Parents
This page is to share important information, ideas for your children (as students) and STEAM activities that you can do together
BOOK FAIR is coming, April 22th to April 26th in house, and April 22th - May 3rd online. Check us out!
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Online fair:
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Digital Learning Day! Click the link below for February 15th Digital Learning Day:
Natural Reader - Text to Speech - This extension allows you to listen to any email, webpage, PDF, Kindle book, and more. You read that right. It converts online text into natural-sounding audio. Just press play, and it will start reading aloud to you. Text to Speech
Babble Dabble Do shares paper art crafts that you can do with your child(ren). In this article she shares how to create pinwheels. This is a great time of the year to do this activity with the windy weather
Pi Day, March 14th is just one month away! If you are looking to celebrate at home check out these popular Pi Day resources:
Matt Miller of Ditch That Textbook shares numerous ways and ideas for using Chromebooks in the Classroom. This page is your home base for all things Chromebooks. You'll find:
Creative activity ideas to use in class right away
Top features you and your students need to know
Tips and tricks to make the most of your Chromebooks
Helpful resources you can use with students
Our top Chromebook posts for even more ideas
TinyTap is a social platform which empowers families, teachers and students to learn from each other by creating their own personalized interactive lessons ..
With virtual or remote learning, it is great to have 50 resources to promote learning all in one place!
Are you looking for ideas to use Google Sheets? Here is a great resource for that!
Have you noticed "Type @ to insert" on the first line when you open a new Google Doc? What's that all about is answered here.
How to create Easily Create Multiple Digital Spinners with Spinnerwheel.com. There are several examples shared with you.
Image Creation Tools from Ditch That Textbook
Image Creation Tools for Students
If you want a nighttime activity to do with your child(ren), how about looking to the stars? Figures in the Sky is a great resource to use. Check out the 20 different "sky cultures."
THERE ARE SEVERAL SCIENCE WEBSITES OUT THERE THAT CAN HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND DIFFICULT TOPICS, PREPARE FOR EXAMS, AND ULTIMATELY SERVE PARENTS AND TEACHERS AS A VIRTUAL TEACHER’S AID. THE BEST PART: MANY OF THE BETTER ONES ARE ABSOLUTELY FREE. HERE’S A LOOK AT SEVERAL POPULAR WEBSITES THAT CAN GET STUDENTS HOOKED ON SCIENCE.
If you have UNO cards, then you would probably like this blog post, Have Fun Learning with UNO cards! This post shares great ideas to promote learning in Math with UNO cards for all ages!
Eat Your Science! Food Science Activities Kids Will Love. Help your child(ren) understand the science of food in fun ways.
3 Easy Homemade Paints, shares 3 different recipes for making homemade paint with items you most likely have in your house.
The Best Dr. Seuss activities for Science and STEM shared by Little Bins for Little Hands