Check out these effective ways of teaching kids conflict resolution skills at home & school with these easy-to-implement ideas & strategies.
Print & Color Bible Timeline for Kids.
Whether you’ve got a sensory seeking, sensory avoidant, and/or sensory processing disorder kid, vestibular activities can be a powerful tool for calming and sensory regulation. Learn 45+ DIY vestibular exercises to try with your child indoors, and how to address the vestibular system through a sensory diet. Great for gross motor skills and occupational therapy ideas for at home, school, or the clinic.
Practical impulse control strategies to assist both you and your child to cope better with this executive skill weakness or improve it.
Digestion experiment for kids! An easy science experiment from at-home materials about how the stomach breaks down food. Anatomy science for kids.
...have previously been a distraction to other children in school, can now be a valuable asset. Here's ways to help your ADHD child focus for home school...
500 science activities for each month of the year, with season themes, for kids from preschool kindergarten to high school. Making teaching STEM easy.
Teaching rocks for kids can be fun, interactive and even yummy with these creative ideas. These 15 activities and ideas are perfect for teaching science about rocks that includes the rock cycle, the types of rocks and more!
Therapeutic Grade Interventions for $29.99 Dealing with Disappointment Dealing with disappointment. It's someth...
Responsibility activities for kids: Fun activities to teach kids to be responsible/ Personal, social, and environmental responsibility activities
At home art lessons for kids. Michelangelo art projects for children. Art history. Home school art. Preschool - 6th grade. Elementary art.
Inspire kids & teens will these FUN chemistry experiments that can be done at home! Favorites include glow-in-the-dark experiments, chemistry activities using fire and vortex experiments!
Learn about the world around them with this Steel wool and vinegar reaction experiment for kids exploring simple chemical reactions.
Practical impulse control strategies to assist both you and your child to cope better with this executive skill weakness or improve it.
Playful breathing activities for kids, a fun list of 18 mindful breathing exercises to try with your kids, great for parents and teachers.
Strategies and supports for executive functioning challenges can make all the difference, especially for students who struggle with task initiation. This is such an important skill, since it's like the motor in allowing us to get started on all tasks and assignments. When someone is struggling to in
Practical impulse control strategies to assist both you and your child to cope better with this executive skill weakness or improve it.
Theories are nice to read about, but we all need to have real-life examples of just how things work, don't we? (I know I sure do!) So, how 'bout hearing how we've done things at our house? Here is an example of a relaxed homeschool schedule (although I prefer the word "routine").
Auditory memory is a skill that influences reading ability. Here are 12 simple auditory memory games and activities.
Looking for fun budgeting activities PDFs? You'll love this collection of budgeting scenarios for high school students, and money management worksheets for students (PDFs). Teaching students how to budget doesn't
9 simple heart themed science experiments for kids of all ages. All can be done in your kitchen. Kids learn about heart, gain research skills, and have fun.
Running your own summer day camp? Hillary is back with some fun theatre games for kids, perfect for…
20 Fun Conflict Resolution Activities for Kids / Worksheets, activities and games that explore conflict resolution strategies
We have begun our unit on living systems in science (thank GOSH because Earth and Physical science have quite literally killed me this year...seriously, I feel like the most incompetent teacher when I teach science...but I digress...). Our main focus for the past week before Spring Break was the circulatory and respiratory systems. I thought I would share some of the things we have been doing, in case some of you are in the same unit yourselves. To get us started, we watched a few BrainPOP videos about circulation and blood. I found these in the HEALTH section, not the science section. The kids were very enthralled with these videos (they ALWAYS are really) There was quite a lot of information in them, which got us started on the right foot. The videos mentioned how the circulatory system was the delivery system of the body and that all systems were connected to this one. After some discussion, the students created this Circulation Data Disk from the Easy Make & Learn Projects: Human Body (Grades 2-4) (affiliate link) book. The idea of this circular disk was to show how all of the organs in the body played a very special part in relation to the circulatory system. I purposefully whited out the info on the disk so that the kids could do the research themselves. Using our health and science books, the students discovered the role of each organ in circulatory system. We then used the Easy Make & Learn Projects: Human Body (Grades 2-4) (affiliate link) book and created a model of the heart. The kids diagrammed the model to up the rigor a bit. They then placed these in their science journals. Another great find (that the kids had a blast playing) was the Circulation Game from Ellen McHenry's homeschooling website. This is a free download and I am so glad I found it! It took a while to set up and explain, but once they were going, the kids really were into the game. They learned quite a bit about how blood travels through the body and how it disposes of waste. (just a little note, I printed out 5 of these and had each table play. That way, there weren't as many people playing on one game board) Finally, the kids watched the School House Rock video, "Do the Circulation". (I