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Pumpkin Picking Time

 Pumpkins seem to fascinate children, whether they are growing in a field or carved as a jack-o-lantern on the front porch. This them...

Help a Child Cope with Loss and Grief

Children and adolescents are not immune to facing loss, death, dying and grief; they encounter loss and will experience a grief response. Mu...

Fireflies: Twinkling Lights of the Meadow

Have you ever gone out on a summer evening to catch fireflies. They flit and fly everywhere. Soon you have five and then six. One escapes an...

Basic Exponent Properties

This lens is for teachers, parents and students interested in learning about exponents. It includes written and video tutorials on how to de...

Creatures of the Woodlands

Winter is coming on! The little Woodland Creatures are looking for winter dens, storing up food and preparing for the long winter ahead.The ...

Real Teacher Experiences

In this lens, I will share the real life experiences of an elementary teacher with you. What is it really like?  Why do teach...

THE THREE SNOW BEARS by Jan Brett

The Three Snow Bears, written by Jan BrettIs a refreshing remake of Goldilocks And The Three Bears. I don't know how anyone could possibly ...

Solving Algebraic Inequalities

This lens is for students, parents and teachers that are interested in learning about inequalities.  The primary teaching method is the...

Rocks

They're all around us and, at first glance, they may seem pretty boring. But take a closer look and you'll see that there's a lot more to...

Tiger Island: The Awesome Pawsome

 Tiger Island Zoo is raising tigers in order to save the gene pool of these endangered big cats. Sign a Petition to Save Tigers and lea...

Dem Dancing Skeleton Bones

Skeletons have been a symbol of death at least since the Middle Ages when they were portrayed as the Grim Reaper. Dancing skeletons are feat...

Natural Math Manipulatives

A hands-on approach to learning new concepts involving all 5 senses makes understanding easier and quicker for learners of all styles. Here ...

President Barack Obama Lapbook

Celebrate President's Day or Black History Month (or both!) with a study of our current president -- Barack Obama!

Read about our 44th p...

Viva la Mexico

Have you always wanted to visit exciting and exotic places, but haven't had the time or money? Well, now you can take that trip, without ev...

How to Make a Tabbed Book

Making a tabbed book is quite easy! So you don't really need a template. You simply need instructions.

Do you have scissors (or a paper ...

Purple Gallinules of the Everglades

Gallinules are spectacular creatures. The can be found walking on water lilies in the canals throughout the Everglades.

One day we took a...

How to Make a Trifold Minibook

A trifold is one of the simplest and most versatile minibook out there.

It's called a trifold because it's folded in thirds just like y...

Water, toys, and lots of cool fun for this summer!

Hi Moms!Summer is just around the corner and the kids will, once again, be home on vacation! What better ways to spend their time than to en...

Summer Outdoors, Fresh Air, Sand Boxes, Sand Box Toys and Lots of Fun!

Hi Moms!Summer is just around the corner and the kids will, once again, be home on vacation! What better ways to spend their time than to en...

Beep, Beep Goes the Bus

One of the most popular themes for preschoolers is transportation. Listen to the sound of a bus going beep, beep, beep. Hear the roar of the...

Word Walls and Pointers

Word walls are a collection of words for beginning readers to use to promote learning in reading and writing.

WordWalls are most effectiv...

How to Make a Four Corner Minibook

Have a square of paper? Then you can easily make this minibook. Because of how it's folded, the four corner minibook is also often called a...

Adjectives: A Unit Study for Valentine's Day

Fill the day with arts, crafts, science experiments and ways to say I Love You. Pour out your feelings of love throughout the day.

But it...

What happened to RECESS?

Do you remember the games you played during recess as a child? Think about all the physical activity that involved and what you learned from...

Notebooking With Younger Children

Notebooking is a great way to learn and there is no reason why it can't work just as well for younger children as it does for the older one...

Baby Lamb's First Drink

It is spring. The pastures are green and lambing season is upon us. The baby lamb has just been born and the mother ewe is carefully looking...

HOW TO USE A COMPASS - the best place on Squidoo to learn HOW TO USE A COMPASS!!

HOW TO USE A COMPASS - A round dial, an artistic face, and a magnetic needle... profoundly uncomplicated, yet this very simple device can he...

Polynomials

The following lens is a description of how to add, subtract, multiply and factor polynomials. The majority of the teaching is done through t...

Beginning to Read

Mrs. Wishy Washy and The Big Bad Pig are inviting you all beginning readers to join them in the adventure of learning to read. Learn how to ...

Peace Crane - Origami Paper Cranes for Peace

Paper cranes have been used a symbol of peace since the second world war. In the 1950's a young girl Sadako Sasaki, a survivor of the Hiros...

Linear Inequalities

This lens is for students, parents and teachers looking for help and ideas on how to graph linear inequalities. It includes examples of solv...

