When I taught history in the classroom, I found that a handful of students came with a deep background level of knowledge of certain eras.
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Forest and Woodlands Activities and Crafts Round-Up
In almost every season we love to go out hiking in the woods. We never know what forest creatures we’ll find! And we love seeing
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Backyard Science Activities, Crafts, and Books
Children are natural scientists and the backyard is the perfect laboratory. Whether you are digging in the garden with kids, chasing butterflies and other bugs
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Government, Democracy, and Currency Activities
As a former history and social studies teacher, teaching about government should come natural to me. However, I found it challenging to break down this
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Constellations: Stars in Your Eyes and in the Skies
As far back as we know, people have looked at the night skies and seen pictures in the stars. Before modern navigation technology, it was
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Outer Space Songs for Preschool through Elementary School
We like to sing songs as we learn. Audio cues have always helped me remember information and it seems to work well with my children,
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The Sun, Earth, and Moon
I do a brief demonstration with my kids of how the earth rotates on its axis to create night and day, how the Earth orbits
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Me on the Map #SmartSummer
Although we finished up the Me on the Map theme last week, we had one more activity we wanted to do. This is a nice
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Mapping Your Neighborhood for #SmartSummer
Now that we’ve learned a little bit about maps, we are using maps to find our favorite places in our neighborhood. In advance, I printed
As part of our study of flowers, we dissected a bloom from a rhododendron bush in our backyard. This was a good opportunity to see