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CCD Class Gathering Activities
Give your students some educational and enjoyable activities to lead up to class.
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Inject Life into Science Lessons
Incorporate technology into science lessons to create high-interest lessons with a minimum of fuss.
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Lenten Activity for Kids
Make Lenten Prayer Pots with your CCD class as a hands-on Lenten activity to take home.
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Meijer Gardens Family Christmas Activities
Enjoy a family-friendly event at the Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids, Michigan, that includes carolers, horse-drawn carriage rides, and hundreds of thousands of lights.
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Sunday School Teaching Tips
Most Sunday School teachers are volunteers. They give of their time because they feel led to teach children. Here are some tips to keep teaching fun and alive.
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Teaching Ratios and Bar Graphs
This hands-on, kinesthetic activity requires elementary students to concoct "secret" juice recipes while learning about ratios and reporting data with bar graphs.
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Teaching the Writing Process
Use jigsaw puzzles in a creative lesson plan that teaches the writing process. High schoolers learn that writing essays and putting together puzzles follow the same steps
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A Kid's-eye View of Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
What is at the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center? Would your kids really enjoy a visit? Join me as I get the some answers from a real kid!
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Engineering is Elementary Lessons
Multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural lessons from Boston's Museum of Science teach K-6 students to apply the Engineering Design Process for 21st century problem solving.
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Fun Children's Activities in Grand Rapids, MI
Grand Rapids, Michigan is home to several popular hands-on family attractions including John Ball Park Zoo, Frederik Meijer Gardens and Grand Rapids Children's Museum.
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Learning Spanish: Make Licuados with Students
Students will love making fruit smoothies, licuados, in Spanish class. Preparing, sharing, and talking about licuados in Spanish teaches the language the best way.
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Winter Activities in Vermont
Vermont in winter offers a plethora of outdoor activities; downhill skiing, cross country and boarding, snowkiting, and igloo building.
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Family Outing at the Calgary Stampede
This article is a description of family activities available at the Calgary Stampede.
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Inexpensive Homeschool Science
Many of the materials you need for your homeschooler's science lessons can be found around your home. This article includes directions for making a working pinwheel.
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Learn the Books of the Bible
The Books of the Bible can be daunting for a child to learn. Here are some techniques that will help children learn them fast.
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Snoozeums and Museum Overnights
Even a kid who falls asleep in science class is likely to perk up at the idea of spending the night in a museum. Some even let the kids stay up all night.
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Effective Science Labs
What makes one science lab better than another? One Boston school thinks labs should be a primary learning tool and not a secondary amenity.
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Preschool Magnet Exploration Activity
This hands-on science activity for preschoolers recycles jar lids and muffin tins into magnet science tools.
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Educational Crafts Index
Crafts for kids to enhance learning. Literature crafts, print and make math and phonics resources and much more are at your fingertips.
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Kid Concoctions
Looking for fun projects to make with your child? Need to add exciting activities to your child's curriculum? If so, I've found the perfect book for you.
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Affordable Vacation Alternatives
With the cost of living on the rise, the family vacation is getting a face lift. Families are opting for fun, budget-friendly activities that are close to home.
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Electric Candy - Or Triboluminescence
This candy gives out flashes of light when chewed! It's painless, I promise.
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Epcot Is Coming Up Flowers
Epcot Flower & Garden Festival,Epcot Flower & Garden Festival
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Free Home School Math Resources
Teaching your children math doesn't have to require huge textbooks, boring school lessons or a mathematics degree.
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Free Science Curriculum- The Secret Revealed
Looking for free homeschool science curriculum? This source may surprise you
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Hands-on Thanksgiving Fun
Adding kids crafts and hands-on activities to your Thanksgiving unit study could be just what you need to spark their interest.
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Kids and Museums
Where do you take a child to learn culture without pulling out your hair? Find out what museums are kid friendly by reading this article.
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Knights & Castles
Knights & Castles is a fascinating book that teaches children about what life was like in the Middle Ages.
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Mammals Come To Life in New Museum Hall
Washington, D.C. is home to the most-visted natural history museum in the world, and now the museum boasts a brand new mammal hall, which opened November 15. The hall restores the Beaux Arts look of this section of the museum and brings it back to its original architectural intent.
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Preparing for a Formal Observation
Finding out that the Principal or Vice Principal will be observing a lesson can be nerve wracking, but preparation will help the observation go more smoothly.
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What is a Visual-Spatial Learner?
Have you noticed that your child seems more interested in lessons when he gets to see what you are talking about come to life? You may have a visual-spatial learner.
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Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Abraham Lincoln was a tall, rugged man who made a huge impact on our country, even today. Teach your children about him with these lesson plan ideas and activities.
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10 Science Teaching Tips for Elementary School
Questioning, critical thinking, inquiry, investigations, hypothesizing, technology, and more are critical for helping students understand and learn the sciences.
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5 Free Things in Miami, Florida
Miami has a reputation for being expensive, but these attractions are fun and free.
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A Visit to the Science Museum of Minnesota
The Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul, Minnesota is a lesser-known museum, but it is worth a visit.
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A Visit to the Urwelt-Museum Oberfranken
The Urwelt-Museum Oberfranken in Bayreuth, Germany is a small museum that is worth a visit.
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Academic Options for Gifted Students
Differentiation, subject acceleration and grade skipping are alternatives for advanced students who require more challenging classroom activities.
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Book Review: Discovering Great Artists
Children love hands-on learning activities. Introduce them to the works of the Great Masters with these fun craft projects for children aged four to twelve.
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Book Review: Sydney for Kids
Wendy Preston's Sydney guidebook is great resource for tourists and locals looking for an enjoyable family day out in one of Australia's most famous cities.
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Counting and One-to-One Correspondence
Counting and one to one correspondence are the foundations of early maths concepts. Providing hands on activities will develop these skills and enhance school readiness.
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Current Events News Games
Kids often learn best when they are able to have fun in the process. Turn the task of learning current events into fun games.
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Explore Corvallis Oregon Landmarks
Corvallis Oregon, home of the Oregon State University Beavers, is located in the Willamette Valley, characterized by amazing sites, sounds and unique beauty.
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Gone: Art, Music & Sports
A school had to make cuts. They cut all the extracurriculars. What are parents saying?
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Halloween Craft Ideas Using Kids' Hands
Spiders, monsters, ghosts,and tombstones are Halloween crafts created by using kid' hands. Display the Halloween paper decorations at school or home.
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Homeschool Gifted Math & Kinesthetic Learners
Homeschooling math programs with manipulative materials and video lessons provide resources meeting educational needs of gifted homeschoolers and nontraditional learners.
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Homeschooling Presents Unique Opportunities
Parents who home school their children have a world of unique opportunities before them. With some creative thinking and planning, lessons can really be memorable.
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Kindergarten and First Grade Apple Unit Ideas
Many kindergarten and first grade teachers teach apple units and can also use these ideas for Johnny Appleseed Day on September 26 and National Apple Month in October.
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Play Go Fish in a Foreign Language
Play this classic children's card game to practice foreign language vocabulary and communication skills.
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Rubber Bands
Did you know you could have a lot of fun with a rubber band?
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Teach French Colors
Teach children colors and culture with "poèmes" and "chansons" from France.
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