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Fiction or Nonfiction?
Actually, it’s not a competition! Recently, an article in Teacher Magazine presented this headline: “Boys Prefer Nonfiction? Challenging the Myth.” The article focuses on an Australian study that...
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Science at the Olympics?
Have you been watching the Olympics? Gravity-defying flips, super speed, horses that can dance, and arrows and bullets that fly with precision—it’s the most famous sports event in the world! Every two...
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Skipping Stones Honor Awards!
We are thrilled to have two books honored by Skipping Stones! From the Skipping Stones website: “These books promote an understanding of cultures, cultivate cooperation and/or encourage a deeper...
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Back to School!
It’s hard to believe we’re still facing a very unusual school year. But here we are. And boy, have we learned a lot! Remember back in March of 2020, when schools closed and educators and families had...
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Talking About 9/11
What lessons can we still learn from September 11? This is a hard year to talk with school-aged children about the tragedy of 9/11, but it might also be the most important time to dive into...
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And the Band Played On . . .
It’s not every middle school soccer game that blares music while the teams warm up. But maybe it should be. Last night was my son’s first soccer game of the year, and surprise: the opposing team...
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Supply Chain Woes
You might have heard there are issues with something called the supply chain. The supply chain is how products are assembled in factories, put it boxes, stacked in boats, trains, trucks, and...
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Tips for Morning Meetings
Morning meetings are terrific opportunities to connect with your students, have them connect with each other, and set the tone for a day of enthusiastic learning! That’s a lot of benefit packed into...
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Baby, You Can Drive My Car
For some of us, the inner working of a car’s engine and other motors is a mystery. Leave it to a kid’s book to reveal the science under the hood! Engines! With 25 Science Projects for Kids offers a...
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Choose a Word for 2022!
Another year begins! These days, many articles about the value of NOT setting resolutions this year are making the rounds. The reasoning goes, maybe now is not the time to strive for great personal...
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Let’s Fix Education
The last couple of years have been challenging for the world of education. Could they also be instructive? Education is due a moment of soul searching. Students, teachers, administrators, school...
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Hands-On Science Rocks!
There are lot of jokes about how hard it is for teachers during the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas. And no wonder! Kids are excited about the holidays, everyone’s looking forward to a break,...
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Gamification in the Classroom!
Do you teach with games? Do you use some gaming principles to engage students in ways they might not expect in the classroom? Gamification is nothing new in education. Teachers have been using mock...
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Happy National Handwriting Day!
In this age of phones and computers, it might seem old-fashioned to put pen to paper and actually write out a sentence or two. But there are lots of benefits to writing by hand that we might not even...
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Nonfiction Books: Good For Your Brain
A mission statement from NCTE makes a strong argument in favor of incorporating more nonfiction reading at every level of education. Why is this important? For decades, many adults have assumed that...
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Black History Month, All Year Round
Every February since 1915, classrooms, libraries, and homeschools around the country make an extra effort to focus on Black Americans who’ve contributed to the scientific, historical, political, and...
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Why Women’s History Month?
Remember that old riddle about the father and child who got in a car accident? The father dies and the child needs emergency surgery, but when they get to the hospital, the doctor looks at the child...
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Spring in Sight
You know what I’ve got on my bookshelf? Not books! (At least, no books on THIS bookshelf…) Seedlings! Here in chilly northern New England, many of us have gotten a jump start on the growing season by...
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