PLAYING MAKES YOU SMARTER!  So I guess that means playing with play dough makes kids smarter! September 16th is National Play Dough Day, but...

How about some ideas for geometry? You can use these activities with young children or school age by adapting the shapes. You might even “sp...

Counting is a basic strand across math standards. There’s even research that suggests counting with pre-k children can build math concepts t...

All aboard for Letter Land! The few days I’ll be sharing alphabet activities on my blog because this time of year the ABC’s seem to be the s...

Handshakes are a “hands” on way to connect with the children physically and emotionally as you start your day. Handshake Greeting Have each ...

PLAYING WITH LETTERS is meant to be a resource that you can use with any reading or alphabet program that your school has selected. The idea...

We are so busy trying to give children things we didn’t have ~ that we are failing to give them what we did have!!! Isn’t that a profound qu...

Engineering is the design process used to solve problems and build things. Children are natural engineers as they play with blocks and Legos...

Standards may come and go, but singular and plural forms of nouns will always be in the curriculum.  Singular and Plural Write the name of c...

Good teachers are sales people and they have to SELL children on writing. How empowering to tell a child, "YOU ARE A WRITER!" ...

Turn WORK into PLAY with learning centers! Math – paper, pencil, adding machine tape coupons, calculator, p...