Kids love games....RIGHT? We ALL love games, but teachers and parents especially love games that teach their children or students important concepts and skills.In the lower grades from Pre-k to first grade, one important skill is adding numbers. A teacher usually will start out with counting and then move on the adding numbers up to 10....you know the drill and if ...
Everyone LOVES Pizza! 5 Great Ideas to Integrate PIZZA into your Curriculum
Everybody loves PIZZA and the truth is...I grew up surrounded by pizza!! Yep...back in the 50's through 80's my family owned the most popular Italian Restaurant in Delaware County and what did it specialize in? You guessed it......PIZZA! Customers would line up around the block just to buy a delicious Marra's pizza...not to mention my dad's nickname was "Pizzi!"That ...
Drip, Drip, Drop a Great Craft for a Rainy Day and Few Extra Surprises to Make a Rainy Day a Happy Day!
I am sitting here in my kitchen staring out my window watching the rain Drip, Drip, Drop and thought, OH great! Another rainy summer day...UGH...Now what do we do?Then I remembered about a cute raindrop craft: Drip,Drip,Drop from Education.comSo...since you may also be stuck in the house with a few 5 or 6 year olds, Don't sing "Rain, Rain Go Away Come Again Another ...
Back to School Bulletin Board Ideas or Door Decorations to DIE for....
Okay so it is almost time to give up those lazy hazy days of summer and start thinking about the dreaded "S" word...wait who am I kidding...if you are a teacher, all you have been thinking about since summer started are ideas for Back to School...I mean that's what teachers do as they lay basking in the sun or lounging poolside or even while traveling by car, plane or train as ...
Have you Ever Played the Table Game?
When I taught I was always looking for fun games that were also educational. In fact, we played educational games so much that, at Back to School Night, I told parents,If your child says that we played games in school today, he or she is being truthful, but they are always educational games... unless we have indoor recess and believe it or not...some children will choose ...