Author Archives: Sallie

Free Memorial Day Word Search Puzzle

In honor of Memorial Day, I’m offering for free the Memorial Day Word Search Puzzle from my Spring Days Word Search Puzzle Pack. Feel free to download a copy for your students or children. The download also includes the answer … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Fact Cards for Calendar Pocket Charts – Perfect for October and Pumpkin Units!

Pumpkin Fact Cards for Calendar Pocket Charts are a fun, colorful and easy way to extend your study of pumpkins. You will receive 32 cards, each with an interesting fact about pumpkins. The facts take you beyond the basics to … Continue reading

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Kindergarten, play and testing obsessions

Here is another great video about the importance of play for young children. This video focuses specifically on kindergarten. The push to full day, academic kindergarten is such a tragedy. Expecting all children to learn to read by the end … Continue reading

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Apple Fact Cards for Calendar Pocket Charts – Perfect for Apple Units!

Apple Fact Cards for Calendar Pocket Charts are a fun, colorful and easy way to extend your study of apples. You will receive 32 cards, each with an interesting fact about apples and apple trees. The facts take you beyond … Continue reading

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The critical importance of play for young children

This thought-provoking video about the importance of play is soooo good. The need for play is one of the key reasons we have chosen to home educate Caroline. She is becoming an amazing problem solver because she has had so … Continue reading

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Science and Technology Knowledge Quiz

Here’s a fun quiz for your older students or for the parents.  The Pew Research Center and The Smithsonian created this quiz to test the knowledge of the public on science topics. It includes topics that are both textbook-type questions … Continue reading

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FREE Plants and Gardening Literacy Sampler Pack – Four Center Activities

Time to study plants and gardening! This FREE sampler pack includes four ready-to-go activities that will reinforce important literacy concepts. Full color and black/white pages are included. Appropriate for first grade and second grade, depending on student skill level. The … Continue reading

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Eyewitness to History – Firsthand accounts of historical events

Eyewitness to History is a website the provides firsthand accounts of important historical events. They include narratives, radio broadcasts, and historical documents. It is a perfect website for researching historical topics or trying to help students understand how events impacted … Continue reading

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Picnic Literacy Center Activity Pack

It’s picnic time! Time to bring the fun of grilling and outdoors to your literacy centers! This packet includes nine literacy and writing activities. Each student recording sheet is offered in color and black and white. These are appropriate for … Continue reading

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Free “Discover Your World Activity Book” from NOAA

NOAA (North Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has a free downloadable Discover Your World Activity Book for children. It is full of hands-on activities related to science topics such as the earth, weather and climate. These would be especially good for … Continue reading

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