Summer vacation can be loads of fun, but there’s bound to be a time when your child gets bored. To avoid rainy-day whining, try these fun arts and crafts projects to fill up a long afternoon. Your kids will have fun making them, and you’ll get to decorate your backyard and patio to make those sunny days […]
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Go for Gold: 5 Olympic Activities for the Classroom
Whether you’re a new teacher or an experienced educator, you know that special events in the classroom can catch student interest and make real-world events more accessible and meaningful. With the 2016 Olympics fast approaching, here are some simple ways to bring the Olympics into your classroom for learning fun and student engagement. 1. […]
Daily Living and Social Skills
Expert Tips on Daily Living Skills- Transitions Many students with autism are visual learners. Visual cues are the best intervention for a nonverbal student. They assist and inform students of the rules, their schedule and changes in their routines. For example, the teacher can create a person locator system with visual cue cards, which […]
Deckle-edged Paper Sculpture Flower: Art Lesson Plan
From Monet’s Sunflowers to Andy Warhol’s Flowers and Georgia O’Keefe’s entire works, flowers are a favored subject among painters, classic to contemporary. But painters are not the only artists enamored with the beauty of flowers. Artists working in a wide variety of other mediums have also immortalized nature’s most decorative design—the flower. There are […]
Use the Summer to Rest, Refresh and Regroup
When the school year is over, it’s time to push back and do something for yourself. But that doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t think at all about prepping for the coming term. Just be good to yourself as you go about it. Learn a new skill, explore a new subject, take foreign language classes, enroll […]
Synesthesia: Painting What You Hear
Synesthesia is a condition that causes one to perceive stimulus with more than one sense at a time. A person with synesthesia might, for example, smell a specific smell when seeing a certain color or taste a sound. The most common form of the condition causes someone with synesthesia to see a specific color […]
Tips for Plein Air Painting
Painting in plein air is a must-have experience for your art students. They’ll learn to notice and capture natural light, shadow, and color in a way that’s just not possible indoors. And one of the best ways to compare and contrast those critical artistic elements is to revisit the same plein air location several […]
Summer Fun: What Child Doesn’t Love a Scavenger Hunt?
Summer should be a bit more relaxed than the rest of your year, right? But that doesn’t mean that every day has to be totally unstructured. Nor should it mean an endless round of pool, park and playground activities. If you’re at a loss about how to keep the kids “engaged” and creative, just get […]
DIY Task Management Without Breaking the Bank
Task management is one of the most important things in the classroom. There are many ways to accomplish task management successfully, but they can also be costly to produce. However, they need not be. With these simply do it yourself projects, you can make task management a breeze without spending a lot of your […]
Drumming in PE: Inclusive, Active, Fun!
By: Michael Doyle, 2014 SHAPE America Central District Adapted Physical Education Teacher of the Year In February of 2013 I attended the Central District SHAPE America conference in Jackson, Wyoming. During that conference I attended a session by Kim Morrissey from Kansas that introduced drumming on stability balls that were placed on buckets. Instantly […]
8 DIY Classroom Decorating Ideas That Will Make Kids Smile
You can transform your classroom into an exciting learning space with fun classroom decor. The best part is you don’t need to spend a lot of money on these DIY classroom decorating ideas that will make kids smile each time they enter. Try out one of our favorite DIY classroom decorating ideas or mix […]
Classroom Organization Hacks for Busy Teachers
An organized classroom is important to the process of teaching and learning. Maintaining classroom organization can be challenging when you have students to focus on, lessons to plan and papers to grade. Classroom Organization Hacks These tips and tricks will help you streamline organizational tasks so that your classroom looks and feels organized. By achieving […]
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