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Top 10 Classroom Activities For Learning About South America

Posted on March 22, 2014.
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Machu Picchu

Below we’ve gathered 10 classroom ideas for teaching your students about South America. Pick a famous city, landmark, ancient ruin, or natural wonder found in South America. Research it thoroughly and become familiar with all the details you can. Make … Continue reading →

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How Your Eyes Baffled Charles Darwin

Posted on August 4, 2013.
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Darwin

Imagine floating over mountains and icecaps, and stroking the soft, melting clouds overhead. Your superhuman abilities seem unreal, but what does it matter? You don’t have a care in the world. Just as you’re enjoying this sensation, a loud, repetitive … Continue reading →

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Fun Ways To Learn About And Experience The Middle Ages

Posted on June 18, 2013.
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Medieval Fun

Believe it or not, learning about history can actually be tonnes of fun. Even if we consider a period centuries ago, such as the medieval period, we can immerse ourselves into the time by certain events, shows, movies, and games. … Continue reading →

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Back-to-School Apps for ‘Smart’phone Users

Posted on August 22, 2012.
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math workout

As we wean ourselves off of summer, we look towards the approaching school year – and we often see it coming at us in a (quite often expensive) wave of pencils and textbooks and calculators and laptops. As the years … Continue reading →

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5 Great Maths Websites for Kids

Posted on July 5, 2012.
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great maths websites

Every child needs to take math classes. Whether your child loves math or needs a little extra help, there are websites all over the Internet that can help children learn new math skills or improve old ones. From beginners to … Continue reading →

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Easy Homemade Play Doh Recipes

Posted on May 14, 2012.
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We all just love play-doh, don’t we? I’ve brought together here the best recipes I’ve come across for homemade play-doh. Noah and Joseph McVicker are the inventors of the all time favorite toy named “Play-Doh”. In case you didn’t know, … Continue reading →

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Helpful Language Arts Sites For Kids

Posted on April 23, 2012.
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Kids these days are very eager and excited about using computers. So rather than resist, why not give them the privilege of doing so? Why not make use of this potential energy and feed their interest with some great language arts sites … Continue reading →

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Earth, Moon, and Sun – an Astronomy Activity

Posted on April 13, 2012.
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earth moon sun

Elementary school children need to know that the earth goes around the sun, and that the moon goes around the earth. But how this works can be hard to understand. Make it easier by having the children themselves play the … Continue reading →

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Developmental Easter Activities for Kids

Posted on April 4, 2012.
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Mollystevens @ Flickr

It has been a common practice at school or at home to have egg-related activities during Easter. Humpty Dumpty must be very pleased to see eggs of various kinds, dominating the topic of the day across the world. Some of … Continue reading →

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20 Free Online Resources for Teachers

Posted on March 8, 2012.
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Finding new tools and resources to keep students engaged and interested can be a very time consuming task. With the advent of the web, this task has become much easier, yet still takes some time to eliminate the wheat from … Continue reading →

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