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Photo Source: apartmenttherapy.com | Jackie Boucher While it's very likely that your kinders are über creative on their own, we still love the idea of using story bags in the writing center. They're sure to prick the imagination and it's super fun to see how each child can use the same elements to come up with a completely different tale! Story Bags Find simple brown paper lunch bags or recycle handled bags you have lying around the house {Jackie over at Apartment Therapy used Starbuck's bags!}, filling them with various items collected from around the classroom. Label each bag with a different number and set them in the writing center. To use, simply invite your kiddos to pull out the items and tell/write a story. If writing, be sure to have them record the number of the story bag they used. Jackie also suggested using them for some collaborative writing... We think these are a fun way to spruce up the writing center for the end-of-the-year! {Of course, they'd be a great addition any time of year!}

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Israa' and Mi`raj story put in an amusing narrative style for kids.

mambo4 posted this a few days ago on Talkbass. It shows how to break down various rhythmic notation using tasty treats. It popped up on my Facebook (which I really should check more frequently) lat…

This 25 page download is a complete kit with black line masters and photo directions for making a Genius Hour lapbook with your students. Use it to guide your students through the stages of a Genius Hour project, from planning to research, proposal, learning log, and reflection. Also included is an informational passage for students (and/or parents) about the origins of Genius Hour and how it is used in classrooms today. This lapbook kit contains the following interactive parts: 1. Lapbook cover 2. "What is Genius Hour?" 1-page informational passage 3. What are your passions (brainstorming list with "passion" definition) 4. Thin and Thick questions interlocking piece (compares simple vs. complex questions in preparation for writing a complex Genius Hour question) 5. "My Question" flap 6. "Traits of a Working Genius" t-fold (focus, flexibility, perseverance, responsible) 7. Research pocket with cards to record information and sources 8. Project Proposal tab book (project description, rationale, materials, plan, presentation) 9. Learning Log (date, description of work, rate your effort/attitude) 10. Reflection tab book (results, afterthoughts, teacher feedback) Lapbooks are an excellent way to keep students motivated and engaged in their learning. It is a nice way to keep everything in one place instead of sending home lots of loose papers. Are you unsure about lapbooks? Watch this YouTube video to find out why I love lapbooks and how I use them in my own classroom. Thank you for considering my Genius Hour Lapbook Interactive Kit.

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This walking water science experiment is so much fun and super easy to do! My kids absolutely loved it! It even comes with free printable recording sheets for kids as young as preschool! Check out the video to see how easy this walking water experiment really is. This rainbow activity is perfect for spring science!

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An article about researching the professions of the passengers who arrived onboard the Mayflower in 1620, using historical newspapers.

Music accompanies our lives every day. Be it your favorite radio station on the way to work, a huge rock concert you attend together with other fans, or your neighbor practicing trombone on the balcony, we are surrounded by this incredible form of art everywhere.

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«§» 6 March 2014Misao Okawa, the world's oldest person celebrated her 116th birthday on Wednesday, February 5.Misao OkawaShe became the world's oldest person last June following the death of Jiroemon Kiruma, a Japanese man at 116 and she was presented with a certificate by the Guinness Book of Records officially recognising her as the world's oldest living woman.Misao OkawaAccording to her, her long life is as a result of eating sushi, getting eight hours' sleep a night and relaxing.Misao, who lives in a nursing home in Osaka celebrated with a birthday cake and bunches of flowers, wearing a flower in her hair for the party.Misao Okawa eating her birthday cakeBorn in 1898, she married in 1919 but was widowed in 1931 when her husband died and is now a mother of three, grandma of four and great-grand mother of six.

This article is written by Agapi Apostolopoulou Agapi is a Tantra Teacher, Dance Teacher and Healer in the Tantra Essence Team. Here, we highlight her Akashic Records sessions. There is a tendency in our world to try to structure and give form to everyt…

DK Reads The First Telephone is part of DK's three-level reading scheme helping kids learn how to read at home - and learn to love reading This book is perfect for children "Reading Alone" who are proficient readers and developing the habit of reading widely for both pleasure and information. In The First Telephone, the race is on to invent a transmitter that will revolutionise communications. Against the wishes of his sponsors, Alexander Graham Bell records the step-by-step progress of his invention. DK Reads are levelled into stages to help every child progress their reading skills and become a confident reader. DK Reads feature engaging and highly illustrated topics which appeal to kids. The story is supported with interactive themed pages and questions to encourage children to access information from a range of sources and develop comprehension and reading skills. Now available with text that lights up as you read-along and playful images and sounds.

