International Sudoku Day
Are you ready for International Sudoku Day on September 9th? Here are some links to help you celebrate with students!
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Begin at the End of the Rainbow
With St. Patrick’s Day coming up, I have been doing a few leprechaun activities with my students. One that my 1st graders enjoy is to use the “Substitute” tool from S.C.A.M.P.E.R. to imagine what they would like to find at the end of the rainbow instead of a pot of gold. This year, one student … Read more
A Blocky Christmas
UPDATE 8/27/2021: Unfortunately, this game is no longer working because it is a Flash game. According to Cool Math, they are working on a “fix” for it. I hope they find a way to make it available again! You can download it as an iOS app here. You can also play it here as an … Read more
Gifts for the Gifted 2016 – Clue Master
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
The River Crossing Riddle
TED Ed recently featured this “River Crossing Riddle” in its weekly newsletter. It is similar to the “Bridge Riddle” I recommended on this blog last May. I think it might be fun to act out the riddle in class to help students try to solve it. When the video is finished, there are some other … Read more
Which One Doesn’t Belong?
UPDATE 5/20/2020: I found some more WODB images, and posted the link here if you are interested! I just love the people I follow on Twitter. I get so many great ideas that would probably take a decade to reach me if it weren’t for the #eduawesome people who share resources regularly. The other day … Read more