A couple of years ago I posted about the cute idea that I’d found on several websites of having students build leprechaun traps. Since my Kinders were learning about Inventor Thinking around that time, we tried it out. They were very earnest about creating efficient traps, and I’m pretty sure at least one of … Read more
Games have their place in education, but my students know that I tend to emphasize creation rather than consumption – especially when it comes to technology. Few “education” apps pass muster for me, but I have a feeling this particular one will be on my “Gifts for the Gifted” apps list this December. I first … Read more
UPDATE 1/26/2021 – Here is my up-to-date Wakelet collection of Valentine’s Day resources. Don’t groan. I know it seems far away, but when you only see each grade level once a week (like me) holidays tend to sneak up on you! Okay, so the status of Valentine’s Day as an actual holiday is debatable. But … Read more
Full disclosure: this first week of December is going to be my busiest week this year. Therefore, I decided to cheat a bit for a few days and recycle some posts from last year. I’ve done a bit of editing to make sure they remain current but otherwise they are the same. Hopefully you still … Read more
For this week’s “Gifts for the Gifted” post, I have another great product from ThinkFun. It’s called, “Shell Game.” The concept of the game is to place the colored hermit crabs under the shells as directed at the top of each challenge page. You are then supposed to slide the shells around (without peeking underneath) … Read more