Learn while playing with Latticed Learning! This week's theme has plenty of activities to go along with it - keep reading to find out more! Some of the links on this site are affiliate links. This means if you click on a link and purchase something, I'll receive a small affiliate commission at no cost to you. Thanks so much for supporting my efforts with this blog! Welcome back to Latticed Learning! This year, we're continuing to learn while we play - repeating many of our favorites from the past while adding in all sorts of new activities as well. This day's post is devoted to our weekly themes - some weeks have more activities than others, but each lesson will be fun for you to explore with your little one! Read All About It We had fun exploring a school theme with this week's books. We also included the topics of toys and playing, since school and learning should include plenty of fun! Here were just a few of our favorites: Timothy Goes to School Am I the only one who can relate to this book? There would be some new trend at school, and by the time I got whatever it was from someplace cheap like the flea market or my mom made me that shirt in the latest style, everyone had moved on to something else. The Blue Balloon It's fun to see what this blue balloon will do on each page, but we especially love the unusual fold-outs it has - they're really unique! Splat the Cat We love Russell the Sheep, so it makes sense that we'd love this other book by Rob Scotton. There are so many neat details for an observant mom or dad to pick up on in the illustrations and Splat learns that not only can school be fun, but he has much to learn about being a cat. Knuffle Bunny I don't know what I love most about this book - the cool way the illustrations incorporate both photographs and drawings, or the hilarity of what can happen when embarking on a simple errand with a small child. I can tell you that my favorite part of the book is when Trixie goes "boneless," because some days it seems I live with the Jello-bone kid. Since I have a dear friend who lives in The Netherlands, I feel like I'm getting a hug from her every time we read this book (Knuffel means "hug" in Dutch), although I have to admit that I usually pronounce the word "nuffle" instead of what I know is the correct way of "Ka-Nuffle." Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten As a former elementary school teacher, I love how this book shows all the craziness surrounding the first day of school from the teacher's perspective - I can't think of a single one of us who wasn't as frazzled as Miss Bindergarten is, leading up to those first few days! Other Great Books We Read Froggy Goes to School Clifford's Class Trip David Goes to School If You Take a Mouse to School Tiptoe into Kindergarten Corduroy Mrs. Toggle and the Dinosaur Franklin Goes to School Brand-new Pencils, Brand-new Books Sing Some Songs The topics of school, toys and playing are pretty broad, so it was easy to find plenty of music for this week. Here are just a couple ideas to get you started: Eraser from the album I talked about here I Want My Diploma from this album The Bean Bag Song from this post Where Do They Make Balloons? from this group's No! album Play Day by this beautiful-voiced artist And so many more, but I'll let you search through your own music collection to see what types of songs you can add to a playlist. Watch Some Videos We love The Berenstain Bears, both the books and the show. There were two episodes that were especially pertinent to this week: The Berenstain Bears Go to School and Trouble at School. Gv also loves Daniel Tiger, so we watched Daniel Visits School, Daniel Goes to School, and Daniel Doesn't Want to Stop Playing. Play and Create We did a few activities to correspond to our week's topic: We played with bubbles: We went on a school supply search. (This wasn't anything fancy - I just let Gv explore all our supply boxes and then she'd ask, "What's that?" if she couldn't name the item. This was followed by experimenting with new tools such as hole punchers and brads, which of course was loads of fun.) She found the ruler! We did these activities to go along with Miss Bindergarten. Can Craft Getting Ready for Kindergarten Craftivity We made these backpacks to go along with our Froggy book. We read Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse and then did some activities I'd had from my classroom (random worksheets I'd collected.) We also made a purple plastic purse and some movie star sunglasses (find a great template for these here.) Cut 2 pieces of purple construction paper to fit inside a plastic bag and then either use purple yarn or a pipe cleaner to make the purse strap. And finally, we played catch with a ball. Whew! It was a busy week, but one full of fun! Looking for all the great posts associated with this concept in one place? Check out my Latticed Learning page here! What's your favorite thing that we did this week? I'd love to hear! Either leave a comment below or email me at lisahealy (at) outlook (dot) com. Also, if you don't want to miss a single minute of great tips like this and all the fun around here, be sure to sign up for free updates and then look forward to having each post delivered straight to your inbox! 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