Brain Sprinkles! You know, for when your brain needs a boost! Oh please oh please tell me Brain Sprinkles aren’t just for first graders. I could use a whole inflatable pool full of sprinkles some days. Mrs. Cooley’s site is inspired by the Junie B. Jones books. When did you last read them? I have [...]
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Publicly I am grateful to The Kid Should See This for politely apologizing to parents for this nifty noisemaker everyone can make. I would extend that apology to teachers, too. Secretly I think we all need to make multiple versions of this noisemaker. How else are we going to make it through classes these next [...]
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I’m in Korea! Here I learned the song “Old King Glory”, which I’m pretty certain I’ve never ever sung before. Today I think I sang it about 20 times. Someone out there is giggling because I’ve never heard of this American playparty game before today. *grin* ****** There are many ways to play. I like [...]
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Bob the Magician uses magic to teach English, and his latest brilliant teaching idea is using magic wands with the little ones. I think it’s a wonderful change of pace, and I expect him to inspire a whole new batch of adorable future magicians while he’s at it. (I call second dibs on tickets to [...]
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Fishing for brightly colored fish is a staple in our arsenal of toddler crafts. But some little ones get frustrated at missing the magnet-to-paperclip connection. Either try this butterfly idea or add it to your arsenal as a variation during your units on colors and bugs. What You Need colorful paper child-safe scissors glue paper [...]
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