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Teaching Kids Compassion for Special Needs Classmates
I volunteered in the 5th grade a few weeks ago for a really great program run by volunteer moms called Understanding Our Differences. I believe we purchase a curriculum from a Newton-based non-profit with the same name which was started by a Newton parent with a special needs child. It’s basically sensitivity training for grades…
25 Math Skills Games for Kids
As the school year starts to wind down, I’m longing for summer even though the school year is in full force and quite hectic this time of year. Every summer, I bribe my kids to do some math review so I’m also starting to think about what workbooks to buy. Some moms I know manage…
12 Great New Chapter Books for Kids
I’ve been trying to read more children’s books lately to catch up on my pile so I’ve taken to carting around a small pile of books everywhere I go and reading a little here and a little there until the book draws me in such that I am forced to read to the end. Some…
5th Grade Slavery Unit in Newton: 25 Children’s Books on Enslavement + Resources
Learn how to explain the history of enslavement to kids with these children’s books about slavery, from the Underground Railroad to Frederick Douglas. “It [Enslavement] is such a major part of American history, but it gets glossed over. I mean, the foundation of our early economy was based on slavery, and that’s missing,” Berry said….
Lemonade Stand Ideas for Young Entrepreneurs: 100 Days of Play
I’m thrilled to be joining Sun Scholars and 99 other bloggers for 100 Days of Play! Need play ideas? Please join us as we explore ideas for playful learning! With nice weather finally arriving in New England, I’ve seen numerous lemonade stand ideas pop up in my neighborhood. It’s been fun to support the neighborhood…
107 Holocaust Books for Kids
Sixty-three percent of millennials and Generation Z in the US were unaware that 6 million Jewish people were murdered during the Holocaust, according to a survey commissioned by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. The nonprofit organization called the lack of understanding “shocking.” NBC News Inside: Amazing Holocaust books for kids. Even if…