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Thanksgiving in Kindergarten

Holidays are always exciting at school, especially if you are in kindergarten. We celebrate Valentine’s Day, Groundhog’s Day, Easter, President’s Day, Christmas, Thanksgiving, and more. For five year olds there cannot be enough reasons to celebrate and create art projects. Each special day gives me a special reason to give my students a special memory. Today is our last day of school before Thanksgiving Holiday break. Our Thanksgiving vacation will be Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. All week last week, we discussed the Pilgrims and the Indians. We read books about them and talked about the Mayflower. We have made several … Continue reading →

2006 in Review: Homeschooling Blog at a Glance

As a new homeschooling blogger at Families.com, I wanted to know everything that has been discussed to date. In response to my own curiosity, and in an effort to make perusing our articles easier for you, our readers, I have compiled all of the blogs for the year 2006. Deciding to Homeschool Why homeschool Am I qualified for this? Reasons that Homeschooling Works! My Most Important Advice for Homeschoolers. The Cost of Homeschooling Instead of standing up for their own kids, why not stand up for all kids? Disclaimer: I am hardly an expert in education. Did You Know? ‘Empirical … Continue reading →

My Personal Note of Thanksgiving

Good morning, as I stated earlier in Family Traditions: A Day To Give Thanks, we have a lot of personal family traditions here to celebrate Thanksgiving and this note is one that I am adding to my traditions because this time last year, I was just getting ramped up to start writing for Families.com. I want to begin my note with a personal thank you to all our readers here at Families.com. You come, you visit, you participate in our forums and you read our blogs. You are in large measure, the reason we are all here. It’s for you … Continue reading →

Books That Celebrate the Changing Seasons

I’m a sucker for children’s books. When it comes to books that you can connect to the seasonal changes around us, I’m even more susceptible. Working in a nature center does that to a person. Yesterday it was sleeting. Again. This year, sleet is definitely the festive harbinger of late fall. Hurray for sleet! As the seasons change around here, I like to read some books about that change to celebrate. Tell Me a Season by Mary McKenna Siddals is my favorite book about seasonal changes. It’s perfect for the two to four year old set. It works for older … Continue reading →

Mouse in the House: ABCMouse

Looking for resources for your kindergarten and pre-K home learners? There are so many web-based services to choose from. ABC Mouse is an educational web site with a vast scope, and we checked it out over this Thanksgiving weekend. ABC Mouse has a huge number of activities. There are activities for toddlers to kindergarten children. Most activities are under five minutes long. There are reading and math activities and there are also areas that focus on science, social studies, and art. For under $8 a month, your child gets access to hundreds of web-based lessons, games, puzzles and printable worksheets. … Continue reading →

Sexual Innuendo Gets Teacher Fired

I don’t know about you, but when I look at the state of Florida on a map, the last thing I see is a phallic symbol. Of course, I haven’t seen science teacher Ryan Haraughty’s recent depiction of the “Sunshine State.” If I did, I might have a better understanding of why Shawnee Mission school district administrators gave Haraughty the boot a couple of weeks ago. According, to the former Mission Valley Middle School teacher his firing was instigated by a drawing and comment he made about the state of Florida. The Kansas teacher says as part of a lesson … Continue reading →

Graduation Party Snacks

Get ready for the pomp and circumstance, the caps and gowns, tassels, diplomas and cheesy grins. Students around the world are gathering to mark a major milestone this weekend—-graduation! Whether your child is graduating from kindergarten or high school, you’ll likely be commemorating the event with some type of celebration that involves food. For those of you who are leaving the hard labor to caterers or restaurant staff, consider the following simple snacks that can turn an ordinary commencement reception into an affair to remember: BLACK BEAN AND CORN SALSA Ingredients: 1 can black beans (drained and rinsed) 1 can … Continue reading →

Serious Santa Shortage

It may be the one place on the planet (besides the North Pole) where you would never think a crisis of this proportion would arise. Anchorage, Alaska is in jeopardy of having a very un-merry Christmas. For a city where reindeer almost outnumber two-legged residents its degree of jolliness is surprisingly low. Anchorage is sending out an S.O.S. The city is in desperate need of a Santa Claus. Preferably one that doesn’t mind hanging out at the local mall and ho-ho-ho-ing alongside screaming kids. It may sound funny, but the predicament is no joke. City leaders say there is a … Continue reading →

Education Week in Review: November 17 – November 23

This week has been a short week at school and a short week for writing articles. The Thanksgiving holidays have slowed things down for some of us writers. More time has been spent cooking and with our families. However, next week things will be back to normal and the writing will continue! Check out below for stories and topics from this week. Sunday, November 18 The Importance of Playing with Your Child Our lives are busy and tiresome. However, it is still important to make time for playing with your child. This article discusses how children learn through play. Monday, … Continue reading →

Top 5 Resources for Today: November 11, 2007

Welcome to today’s edition of Top 5 Resources. Today’s theme is Thanksgiving. Albeit a little early, I thought I would post this before Thanksgiving so that you have time to pull things together. If there is any theme that you’d like resources for, please feel free to let me know. Remember too, that any websites listed were child appropriate and family friendly at the time this was written. However, due to the constantly changing nature of the internet, it is always advisable to check out a site before letting your little ones lose on it. #1. The History Channel These … Continue reading →