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S’now Fun?
Schools canceling. Parents working from home. If you’re counting on plenty of babysitting via TV or video games to keep your children busy, stop! That “s’now” fun. Read on for 10 ideas for real snow day fun and learning. Read.Snuggle with a book and read with a family member. Talk about the book together as you go. Find Continue reading
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HONK! It to The World
What issues in our world fill you with passion? Perhaps you’re working to gain freedom for the children in Tibet. Maybe fracking issues make you crazy or you are a member of Veterans for Peace. Or your focus might be more local, like saving a silver maple forest in a cherished reservation. Do you care Continue reading
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Ravens and Science: Now or Nevermore?
What makes a science field trip a Do Now for your students? When two ravens are hatching eggs in a few days at Wellesley College. Go to the Ravencam and leave your computer screen on all day to follow the nesting habits of Pauline and Henry. You’ve just created a field trip in your classroom. The Continue reading
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That Good News
Want to know the best way to involve parents? Send home good news about their child before the first week is out. And there’s no better way than to have students write it themselves. With writing now taught across the curriculum, every teacher can do it. Even if you only have fifteen minutes, it’s time Continue reading
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W-A-T-E-R
What does this word bring to mind for you? A cold, refreshing drink .…perhaps memories of diving into a favorite green-blue lake in the mountains…or a chemical substance necessary to sustaining life around the world? How about a moment that changed the life Continue reading
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