No matter your own feelings about Valentine’s Day, if you are an educator you know that it is a HUGE day for students of any age. It’s tricky to navigate through this holiday that is ostensibly predicated on love and kindness without someone feeling left out. So I’ve collected a few resources with great suggestions … Read more
I went back through my Valentine’s Day posts and gathered links that are still live to put in this Wakelet collection. It includes some great lessons from Not Just Child’s Play, Byrdseed, and Minds in Bloom as well as many new ones, including Jamboard Valentine’s Day cards. I’m going to revise my Valentine’s Day “Would … Read more
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
Just in case you didn’t properly ration your Teachers’ December Survival Kit, and you are finding yourself desperate for ways to make it through this final week before the break, here are some more activities that I’ve found from some of my favorite bloggers: Candy Cane S.C.A.M.P.E.R. Ugly Sweater Challenge (I love the Ugly Sweater fractions!) Toys Go … Read more
My 2nd graders have been doing some hard convergent thinking during our last couple of classes, so I thought it was time to practice creative thinking for a little while. They love doing S.C.A.M.P.E.R. activities, and I like to let them choose from a couple to keep things interesting. (You can visit this old post … Read more
It’s Friday! And you know what that means, right? Okay – other than the fact that tomorrow is Saturday, or that many of us in the education world are about to have a two-week break. Friday + December + Engage Their Minds = Another Installment of the “Gifts for the Gifted” series. Since it’s a … Read more