NerdMathMom has great ideas for introducing fractions to kids starting as toddlers to help kids get an intuitive sense for basic fractions which comes in handy in elementary school and sets them up for STEM success.
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9 Chapter Books to Support 4th Grade or 5th Grade Immigration Unit
4th Grade Immigration Lesson Plan including terms, project, and chapter books.
Chinese Words Are Easy to Learn. Really!
Chinese Writing and Language Is Fun and Easy with a new site called MemRise which uses mnemonics to help teach adult and kids Mandarin Chinese.
Subtraction and Adding to Ten Math Facts Games
Subtraction Math Facts Practice Made FUN with web games, apps, and worksheets.
Emil Nolde Poppies Inspired Art Lesson for Kids
Spring art project for kids if you want to use actual poppies. Otherwise, use this post to view poppy paintings by Emil Nolde and then paint with watercolor or watery acrylic. Images of poppies to inspire as well from my Pinterest board.
Personal Finance For Kids with Save/Spend/Donate
Teaching Kids About Money It’s great that schools are now emphasizing the need to teach financial literacy in the classroom but the issue is training teachers. The problem is that most adults don’t understand the basics of financial investing, yet they overestimate their knowledge. Here’s a way to test your financial investment acumen from The…
How To: Learn 100,000 Words by 8th Grade
How to learn 100,000 vocabulary words by 8th grade including 1000+ SAT words using word games, flash cards, root words and more.