Engaging students in learning is a can be a daunting task. Knowing what to teach is only half the battle. The real work comes with keeping the learning fun and helping students to WANT to learn. Sometimes the difference between doing the work and not doing it is simply in the materials you use. Tapping into your students' interests can help. A great example of this is using cars. What was once only a toy, has become a learning tool that is used every day in my class. And the best part is, ... VIEW POST
Learning With Cars
Stress-Free At Home Activities Using Easter Materials And A Freebie
If you're like me, you're looking for ways to keep learning fun and engaging while your students are distance learning at home. Since I'm sharing these ideas with my own students and their families, I thought I share them with you all as well. Maybe you can pass this post on to your students for some ideas of ways they can keep learning hands-on and use what they have readily available and leftover from Easter. These pictures are from past years in my classroom, so if they are activities ... VIEW POST
Extracting PDF pages and Converting Documents for Distance Learning
I have had a multitude of questions from readers this week about how they can extract specific pages from one of my PDFs to use for online learning. I'm hoping I can answer a few of those questions here. Extracting Pages From a PDF File I know that you are all used to being able to just print off the documents you need at school, right? But what should you do when you only want to use one page from a document to send to students. How can you extract just that one page? Unfortunately, ... VIEW POST
Learning with Sticks and Stones At Home
Sometimes the best materials for learnings are the ones you can find right outside your front door. As the mother and daughter of two very serious rock hounds, I'm very accustomed to having rocks EVERYWHERE in my home. And now that we are all stuck At Home, I thought I would share some easy to make and do At Home Sticks and Stones Activities for your students. In and of themselves, rocks are just a natural tool for learning. Kids are naturally drawn to their unique qualities. They ... VIEW POST
At Home Math Game
It's getting real folks! And the more real it gets, the more concerned I get about our littlest learners keeping things fun and developmentally appropriate while working on those essential skills. The idea of them sitting in front of a device for several hours or worksheets has me worried. So I have decided I will be posting some games and ideas that you can share with parents who are at home with their little ones over the next couple of weeks (Michigan is in a Stay Home-Stay Safe, shelter at ... VIEW POST
FREE ‘Worksheet Free’ At-Home Activities, Games and Ideas
Checking In How we all doing, friends? If you're like me, you are probably still a bit like a deer in headlights. I threw some stuff together for my kids when I found out I wouldn't be seeing them for three weeks on Friday, and I've been in contact with them, uploading videos onto my Classtag of stories and activities and challenges, but it's not the same, though. I know that, and I know you do, too. What I Did For My Students I did send a packet of printables home with my ... VIEW POST
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