American License Plates Ultimate Introduction, including all 50 US state license plates information, design, photos and state slogans.
Press plates, governmental plates, a prop plate, emergency vehicle plates, diplomatic plates, armed forces plate, a DUI plate, school vehicle plate, inagural plate, bear shaped plate, prototype plates, blank plate, two mistake plates and two 666 plates.
To help young learners understand number and quantity, utilize this homemade set of dot plates to teach basic facts and number sense.
It's Spring! So it's time for a fun Spring learning idea. I created a printable set of Fraction Flowers that includes fractions through 1/10. This can now be purchased in my shop. Fraction Flowers are a
FUN Skip Counting Lacing Plates idea is SO CLEVER!! Kids will practice with a hands-on, skip counting activity that self checks!
These activities for Algebra, Geometry, & middle school make great stations or critical thinking puzzles. I created these for easy differentiation, and really loved them. They turned out to be durabl
License Plate Recognition using Raspberry Pi and OpenCV
A simple hands-on way to teach phone numbers. This free printable will make it easier for children to memorize important phone numbers.
With students of Year 6 we painted some fans in Oriental style, with colorful watercolors on the background and silhouettes of bamboo p...
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Fellow travellers in Unmitigated England will know of my passion for the work of S.R.Badmin. And indeed will doubtless share it with equal fervour. So finding an image I hadn't seen before is always a singular joy. Badmin produced many book covers, and indeed also illustrated books of the calibre of the Ladybird Book of Trees and Puffin Picture Books on trees and architecture (Village and Town). So I got very excited by discovering in Chipping Norton The Rolling Road by L.A.G.Strong, and its Badmin cover of which the above is a detail. It's 'The story of Travel on the roads of Britain and the Development of Public Passenger Transport' and this Swift coach sums it all up for me. Was there a Swift Coaches Company around in 1956, and if there was did they paint their vehicles in this sympathetic livery of pale lemon and deep pink? I do hope so. I bet the number plate is SRB something; Badmin often included his name or initials somewhere in the picture other than in the obligatory bottom right hand corner. One book on churches even has his name very prematurely on a tombstone in the foreground. I had the enormous privilege of taking tea at Mr.Badmin's home in Bignor, West Sussex, with a dear friend in the autumn of 1987. His large living room window looked out at the slopes of the South Downs and my friend said "It must be wonderful for you to have that view of the Downs just outside of your window" and he replied "Too close for me m'dear" and proceeded into the kitchen to put the kettle on. And it's true, so much of his work informs us with loving detail in the foregrounds, but quickly take us off to far horizons. These days we still always say when confronted by a stand of chestnuts around a farm or a line of willows by a slow-moving stream "Very Badmin" as if nature had decided to copy his work. Nobody 'does' trees like S.R.Badmin, but there's always much more in his paintings. If you can get hold of a copy of Highways & Byways in Essex (the last in the series in 1939, he completed it on the death of F.L.Griggs, the original illustrator) you will see his outstanding line drawings of buildings, such as Bures Mill above. But trees really were the thing. As we left Mr.Badmin's home I noticed that leaves from the trees in his garden had dropped with the rain onto my car. I carefully peeled them off and put them in a church leaflet I found in the glovebox. 'Leaves from Mr.Badmin's Garden' I wrote on the front. I still have it, the leaves now dry and brittle, but still embued with enchanting and very agreeable memories.