Simplifying Square Roots

This lens is designed for students, parents and teachers looking for help simplifying square roots. It includes video tutorials and examples...

How to Create a Novel Study

Educators have to become used to a new way of teaching and learning. As a child of the 70s, much of my learning was from teacher lecture and...

Homeschool "Curriculum" -- What To Teach... And How

The cool thing about Homeschooling is that you are not TIED or CHAINED to a curriculum determined by *Ivory-Tower* "Boards of Education...

Solving Systems of Equations

This Lens explores the three ways to solve a system of equations in two variables.  It includes various videos explaining examples and ...

Special Education - What is it, how it works & resources

I want to educate parents, teachers and students about Special Education services & resources.

I have my Master's degree in Special Educ...

The Importance of Preschool Academics

This lens highlights some great resources, tips, and products to prepare your preschooler for learning. Spend time interacting, reading, and...

How to Make a Three Fourths Book

A three fourths minibook is a simple fold for your lapbook that offers plenty of space inside for writing text or drawing pictures.

Slime Science

It's fun, it's educational, it's messy, it's SLIME!!! Let's face it, most kids love to make a mess! And, yes, slime can be messy. But i...

Chester Raccoon and The Kissing Hand

The first day of school can be very traumatic for both children and their parents. The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn is a wonderful tale of a ...

Horton Hears a Who

Horton the Elephant is featured in two Dr. Seuss books, the first "Horton Hatches an Egg" and the second, "Horton Hears a Who...

Back to School Teacher Tips

It's that time of year again. Summer is in full swing and fall will be here too soon for most of us.Time to start organizing and planning! ...

Tutoring Techniques: Resources for Tutors

Are you a remedial math or remedial reading tutor? Are you looking for new techniques or new resources for teaching specific basic skills? M...

Traveling Through The Middle Kingdom

Have you always wanted to visit exciting and exotic places, but haven't had the time or money? Well, now you can take that trip, without ev...

The best in award winning educational games for the whole family!

Award Winning Games After nearly two decades as both a regular classroom, and special education teacher, I am excited to share some of my mo...

Whitefoot the Wood Mouse: A Mouse Unit Study

Whitefoot welcomes homeschoolers, teachers, parents and children to turn into mice, scurry through the tunnels and sniff out learning opport...

The best Award Winning Kid's Toys, Colorful Puzzles, play furniture, and Educational Fun Centers ever made, and much more!

Award Winning toys, very high caliber Toys, and the best kids games, and Fun Centers you'll find anywhere! Is this beginning to sound like...

Johnny Appleseed Thematic Unit

The legend of Johnny Appleseed (aka John Chapman) is filled with fact and fiction and Steven Kellogg's humorous retelling of the story is p...

Audio Homeschool

We all have our own preferred learning style whether it be visual, auditory, or kinesthetic.

But did you know that learning is always enh...

Enjoying Educational Games

What do kids do best? Play of course. Why not encourage this natural tendency by providing your children with great entertaining games that ...

Becoming a Montessori Intern...things they don't tell you!

Ladies and Gents,

After reading this lense, you should have a new found appreciation for Montessori Teachers.

I started my journey int...

Motivating Reluctant Readers

In a time when children are becoming increasingly savy about how they spend their time it can be really hard to get children to pick up a bo...

The Wish Tree - A Wish for Peace

The Wish Tree is a lovely concept to create for your family at the holidays or any day. Everyone writes down their wishes and then hangs the...

The Last Lecture

My background includes caring for those those who are facing the end of life. I have been in awe of the human spirit shown by those facing t...

Oceanography and Marine Biology -- a Curriculum Starter

Whether you got your first inspiration for becoming interested in Oceanology, Oceanography, and Marine Biology from watching the Undersea Wo...

Take a Trip Underground to Visit The Catacombs....and the Dead

Far beneath the city streets of Paris lies the bone remains of more than 6 million people, in an elaborate labyrinth of passages, tunnels an...

Woodchucks Under the Porch

Woodchucks chuck wood and Groundhogs determine the coming of spring. They eat your garden, dig holes under the porch but look adorable when ...

Lemmings: Falling into the Sea of Knowledge

When the winds start to howl and the snow begins to blow you can capture your student's attention with this innovative Arctic Unit Study fo...

Masks in Drama

A drama lesson plan to teach students how to use masks in drama

"Secrets Of Enthusiastic Learning Through Play"

WELCOME to the site where we recognise the importance of play for a child's development. But what do you want your child to learn? Does it ...

Online learning, e-learning and mobile learning resources, tools, tips, software, case studies and guides

Online learning is emerging as a world-wide trend in personal and professional development - both in organisations and educational...

On The Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman

The most special day to every parent is that day when their own unique little child is born into this world. It is a day of wonder and amaze...

Solving Quadratic Equations

This lens is designed for students, parents and teachers to supplement instruction on quadratic equations. There are video examples for all ...

