Gifts for the Gifted – Cats & Boxes
Cats & Boxes is my first Gifts for the Gifted 2023 Award Winner! Check back each Friday in November and December for more additions to the list!
Parenting
Vacation Vibes!
With most schools out, and many states opened up after a year of pandemic lockdown, I’ve been seeing a lot of pictures on social media of people enjoying vacations, especially outdoors. We were fortunate enough to visit Colorado in early May and spent some time in The Garden of the Gods and Rocky Mountain National … Read more
CoBuild
Teachers and researchers came together to create the CoBuild At Home website during the Covid-19 pandemic with the goal of encouraging children and their caregivers to use common household items to build and create. You can find multiple project ideas on the site that range from extracting DNA from food to making art from sneezes. … Read more
Smithsonian Summer Road Trip
The Smithsonian and USA Today have joined forces to produce a free, 40-page packet of activities, “Summer Road Trip.” To read more about what is included, and to download the free PDF, visit this article by Darren Milligan for the Smithsonian Learning Lab. The Learning Lab is one of my favorite places to find quality … Read more
How Lazy Is Your Child’s Teacher?
Usually my posts are not about anything that most people would consider controversial. I try not to sound “preachy” because I’ve been in the trenches, and I know that the majority of the educators are doing the best we can – but we all make mistakes, and we can certainly disagree on what is “best.” … Read more
Gifts for the Gifted 2017 – beanz
A few years ago, I thought I would help out the parents of my gifted and talented students by writing about some games, toys, or books that I thought might make good purchases during the holiday season. I called the series of posts, “Gifts for the Gifted,” and I have continued to do it annually on every … Read more