First off, I need to apologize for not blogging since MAY! It's been a crazy couple of months. I moved TWICE since my last post and managed to start and end one job as a children's director at a Christian camp and begin a new one as a special education teacher. I am currently teaching 10 amazing, sassy, stubborn, and unpredictable 3-5th graders and LOVING it. I have an amazing support system at my school and have been learning so much from my principal, my psychologist, my instructional aides, and from the service providers. With that said, I am exhausted. I'm actually writing this blog post because I am killing time before I can go to sleep (I just won't allow myself to go to sleep before 9pm for some reason). I spend countless hours in my classroom. From what I have heard THIS IS NORMAL for a first year teacher-general ed or special ed. I had no clue the work that goes into being a teacher...the planning, the organizing, the meetings, the phone calls from parents, the notes to write and send home, the IEPs! The list goes on. It's sometimes hard already to remember that the whole reason I am doing all of this is for the 10 precious students that I get to teach each day. It truly is a JOY and a HONOR to be their teacher. Okay enough mushy, emotional stuff and on to the goodies! After 3 weeks of teaching (wow, that went by FAST), I have found some awesome resources and products that I believe to be essential for any moderate to severe special ed teacher just starting off (or even for you seasoned teachers out there). I will be sharing one each week over the next seven weeks! Ready? Okay here I go! NUMBER ONE! Task Boxes & File Folders. Currently, task boxes are one of my rotations i have an aide who works with the students and is reaching them how to do the task boxes. Eventually, my goal is for my students to be able to do them independently. Here is how I have my "Picture Perfect Independent Workers" Blue Table set up. They have a list of task boxes that they have to finish during their time at the blue table. Once they finish, they get to have their picture taken with a variety of props and "glam." The pictures then go up on the board. I got my organizational idea from Melissa Toth Finch. You can check out her blog all about the system here. I tweaked mine a bit to fit my students and their needs. I have made several of my own work boxes. Here are some of the ones my kiddos are currently working through. 1. Sorting and identifying colors 2. Identifying letters, matching letters, and building words 3. One to One Correspondence/Counting I got this product from Teaching Special Thinkers on TPT. You can purchase the product here. It is jammed packed with awesome tools that can be used for task boxes, small group instruction, or independent work. 4. Sorting by Category The students are given a few different cards and pictures and have to sort the pictures by category. You can pick this product up for FREE right here. 5. I got a TON of ideas from Sasha at the Autism Helper. She has a whole work task product that you can purchase here. It is a HUGE time saver and totally worth the 10 bucks! Well, it's almost 9, which means I can get some sleep! Happy blogging and pinteresting you wonderful, dedicated teachers!
Japan holds a special place in my heart. I spent 3 years at university studying its culture and language, an amazing couple of years living and working there in my early 20s, and many of my family and friends hail from Japan. So it has been distressing, to say the least, watching events unfold there over the last few weeks. Kenji Uranishi - my dear friend, co-collaborator, studio buddy and all-round super guy - and his equally awesome wife Sonia have organised the I heART Japan online charity art auction to raise money for the Red Cross Japan and Pacific Appeal 2011. They have gathered together a wonderful collection of work from 20 artists from across the country (ceramics, painting, photography, design, sculpture) to be auctioned on eBay from 7-10th April. I'm so glad to be able to be a part of this and have donated the two bowls pictured below for auction. It has been a tragic and surreal start to the year and the magnitude of the disaster(s) is hard to comprehend. But if you can, please support the I heART Japan auction and help out whilst also getting yourself some wonderful artworks. The work of all participating artists can be previewed HERE in advance of the auction and bidding starts HERE on Thursday April 7th (8pm EST) and ends Sunday April 10th (8pm EST).
Learn current wine sweetness, ranging from virtually nothing to upwards of 70% sweetness. Includes Malbec, Merlot, Pinot Noir, and more.
Discover the deeper spiritual significance and messages behind the powerful numerology of Angel Number 222 and unlock the hidden meanings.
Isn't this a really fun way to introduce a calendar to kids? Kids get to sort numbers, see new words and learn about dates, days and months in a playful manner.
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Exhibition dates: 26th February – 7th June, 2011 Eadweard Muybridge (English-American, 1830-1904) Ruins of a Church, Antigua, Guatemala 1875 Albumen print Collection Centre Cana…
There are a lot of pressures when entertaining but you can't go wrong with a good cheese platter; they are great in every season and can work for a number of different occasions. However, cheese platters can sometimes get overwhelming that's why we have put together a quick guide to getting it right!
“Art does not reproduce what is visible; it makes things visible” said Paul Klee. He meant making the unseen seen, bringing it into perspective, changing people’s perceptions – which is exactly wha…
Collagraph Prints My printmaking reflects my impressions of the natural landscapes surrounding my home and studio. Using intricate cutting and applied textures to my collagraph plates allows me to explore the structures and forms of native wildflowers and wildlife; isolating key elements and sections of the cycle of the seasons or the character of a familiar
The meaning of 111 is to put the past behind you and move forward with confidence. Everything you have experienced in your life, so far, has given you the strength to separate from what no longer serves you. The past can hold treasured memories, but thinking about it is not helpful when it is not positive, especially when it keeps you chained to the past. So, when you keep seeing the time 1:11 or 111, the significant meaning is to let go of past disappointments and create space for peace to expand within you. To learn more, here is WILLOW SOUL's list of the spiritual meanings of 111 and the reasons why you keep seeing angel number 111 everywhere.
These activities for Algebra, Geometry, & middle school make great stations or critical thinking puzzles. I created these for easy differentiation, and really loved them. They turned out to be durabl
STEM activities are a lot of fun and educational, but the best kind of STEM activities are open-ended, allowing children to think for themselves. In this paper plate maze STEM challenge, kids are challenged to make a marble maze using household materials. They must follow all elements of a real design process, including brainstorming, blueprints,
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