Teach Basic Dictionary Skills

Solid dictionary skills are a great way to speed vocabulary acquisition, reading comprehension, and spelling accuracy. Here are some tips fo...

Common Rodents: Rats and Mice

After reading this sentence, close your eyes and think of the word "rodent", then think of the first rodent that comes to mind. It...

Patricia Polacco

Patricia Polacco was born in Lansing, Michigan on July 11.1944. Although she is the author and illustrator of numerous children's books, sh...

Educating With Teddy Bears

You know how parents and teachers experience challenges with motivation of their children and students to want to learn? What I have fo...

How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night by Jane Yolen

How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night Written by Jane Yolen and beautifully illustrated by Mark Teague, is but one of the many great children's l...

Just Say 'No' to Power Cell Energy Balls - A Consumer Health Warning

As a physician, nutrition instructor and parent, I find several things wrong with the Power Cell Energy Ball product and marketing strategy....

HOW TO READ A MAP

HOW TO READ A MAP is a very important bit of education to take on when you are out camping, hiking, backpacking, or for any other reason you...

Going Bananas: A Banana Unit Study

Raffi introduced us to the Bananaphone Song years ago and now technology has finally caught up with him. Introducing the Banana Phone!

B ...

John Holt: Unschooling

After teaching for several years, striving to keep children engaged and focused on what he was trying to teach, John Holt realized that chil...

Green Guide to Back-to-School

The beginning of school is drawing near and for most families that means shopping for school supplies and clothes. This lens will help you t...

Teaching Writing (and Editing) to Kids -- A Curriculum Starter

This Squidoo lens is dedicated to homeschoolers, teachers, and those wanting to learn more about writing. Selections and sites in this lens ...

USING A MAP AND COMPASS to Navigate Your Way

MAP AND COMPASS This is the third lens page so far, in a series about navigation. The first in this series is How to Use a Compass, and the ...

Homeschool FAQ

Do you have questions about whether you should homeschool, or how you can? You've come to the right place. Here is an extensive list of que...

Teachers Who Teach from the Heart

This lens will tell you about some famous and not so famous teachers, methods of teaching and ways to engage children in learning.

Think ...

Drama Resources

Looking for drama teaching resources? This lens contains a free lesson plan (Pirates, for students aged 11-12 yrs) which introduces middle s...

At Last- "Great Ideas And Learning Resources For Children's Groups"

Hi- I'm glad you stopped by! I hope you find lots of ideas and inspiration here for your group of children, to make it more fun and rewardi...

United States Unit Study

Have you always wanted to visit exciting and exotic places, but haven't had the time or money? Well, now you can take that trip, without ev...

Reach Out and Read - Promoting Early Childhood Literacy

Reach Out and Read (ROR) is a national non-profit organization that promotes early literacy, because growing up healthy means growing up wit...

Creating Geography Treasure Boxes

While creating my geography unit study lens, I stumbled across a blog post at LaPaz Home Learning telling about the Continent Boxes she had ...

Train Unit Study

Have you ever stood near a railroad track and watched a train? Trains are fascinating. They seem to be going so slowly at first and then fas...

Demystifying Homeschooling -- Some Tips

I've always enjoyed learning things--maybe because my Mom and Dad were both teachers and librarians had something to do with it, eh?  ...

Eggs and Easter Teaching Unit

Eggs and Easter mean lots of fun, but they also present many learning opportunities for children. I have written a fourth grade, inter-dis...

Dr. Seuss

There are probably few children and grown-ups who haven't read at least one of the imaginative works of Theodor Geisel. The children's boo...

Books for Black Children

There is nothing wrong with the classic books that you grew up with, but jazz up your infant and toddler reading time with some books that r...

How to Create a Lesson Plan for ESL Students

Many ESL teachers have never been taught the basics of preparing a lesson plan. When I began teaching, I would piece together random activit...

Black Girl Books

I love reading! However, as a teacher, I realize that many children do not. Therefore it was a challenge for me to find something to interes...

Learning to Learn Math

A fundamental theory of education is that students learn at different paces and in different ways.  One of the flaws I currently see in...

Art & Craft for Kids

Children's Art has long held a fascination for adults because it offers so much, not least a quirky and delightfully honest way of see...

How to Improve Reading Comprehension with Self-Questioning

Everyone knows that to get the right answers you need to ask the right questions. Asking questions about the text as you read significantly ...

How and When to Teach Phonemic Awareness

Why is phonemic awareness important?

If children cannot hear and manipulate the sounds (phonemes) in spoken words, they will have a very ...

School tips for Parents

Yes, for parents, it's the most wonderful time of the year. We love our children, we truly do, but we are so generous that we want others t...

Current Resources in my Homeschool Journey

We are eclectic, with a strong classical base. We love literature based learning and love historical fiction. I hope you find something you ...

Curriculum Resources

Tips, Tricks and Resources to help in creating lesson plans and finding the right information to support them. Lots of lesson plan link...