have the actual DVD Schoolhouse Rock! (Special 30th Anniversary Edition), (affiliate link) but you can get it on YouTube if the school doesn't block it....like mine does) I gave them the words and, combining language arts with science, we looked for all of the facts and opinions (as well as figurative language) in the song. We discussed why the writers would put opinions and figurative language in a song intended to teach us about the Circulatory system. The students decided that it was because without the opinions and figurative language, the song would be B.O.R.I.N.G! We also began working on our Body Systems project on Google Drive. I made a template for each body system and the kids all began filling in the information about the circulatory system. This worked out perfect here because the kids had so much background knowledge at this point. They didn't really need to do as much research since we were learning so much as it was! (click here to get the project for your own class!) This is a screenshot of the slide before the kids actually did any work. I forgot to take pictures of them working! To explore the respiratory system (a bit further, as we really were talking about it all along with the circulatory system), we first diagrammed the organs involved. Then, the students did a little experiment to measure their vital lung capacity (how much air can be forcibly taken in and blown out) and the tidal lung capacity (how much is taken in and out during normal breathing). The kids has SO much fun with this one! They really were surprised at how much air they *couldn't* blow. I think they all thought they would pop the balloons in one breath when, in actuality, they hardly inflated them at all! You can find the exact experiment and printables here. So there you have it. Our basic introduction to the systems of the human body. Up next is the digestive system. Wish me luck ;) What experiments have you conducted in your class to teach your students about the circulatory and respiratory systems? Follow me on Snapchat for even more teaching ideas!
Impulse Control Activities for Kids: Fun activities, games, and resources that will help your kids practice self-control
Inside Out Lesson Plans & FREE Inside Out Classroom Feeling Chart
Brain breaks are an effective way to increase focus, support self-regulation, and boost a child's learning in the classroom (or home).
This fantastic unit study will capture your student's attention as it explores nutrition. He will start with the basic biology and anatomy of the digestive system, and continue onto how what we eat affects our health and from where our food comes. He'll even study basic farming practices, organics, and GMOs. This study was designed with the ten to 14 year old in mind, so both middle schoolers and high schoolers will find it interesting. This study plan is well-laid out and very easy to follow.
These 20 Activities and Lessons that Teach Obedience to Kids will help equip you to teach kids to obey. This is part of my character building series, a great resource for parents and teachers everywhere. The word “obey” has gotten a bad wrap over the years. Before you jump into this post and all it...Read More
These printable sermon notes {FREE!} can help your kids, your teens, or YOU be more attentive to the sermon at church. I find that they can be a great way to remember what you’ve heard so you can have discussions about the sermon afterwards. Subscribe to get our Bible Prophecy Scavenger Hunts! *Click on the ... Read More about Printable Sermon Notes
Here is your list of free art lessons on Youtube for homeschoolers. Take a day and create fun projects and paintings with your kids.
As part of your homeschool science, learn about chemical reactions. These chemical change experiments are easy to do at home, so let your tweens try out as many as possible to see different reactions.
Easy at home science experiments using simple materials: salt and water experiment, egg in salt water, salt and ice. No-prep quick STEM activities kids love.
Anger games are great resource to develop coping skills at home, school or in a counseling environment. A review of anger management games available in the market.
Running a household is not that easy. It’s more than just keeping a home nice and tidy. Learning how to cook, clean, and be a domestic engineer of sorts requires skill and patience. You should not be doing it all on your own, however. Even the youngest children can help with cooking, cleaning, and other...Read More
Need great podcasts for kids to add to your lessons or fun family podcasts for trips or listening together? Here are educational podcasts for kids, podcasts for tweens, teen podcasts and even podcasts for family road trips! Great alternatives to traditional learning, screen-free time ideas, and perfect ideas for road trips!
28 Days of STEM Activities and STEAM Activities for Kids is loaded with hands-on science, technology, engineering, art, and math projects perfect for the classroom and at home. The kids are gonna love this!
Your baby is growing up quickly and is having a whale of a time making discoveries and exploring new things. Of course, your excitement to knows no bounds. However, for your child to master important motor skills, it’s vital that she has good bilateral coordination.
Let's talk about teaching catechism in the household. The What, Why, and How of using catechism for the whole family to get closer to God. First you must choose a catechism to use. After that, it's just a matter of making the time each day/week to practice the questions with your kids.
This 7 minute animal themed HIIT workout for kids improves emotional regulation and reduces meltdowns. Loved by OTs, teachers, and parents alike!
I attempted to do a wall timeline with Caroline a number of years ago. For a variety of reasons, it did not work for her. I think part of it was her age, part of it was her learning challenges, and part of it was the layout. However, I believe a timeline can be a
