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  • FREE Printable 2D Sorting Shapes Activity

    Make it fun for children to learn their shape names and identifying major 2d shapes with this fun, hands-on sorting shapes. Simply print the shapes...
  • Finding Out That I May Not Like Being Creative

      I’ve always known that I don’t love the arts and/or creative activities. From my kindergarten days, I remember just getting irritated by our teac...
  • Sex Ed Is the Opposite of Grooming

    If you ask some (okay, many) conservative pundits, Democrats are “grooming” children. As in, grooming them to be abused by pedophiles. Some Republi...
  • No No Gnome | Book Activities Unit

    NO NO GNOMEA fun book about gardens, planting, and harvesting is No, No, Gnome! by Ashlyn Anstee. Your students will love Gnome as he 'helps' the c...
  • Keep kids learning with these fun Apple apps

    Screen time can mean a new way of learning with these educational apps for kids on iPhone and iPad. While having open access to technology ...
  • The Do’s & Don’ts of Developmentally Appropriate STEM Play

    From baking soda volcanoes to magnet car races, I’ve explored many STEM activities with children over the years. And the number one thing I’ve lear...
  • The IQ Test for Kids That Never Caught On

    Measuring infant or baby IQ would appear to be, practically speaking, an impossible task. IQ tests reach their scores by requiring participants to ...
  • Fresh Start

    Spring 2022/Jennifer Smith When talking with homeschool moms, I frequently hear that ...
  • We’re Going on a Nature Hunt | Book Activities and Craftivity

     WE'RE GOING ON A NATURE HUNTMy Kindergarten class LOVED We're Going on a Nature Hunt by Steve Metzger! It became an annual spring read in my class...
  • Hog Eye

    I love reading funny picture books to my kids. This is one that I think my 11-year-old actually enjoyed most of all, but all of my kids down to fiv...
  • Word Mapping! What it is and Why you NEED to Teach it!

    Are you looking for an effective way to systematically teach your students how to read? If so, you’ll want to take a look at the Word Mapping Bund...
  • How Racial Bias Facilitated the US Child Welfare System’s Targeting of Black Communities

    Given the vague definitions of child maltreatment and the discretion given to people who report, investigate, and respond to abuse and neglect alle...