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A Classroom Newsletter Developed and Produced B...

The purpose of a classroom newsletter produced by students themselves is twof...

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Student Assessment - Creating Effective Rubrics

Effective rubrics are important because they inform students of teacher expec...

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Making Sense of Analogies

While we have been taught to be observant and make connections between object...

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Meeting the Needs of Your Students

Seasoned educators will tell you from experience that no child learns in exac...

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Improving Parent-Teacher Communication

Parents and teachers have the same goal - providing their child with the righ...

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Silly Eyeglasses

At their core, children love to be silly. Since school can sometimes squelch ...

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Making the Periodic Table Fun

Chemistry can be frustrating for many children. With its unique concepts and ...

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Modifying Games for Educational Benefit

Quiet classroom games are great ways to reinforce learned concepts. While you...

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Time Telling Tricks

Learning to tell time is a difficult skill to master. With three separate han...

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Design a Picture Frame with Old CDs

Design a Picture Frame with Old CDs

Students thrive by using different materials and mediums to express their im...

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Lesson Building Tips for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Toddler and preschool classrooms can seem a bit hectic with even the best lai...

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Counting Game

Melissa of Chasing Cheerios blog has developed a fun game that promotes numbe...

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Easter Chicks

While a class party for Easter or spring break usually don't make the schedul...

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Lesson Planning Tips to Avoid "Flat" Lessons an...

This guest post was written by Dorit Sasson from the NewTeacherResourceCenter...

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Safe Fingerpaint

Small children, especially between the ages of one and three, have a tendency...

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The Science of Birds

Melissa, Chasing Cheerios blog creator, mother, and part-time school psycholo...

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Shamrock Folder Game

If you're scrambling for last minute St. Patrick's Day ideas, here is a neat,...

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Infant and Toddler Activities

Sometimes it's difficult to come up with activities for your infants and todd...

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Effective Study Strategies

The sad truth is, if good study skills are not instilled in students at a you...

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Teaching Math To Preschoolers

There is a natural progression to mathematics. Before attempting calculus, yo...

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Flowers Galore!

Spring is in the air and what better way to celebrate it's return that with f...

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Skill Building Games

Ojami are small Japanese bean bags used to play Otedama, a traditional childr...

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Understanding Your Restless Classroom

As children learn, they employ short-term, long-term, and working memory. Wor...

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Magnet Fun!

Exploring the properties of magnets and how they affect other objects can pro...

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Learning By Making Mistakes

So often we view failure as something to be avoided. It can be humbling, emba...

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Crafts For March Weather Fun

As March brings the transition from winter to spring, there are many meteorol...

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Clothespin Horse Craft for Kids

Clothespin Horse Craft for Kids

A great way to keep students engrossed in the lesson is to provide challengi...

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It's Getting Windy In Preschool

Weather patterns and transitions between the seasons offer many great learnin...

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Spring Game for Preschoolers

Spring Game for Preschoolers

In a short time, Preschoolers are charged with the task of learning a whole ...

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Creating Confident Problem Solvers

At one time or another, every person has felt 'stuck' when working on a probl...

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Fun With Animal Units

Spring is just around the corner and what better way to celebrate the vibrant...

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Green Teachers

Recycling doesn’t have to stop with classroom paper bins and the occasional c...

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Teaching Children About Appropriate Behavior

As a mom or teacher of young children, you have witnessed how misbehavior can...

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Another Flag Creation

While many adults get caught up in work or home life and have a tendency to f...

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Graphing the Winter Olympics Bulletin Board Idea

Graphing the Winter Olympics Bulletin Board Idea

Photo Source: www.izzyshare.com | Betsy McKnight It's always exciting when ...

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Fun With Buttons

Natalie, mother and creator of Tired, Need Sleep, has designed a wonderful le...

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Glue For Toddlers

One of the ways toddlers explore their surroundings and further their own cog...

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