If you want to introduce your students to art, visit the National Gallery of Art kids’ activities.  You can find video visits to different exhibits and online art activities.  I love that the interactive art activities are tied to real artists or artistic periods.

I was intrigued by an article in the Orlando Sentinel about a unique partnership between AMC Entertainment and the Autism Society to provide a theater experience for children who can’t handle the sensory overload of a typical movie.  The theater lights are dimmer and the volume is lower.  There are no previews or ads and [...]

This Mandarin Chinese version of We’re All in this Together from High School Musical should inspire all language teachers.

How about this dance of the parallel lines or this teacher singing the Soh Cah Toa trigonometry song.  I love the students’ obvious enjoyment and the teachers’ willingness to be a little crazy.

Laughter is good for you.  Get a few chuckles from this teacher tenure song.

Erin found this interesting article on creativity.  I used to think that I wasn’t creative because I couldn’t draw a thing.  Once I had to label my drawing of a car because my students didn’t know what it was.  Clip art is my friend!  But I can tell you that many of my friends and [...]

I keep reading articles about teacher pay for performance.  Usually my poor husband has to hear me rant and rave afterwards.  I’m following the topic particularly closely now that I live in Florida where there is a bill pending to tie teacher salaries to student test scores and performance reviews instead of seniority and advanced [...]

While trying to find the directions for making an earthquake cake, I came across Spatulatta: Cooking 4 Kids Online.  You can find all kinds of ideas there.  There are 350 step-by-step videos, stories from remote reporters, a blog and food-related craft projects.  It’s great!  Even adults would like these party penguins made with dried dates, [...]

One of my all-time favorite projects is the earthquake cake from the Special Effects Cookbook.  Basically you bake a large cake and cut it in half.  You attach a balloon to the end of plastic tubing.  The nozzle of an aerosol whipped cream can must fit into the other end of the tubing.  You put [...]

I have heard teachers complain that students don’t get enough practice using scissors. Making paper toys might help.  Plus there’s the added benefit of learning to figure out diagrams.  Students cut out shapes and fold them into objects.  PaperToys has quite a selection – everything from a simple crown to Shakespeare’s Globe Theater.   I love [...]