If you are looking for an awesome book to read with your kids or students, I highly recommend the book A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. Today I want to share with you a book study to accompany this book. This is a book that inspires the desire to help others. When you read it, you want to run out and save the people around the world. A book like that needs to be read and shared. About the Book: A Long Walk to Water The book, A Long Walk to Water is a New York Times Best ... continue reading...
How to Create an Escape Room for Teaching
Today I have some tips for creating escape rooms for teaching. Keeping kids engaged in the a lesson is proving to be more challenging as the years progress, and teachers are battling cell phones and other distractions for their students’ attention. For English teachers, specifically, there is just no getting around the task (and monotony) of actually reading the novel or text. However, one way teachers are grabbing (and keeping) students’ attention, especially in the middle of longer units, is ... continue reading...
Camping with Kids Checklist
Need a camping checklist or ideas to keep kids engaged while camping? Then read on! Camping with kids can be so much fun! We don't camp often enough. The kids are always begging me to take them more often. But when we do, we are always glad we did because we have a blast. Today, I want to share some tips with you for camping with kids, plus I have an awesome printable camping checklist set to make it easier and more fun! Are you campers? Where is your favorite place to camp with your ... continue reading...
Newton’s Laws Experiment
I have a little lesson on Isaac Newton's Laws of Motion today. Plus a cool experiment to go along with it called Gravity Beads. We get the Steve Spangler Science kits in the mail each month. Its a happy mail day when they come. They are a great addition to our science lessons and my kids just have so much fun with them. (Not a sponsored post, just something we really love.) This month's box was all about inertia and Newton's laws of motion. Cool stuff. The ultimate favorite of this ... continue reading...
How to Build a Catapult: STEM Learning Activity
Have you always wanted to learn how to build a catapult? Yes? I thought so... Me, too. Making this homemade catapult is really quite easy! I can't wait to show you. This one way cooler than those little popsicle stick catapults you have probably seen before! :) A building a catapult is an awesome STEM project because kids are learning so many things! Catapult Learning Connections: Engineering: You are learning how to build a catapult that will stay together and work ... continue reading...
