1st Grade Lesson for the 100th Day Celebration

Celebrating learning is great any day, but the 100th day of the school year is a great event to embrace. With the internet there are so many great resources to help a teacher plan for this wonderful day. Here is an activity from a 1st grade teaching team: 100th Day of...

January Guest Blogs: 12 Great Posts

We had some great guest blogs this month. We would like to take this time to thank all of our guest bloggers for their contributions! We hope you enjoyed the posts and check back with our blog in the future! Many thanks to our authors for sharing their expertise with...

Super Bowl: The Battle of New Orleans (lego style)

Here is a great link to a lego reenactment of the Battle of New Orleans (2:53). The music is a song by Johnny Horton. Showing the clip is a great way to introduce the topic or the clip can be used as a review. The Lyrics to the song are listed below. Classic Country,...

Early Childhood Development: The Best Investment

The Helene Marks Early Start Foundation (HMESF) is guided by the belief that every child deserves the opportunity to succeed. Investment in early childhood development directly correlates not only to the best interest of the child, but benefits the economy and our...

The Last Lecture: Building Self-Esteem

My Town Tutors is a website that connects parents with teachers who tutor. If you are a teacher who tutors, for a limited time, you can register for using promo code: usteachers. Teachers set the hourly and keep 100% of the fees! One of our teachers made $5,000 last...