Due to a creative schedule we have this year, I have the occasional opportunity to meet with students in different grade levels who are not necessarily identified as Gifted and Talented. When I have a class in K-2 during one of these “enrichment times,” I only have 25 minutes to make an impact. Most of … Read more
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!
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
UPDATE 11/2/2020: Here is a link to over 45 Thanksgiving activities you can use in your classroom. I’ve gathered a few more ideas this year to add to my Cornucopia of Creative and Critical Thinking Activities for Thanksgiving, which I published a couple of years ago. First, I want to go back to a suggestion in … Read more
I confess that this is nothing new. I offered these augmented reality reward coupons last year, and have been meaning to make some more. However, that hasn’t happened yet. Maybe a few enterprising students can make some for me! My students absolutely loved these last year. In my classroom Reward Coupons are kind of a seasonal thing, which … Read more
UPDATE 11/2/2020: Here is a link to over 45 Thanksgiving activities you can use in your classroom. I’m not going to lie. This is kind of a recycled post. But I threw in a couple of new things to keep it “fresh.” Last year I offered “A Cornucopia of Creative and Critical Thinking Activities for Thanksgiving.” It’s … Read more