Author Kathleen Wainwright has published her first children's book, Summer in the City. Welcome to day 8 of her 10 day virtual tour! Today Kathleen will be sharing a letter writing activity

  Are you looking for a new idea - or 2 for your learning centers?  Need something a little more novel than the standards you have always used?  I have a super easy center you can set up weekly in

Hi all!  As I have been working on creating more beach themed items for the Beach Theme Category at the store, I realized that many of the items within the clip art were actual items I could go to m

  Check out my newest idea:  Block Learning!  It's pretty simple really, just grab some blocks of wood and some stickers - that's it!  Now, I have to tell you I went to the craft store to grab my b

Today, we have a guest post for all those secondary teachers out there, which is all about teaching how to write essays!   If you’re a high school teacher, there’s a good chance that you tea

This blog post was originally published on June 25, 2011, but I thought that the free thank you note would be appropriate for teachers who might want students to thank a staff member at the school a

I can’t believe our Facebook Fan Page has grown to 3,000 just since February!   I say “our fan page” because you are all the reason it has grown so strong!  I get my video ideas inspiration from y

Welcome to today’s teacher video which is about getting your reluctant writers to get those pencils moving!  This two-part series focuses on 3 big picture ideas:  Writing with Visuals, Writing for