Beowulf is a challenging text: it's long, dense, and old. With these strategies, you can make this text relevant for all students!
What is PBL? Project-based learning is an approach in which students explore real-world problems and challenges to acquire a deepe...
Kindergarten students love using instruments! Here are 5 tried and true rhythm activities to get your little ones engaged in music class.
Beowulf is a challenging text: it's long, dense, and old. With these strategies, you can make this text relevant for all students!
Does your child hate homeschooling or dread doing homework? Here are 20 tried-and-true tips to help your child feel motivated.
FREE Printable Character Development Cards
What is PBL? Project-based learning is an approach in which students explore real-world problems and challenges to acquire a deepe...
Need the perfect song to get children moving? These are sure to be a winner!
Twelve awesome pages of sermon notes in one convenient printable PDF! If you need sermon notes in your life, look no further!
Area and perimeter can be so confusing to 3rd graders. And can drive teachers crazy! Here are some area and perimeter activities...
It's tough teaching kids how to sit still and be reverent during church. I've physically carried a screaming child out of a church service more than once - and I'm the pastor's wife. Here are 4 tried and true ways to help kids make the transition from the nursery to big church without electronics!
When our kids struggle with math, it is often difficult to find a good “fit” to teach skills. Older students who struggle with lower math don’t want something that looks “baby-ish” or has a lower grade level plastered all over it! Here are some suggestions and ideas for helping your struggling learner with his struggles […]
How to keep students accountable during Genius Hour in second, third, and fourth grades. Classroom management ideas and strategies during student led learning.
Before I started my first year of teaching, the principal I worked for asked me how I felt about teaching one middle school history class...
When I began homeschooling almost 7 years ago, I never imagined the impact it would have on me. I had looked at all the benefits for our children and how it would improve and enhance
Do you need junior high tips? Junior High is looming and you are 1 part excited and 2 parts scared. Your delightful little is now a lanky, gawky and possibly awkward teen. But, never fear, this is a wonderfully, exciting time in a young person’s life to homeschool as they move from child to young […]
Nebuchadnezzar's dream is a fun lesson to talk about, so much imagery and fun crafts to complete together.
It can be tough to fit art into a busy homeschooling schedule, but these quick and easy art projects make it simple. They're perfect for middle schoolers.
Three tried-and-true ways to sort and store all of that art that your child makes.
Teach your children all about God's love - and what the Bible says about love - with these fun love activities for kids! Easy printables and crafts!
This general characterization can be used to help students gather information about both direct and indirect characterization. It requires students to synthesize descriptions of characters and their actions to create a full picture of the character. It can be used with any novel, short story, memoi...
Classroom hacks that actually work in a special education classroom setting. Tried and true methods from actual teachers. Read to learn more.
Explore bones and bodies with your kids! Free printable Children's Play X-Rays with matching line drawings. #kidsactivities #lighttable #montessori
Check out these activities for learning about Helen Keller. Read the book, Who Was Helen Keller? and grab the FREE printable.
Time sure does fly when you’re having fun! At The Primary Peach we’re having a blast! SO much fun, that it’s been a WHOLE YEAR since we first started! We’re so excited, that we’re celebrating! What better way to celebrate with a GIVEAWAY!!! But first…a FREEBIE! (You’re going to want to head over to The ... Read more
Teach honesty to your children and it will establish a strong desire in them to do what is right. Find lots of fun activities, books and suggestions here!
Do you want to join a homeschooling co-op, but aren't sure what to contribute? You can easily create a class that you will love to teach and is fun too.
Engage your students with these 20 fun learning math center ideas that are perfect for upper elementary teaching! These activities are not my products to purchase but true math center ideas that you can implement right away!
Do you have a teen who is always looking for ways to make money? Here is a list of 20 tried and true ideas for teen entrepreneurs.
Playing with playdough is so much fun for kids. This homemade playdough recipe has been tested and tried for many year and it is truly the best homemade playdough around!
Add some fun to your next event with these group games for gatherings. You can find something for all ages.
The Giggly Guide to Grammar is the life's work of a dedicated language arts teacher with a life-sized sense of humor and the hand of an artist. Cathy Campbell has both illustrated and long tested the exercises in this guide with her 9th grade students in The Woodlands, Texas. It's a lighthearted and ludicrous guide to the essential elements of language and grammar (with a few writing tips tossed into the mix). It's Shel Silverstein meets Strunk and White and the results are both hilarious and instructive. Tried and true, and everyone a delight, there isn't a serious sentence in the group. But this is a dead-serious grammar book with the heart of a clown. Lessons include: parts of speech, subject-verb agreement, parts of the sentence, clauses of all kinds, quotation marks and italics and much more. The Deluxe Teacher's Guide has a CD-Rom that includes a full answer set, posters for the classroom and a set of transparency-ready exercises for each of the chapters. | Author: Cathy Campbell | Publisher: Discover Writing Press | Publication Date: Jul 17, 2023 | Number of Pages: 304 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback | ISBN-10: 1931492220 | ISBN-13: 9781931492225
I am pretty sure that the title of this post means absolutely nothing to you, but for me it really sums up my early childhood. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego was the name of a computer game that my sisters and I played, where you take on the role of a detective to help find criminals who have stolen famous pieces of work. Using clues and geography knowledge, you travel all around the world to locate these thieves. This game was so amazing (believe me, it's true!) that they even created a
It's no secret that Handwriting Without Tears is a tried and true, old, effective program. I'd resisted trying it but added it to my kids' 1st and 2nd grade homeschool curriculum lineup. I'm so glad we did! We mainly just used the student book and also the chalkboards in the very beginning. I wanted my
Teaching Soft Skills & Career Readiness Soft Skills are valuable tools your students will need to learn for adult success. Start here!
SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL is one of the most exciting times in your child's life! And also the most emotional and stressful for mamas, am I right? Been there, done that THREE TIMES and I've compiled a tried and true checklist to help moms keep their sanity! File includes 2 pages broken down in an easy checklist format, to keep you organized and on task :) It takes you from summer after junior year through summer after graduation. THIS IS A GAME CHANGER to keep you organized and ahead of the game so that you can enjoy this unbelievably special time with your child!
Like the Value Landscapes posted earlier this month, this lesson was inspired by Miriam at Arteascuola. However, these were "painted" with pixels on the computer rather than regular paintbrushes. Each year 4 student completed their own landscape in less than 10 minutes but still had valuable experience with using tone to create depth within a two dimensional artwork. After we observed and discussed the scenes created by Miriam's students the children took turns at making their own value landscape on the two available classroom computers while the rest of the class continued on with their set work. It was quick and easy but also meaningful for the children.
How do you teach children about a concept that most adults can’t really comprehend? This Holy Spirit Bible lesson and activity can help! Teaching children about the Holy Spirit isn’t easy. I don’t think anyone will fully understand until we ask God in heaven, but I did the best I could. I broke our lesson […]
Do you love IKEA hacks? From that rolling cart to the wooden spinner, these 9 IKEA hacks for teachers will up your game in the classroom!
