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While browsing on the internet I found the article “10 Ways to Be a Light-Hearted Parent” by Gretchen Rubin. I absolutely loved the article and I immediately noticed how this could easily be used in the classroom as well. Every thing in italics is of my own, but the rest was written by Gretchen…

Great reminders and tips. Love that you tweaked it for teachers.

I love the way these journals are put together. Quite clever.

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Beautiful weather maps and graphs.
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I just had to share this one. You’ll see why when you get there. Kinda made my week.

I love the idea of filming “puppet shows”, with puppets and scripts that students have created. We don’t show student faces on our school blog so this is a neat way to feature students’ work.

This would be a great art/writing project for my students to work on in the fall. We don’t have an iPad2 but I’m sure we could do this with our FlipVideo.

Great idea from Wes Fryer’s blog Moving at the Speed of Creativity. Read all about his “lessons learned”.

http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/crafts-by-type/dolls-toys/puppet-crafts/

http://familycrafts.about.com/od/puppets/Puppet_Craft_Projects.htm

http://www.activitytv.com/puppets-for-kids

http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/puppets.html

http://www.artistshelpingchildren.org/puppetshandpuppetsfingerpuppetsartscraftsideaskids.html

http://www.teacherhelp.org/puppets.htm

http://www.activitytv.com/37-make-your-own-puppet-theater

http://www.squidoo.com/shadow-puppet-theater

http://laughingsquid.com/jim-henson-shows-kids-how-to-make-puppets-1969/

http://www.legendsandlore.com/mkpuppets.html

http://sunniebunniezz.com/puppetry/puppetsb.htm

http://www.legendsandlore.com/puppetscript.html

http://www.punchandjudy.com/

http://www.examiner.com/children-s-crafts-in-norfolk/make-your-own-puppets-using-pbs-kids-coloring-pages

Learn How to turn your kids into puppeteers with John Lithgow.

Many interesting tools to check out.

Get it now while it’s free. Super cute!

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via Clutter-free Classroom

I really like the Teacher Tipster’s Youtube videos too. Been a fan for a while. Great tips and ideas from a fun guy.

PBS is launching a new repository of digital resources for educators today. PBS LearningMedia offers free access to thousands of pieces of digital content, including videos, interactive media, and support materials. That material comes not just from PBS, but from over 30 local member stations, as well as from other publicly funded organizations including the National Archives, NASA, and the Library of Congress.

The LearningMedia content covers all subject areas, and despite the association of PBS (well, Sesame Street) with early learners, the materials cover all age groups as well. In fact about 40% of the content on the site is targeted at grades 9 thru 12. The site is easily searchable, and lets teachers save, share and organize materials.

Could be helpful on blogs or websites.

via @dsmacdonald

I’m listening to @dmantz @livebinders right now. Awesome info. Lots of great ideas. ☺

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