Every three years during the month of May, people in Ypres, Belgium participate in a festival specifically dedicated to cats. Yes, to cats! ...

December is here and children all over the world are getting excited about their favorite holidays!  Christmas will take place on the 2...

Hooray! Spring is on its way! This is a terrific time for some bright and cheerful arts and crafts for kids. Spring flowers, types of weathe...

Passover. . . also known as Pesach. . . is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the Hebrews’ escape from Egypt. Passover lasts for seven days....

Spring is a terrific time to conduct STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) experiments and activities in your classroom. Plant life cyc...

Several months ago, I wrote a blog post about the children's book Brandon Goes to Beijing (北京) by Eugenia Chu.  Brandon Goes to Beijing...

Passover... also known as Pesach ... is a major Jewish holiday that is celebrated on the 15th day of the Hebrew month Nisan. It is cele...

Kwanzaa is a weeklong celebration in the United States that honors the African heritage of Black and African American families. It begi...

One of the first blog posts I ever wrote was about making pizza bags for your children . That was a fun post to write and lots of children h...

Sometimes the best gifts we receive from our children and our students are the ones they make from the heart. These gifts don’t have to be s...

Have you ever looked at a menu from a Chinese restaurant and read about the Chinese zodiac? The Chinese zodiac is also known as Sheng Xiao a...

Snowflake Bentley  is a children's biography about Wilson Bentley... the man who discovered that no two snowflakes are alike. Aut...

I live in a part of the United States that can see snow up to six months out of the year. It can get so cold and blustery that on rare occas...

I love Minecraft pixel art. Back in September, I wrote a blog post about the advantages of having children create pixel art while playing Mi...

Winter is almost here in the northern hemisphere and many children are learning about animals and animal adaptations such as migration and h...

Trick or treat!  Every year, children look forward to their Halloween parties at school.  Traditionally, children bring Halloween candy to s...

Cooking with kids is a terrific way to teach a variety of math and reading skills in a hands-on, enjoyable, and meaningful way.  It may...

Autumn is the perfect time of year to learn about pumpkin life cycles.  You can find pumpkins at farmer's markets, grocery stores, ...

Five little firecrackers getting ready to zoom... Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle... ... BOOM! The Fourth of ...

Juneteenth will be here in a couple of weeks!  What is Juneteenth?  Juneteenth is an important day in American history and for Black Am...