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Parts of Speech activities for kids

Sandra — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 20:51:32 +0000

This English grammar lapbook is a complete unit study on the parts of speech for kids from Kindergarten to second grade. It includes hands-on activities, graphic organizers, interactive notebook style journaling, task cards, and a Parts of Speech story. Read more...

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Baby registry checklist with a free baby tracker

Sandra — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 16:37:30 +0000

The Ultimate Baby Registry Checklist for Minimalist Mothers When I was pregnant with my first child, a friend with 6 kids of her own sat me down and helped me fill out an “actually-useful” baby registry checklist. That was immensely helpful, since I didn’t have the least idea where to start. (Initial attempts included lots […] Read more...

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Develop a growth mindset through a unit study on Inventors

Sandra — Fri, 31 Aug 2018 10:00:05 +0000

I believe that a unit study on Inventors is one of the best ways to instil a serious and healthy growth mindset in our children.Through reading these stories, doing hands-on science experiments to re-create these discoveries, studying the engineering behind these inventions, and overall, being impressed with the effort it took at every stage to break through and succeed, our children will learn in a deep and fundamental way that the learning, practising, and questioning process is a vital part of life, and will be encouraged to persevere in the face of difficulty. Read more...

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10 tips for shopping on TPT

Sandra — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:32:02 +0000

Here are 10 tips for shopping on TPT and getting the most benefit out of the site. TPT stands for TeachersPayTeachers and is an online marketplace where educators around the world upload high quality resources they've created for use in their own classrooms or homes. These products are great ready-to-go teaching/learning resources for almost any topic you'd ever want to cover. Read more...

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Geometry Activities: A Geoboard Geometry Lapbook Unit

Sandra — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 22:22:34 +0000

As I watched my kids play with geoboards, I realized that a large portion of any Geometry course could be taught using this hands-on math manipulative. Based on my experience as a former Geometry teacher, I created a lapbook built around a set of geometry activities that could be used by students at multiple grade and ability levels. Students can understand and learn fundamental math concepts using a very hands-on "toy" combined with fun, creative, organized activities that go beyond a typical worksheet or textbook. Read more...

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Let Them Tell Stories – 5 Reasons to Encourage Storytelling

Sandra — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 15:00:57 +0000

This is a conclusion to my series on helping our children and students learn to love Reading and Writing. This series has included the initial post (see link above), as well as an article about helping your kids (of all ages!) write creatively – for fun!, more ideas for easily working in some creative writing exercises […] Read more...

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