4 Day Hiatus

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Engage Their Minds is taking a 4 day hiatus this week.  We will be back for the weekly Gifts for the Gifted post on Friday, November 27th!  Happy Thanksgiving to my USA readers!

Gifts for the Gifted – Magna-tiles

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Around this time of year I post a gift recommendation each Friday as part of a “Gifts for the Gifted” series.  The title is a bit misleading, as it might imply that the gifts are only for children who have been endowed with the label, and that is certainly not true. Just as with any … Read more

Thanksgiving Special

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UPDATE 11/2/2020: Here is a link to over 45 Thanksgiving activities you can use in your classroom. Last year, Colossal did a story on artist Hannah Rothstein’s “Thanksgiving Special” series.  Rothstein imagined the Thanksgiving plates of 10 famous artists.  It would be fun to show students one or two examples, and then have them choose an … Read more

GoNoodle Plus

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I usually post about free resources, but I thought I would make an exception today.  The GoNoodle basic account is free, but all of the schools in our county just received access to the Plus version due to a generous grant.  To be honest, I had never even looked at the Plus version before now. For those of … Read more

Quiver Education – Planet Earth

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The Quiver 3D coloring app was formerly known as ColAR.  It’s available on both Google Play and the iTunes app store as a free app. However, there are some in-app purchases on the free app.  Another option is to purchase the Education version of the app, which includes all of the content. I published a post … Read more

Random Building Challenges

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We have all sorts of building materials in B.O.S.S. HQ (Building of Super Stuff HeadQuarters) – from Legos to Magnatiles.  During the first quarter of our after-school Maker Club adventures this year, the students rotated through different building materials each week.  To make things interesting, they were given building challenges.  I wanted to make the … Read more