Ah, November, the month of Thanksgiving, turkey dinners, and college football games. Yet centuries ago early American were establishing colonies, traveling over dangerous seas, and exploring the unknown. It's hard to think back a few hundred years and appreciate how our ancestors came to America and what they did to live in the New World.
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Fun Ideas for Teaching Government to Kids
You can definitely tell when it's a presidential election year in the U.S. This year is no exception. With all the debates, campaign ads, and riled up posts on social media, one can't help but be exposed to the democratic government force from all sides. The question is does your young student understand everything going on? [Read more…]
How to Use Sports to Teach Math Skills
Some kids think math class is boring, but they'll sit and watch a sports event for hours. Hmm, how can we merge the two to make both more relevant and useful? How about using sports to teach math skills? [Read more…]
10 Ideas to Grow Computer Skills and Digital Literacy
October is Computer Learning Month. When could be a better time to grow your student's computer skills and digital literacy? Granted, most K-12 students are digital natives, knowing instinctively how to navigate websites, use smart phones, and even create web content of their own. Sometimes it feels like today's generation come wired for tech use! [Read more…]
4 Ways to Celebrate National Grandparents Day
Nanas, grannies, pop-pops, and grandpas, we all have them even if we call them different names. Grandparents are one of the most important structural elements of the family unit, second only to parents themselves. While going back two generations can help in understanding the past, your student can also learn much from grandparents in the areas of wisdom and knowledge.
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Technology Meets Science: Virtual Lab Options for Online Students
Technology is everywhere these days. In cell phones, e-readers, tablets, instant messaging and texting, and QR codes on bananas! What's next? Computers in our eye glasses? These days, you never know what new technology will pop up.
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Why You Should Encourage Your Student to Daydream
Children have an innate propensity to daydream. Wandering minds can drive some parents absolutely crazy, especially if they want their student to focus on a task for a period of time. With younger children, attention spans can be very short and limited in scope. Although some suffer permanently from attention deficit disorder, many children start growing attention spans as they age in maturity and mental capacity. [Read more…]
10 Fun Ways to Make the 2012 Summer Olympics Educational
The countdown is on! This year the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England promises to offer the world thrilling contests in many sporting events including favorites like swimming, diving, track, gymnastics, volleyball, and more. The world's best athletes converge one week from now to put their talents to the test from July 25 – August 12. (Download or print the event schedule.) [Read more…]
Educational Websites to Celebrate Man on the Moon
Over 40 years ago, man made history; man walked on the moon (and finally confirmed it was not made of cheese!). In honor of Neil Armstrong's history-changing stroll on July 20, 1969 across the surface of another orb, we thought this week would be a great time to study about Man on the Moon.
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9 Ideas to Beat Your Student’s Summer Boredom
Staying inside and playing video games sounds appealing, but only for a week or two. After the initial stages of "Hurray, it is summer time, and I don't have to do anything" wears off of your student, the truth of summer boredom starts setting in. [Read more…]