocks that plague them. …
Continue ReadingSimple Stars: Star Crafts for All Reasons
Whether your theme is patriotic, constellation, holiday, or achievement, stars are the perfect symbol to use in your classroom. It’s iconic shape has …
Continue ReadingConversation Heart Activities for Valentine’s Day
Conversation Heart candies are those sweet-talking, heart-shaped confections that have kids of all ages enjoying the sayings and munching for years. …
Continue ReadingTooth Talk: Dental Health Care Month
February is National Children’s Dental Health Month – a great time to sink your teeth into a study of dental health. According to the CDC (Center for …
Continue Reading3 BOO-tiful Halloween Containers for Kids
Your students will love these ideas for making Halloween containers from recycled materials. They are fun to create and functional. A perfect place …
Continue ReadingAre Snakes Shifty or Maligned?
By all account’s snakes are shy, nervous and fast. There are more than 3,500 species and twenty percent of the snakes of the world are dangerous to …
Continue ReadingTracking Animal Migrations
Finding Their Way Think about this: would you be able to find your way out of unfamiliar woods? Obviously, animals don’t have maps or a GPS (Global …
Continue ReadingWhat Are the Elgin Marbles?
To find out what the Elgin Marbles are we have to first examine ancient history. The ‘cradle of the western world’ is a saying used to describe …
Continue ReadingBox (and Sea) Turtles Know Home
In the 1960s baby aquatic turtles called hatchlings were all the rage. You could order them from catalogs and mail order, where they were packed in …
Continue ReadingBeaver Wars: The Virtues of the Animal North Americans Fought for Centuries
Characteristics Beavers (Castor canadensis_)_ are some of the largest rodents and they can grow to be about 40-inches long (102 cm) and can weigh up …
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