2008 Summer Reading at Barnes & Noble for grades 1-6 with Andrew Clements. Kids can earn a free book when they read 8 books this summer. They use the Summer Reading Journal and parent signs the journal when it’s complete. The kids completed journal is returned to local Barnes & Noble store between May 29th [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2008
Barnes & Noble Summer Reading
27-May-08Kit Kittredge
26-May-08Journalism with Kit – Grades 3-5: Fun End-of-the-Year Lessons, Activities & Printables. This standards-based educational program was created by Scholastic in conjunction with American Girl and Picturehouse. Inspired by the major motion picture Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, these free lessons and printables reinforce your students’ observation and deduction skills. The program also champions Kit’s [...]
Children’s Garden
21-May-08Children’s Garden Want your children or grand children to get a start in the garden? It is a great place to spend time together. You are outdoors, away from television and video games, plus you don’t have to spend a lot of money to have a lot of fun. Gardening with children can be a [...]
T-Shirt
21-May-08Free Software offer: Hanes T-ShirtMaker Lite
Girls Golf Free
21-May-08Women’s Golf Month June 1 – June 30, 2008 Join in for a month-long series of fun and exciting golf and golf-related activities designed exclusively for women, including Free golf lessons and clinics, Golf rules and etiquette seminars and more. Now in its fourth year, American Express Women’s Golf Month is a precedent-setting collaboration of [...]
Women Are Scientists
21-May-08Women Are Scientists is a series of free video presentations that showcases successful female scientists in their respective specialties, and informs students about educational requirements, rewards, and challenges of careers in the biomedical sciences. Each video presentation gives a detailed view of three women scientists, from various backgrounds, as role models for their particular career. [...]
Verb – It’s What You Do
21-May-08Activity ideas and resources you can d/l some and also send away for stuff. The program was initiated to increase and maintain physical activity among youth ages 9-13.
Child Safety
21-May-08May 25 is National Missing Children’s Day. It’s a reminder for all parents, guardians, teachers and other role models to make child safety a priority. Activities, discussion guidelines and more to help teach kids about safety. Personal safety materials from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children are available. Sign up for Wireless AMBER [...]
Timelines
18-May-08Timeline tools and samples Creating a Time Line Book Picture of a Charlotte Mason style timeline book Timeline Book Instructions – Instructions for making a timeline book, set up like the Book of the Centuries. Make a Personal Timeline Timeline Sample Ideas Time Line Maker Make your timeline horizontal or vertical. Historical Timeline Figures samples [...]
Sinbad the Sailor Literature Unit
18-May-08Scheherazade: A Musical Story of Arabia – This three lesson unit introduces students to the world of Scheherazade, the Sultan and Sinbad the Sailor. It highlights the relationship between the tales of the Arabian Nights and the great musical work, Scheherazade, by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Increase listening, music reading and dancing skills. The Seven [...]
