August 31, 2020
How Do Seeds Travel? + STEM Activity
August 29, 2020
Right Now, I Am Fine by Dr. Daniela Owen
There is a lot of talk these days about mindfulness. It's the latest craze in health and wellness. We see memes about it on social media, books about it in stores and libraries, videos about it on YouTube, etc. We often told to be more mindful and to help our students and children become more mindful. But what does that mean? What is mindfulness? Why is it important? How do we do that? Right Now, I Am Fine by Dr. Daniela Owen (affiliate link to Amazon) answers these questions and more. Keep reading to learn Right Now, I Am Fine.
Germs vs. Soap by Didi Dragon + STEM Activity
August 27, 2020
10 Children's Books About the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
August 26, 2020
Recognizing Anxiety in Children
August 25, 2020
What Happens When You Plant Birdseed? + STEM Activity
Earlier this summer, I had an interesting conversation with one of the children in my neighborhood. She wondered out loud if birdseed were 'real seeds' and if they could be planted the same way 'real seeds' could be. This set the stage for a fun, month-long science experiment in which we tried to answer the question... what happens when you plant birdseed?