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The backyard is a kid’s safe haven. When the days heat up, everyone will be heading outside, so now is the time to get your backyard makeover going. With these easy DIY ideas you can turn your ho-hum backyard into a kid-friendly oasis of fun. Get the kids involved in building a gnome home, setting up the Giant Jenga and outfitting the mud kitchen. There’s so much fun just waiting outside! photo: Sara Olsher 1. Add some magic with a fairy garden. Tiny chairs, mini teacups and some succulents will get you on your way to making an awesome backyard fairy garden. You can even use all those extra LEGO bricks you have around the house to make a mini...

During this time of teletherapy and all things digital I thought I would share my favorite or top 10 apps for speech and language!  These are the top 10 apps I use the most with the kiddos on my caseload and I have been able to use all of them during teletherapy too through the magic of screen mirroring and screen share!  Mr. Potato Head Create and PlayThis app is only available for iPad (not iPhone or Android devices) but it is pretty much the digital version of Mr. Potato Head.  The kids can create him and then take him to a "scene" where he does silly things. I have found kids in pre-K through 2nd grade typically enjoy this app....

With the internet, education comes to your home as you can teach kids through online classes. Where do you start? Try these best free websites and apps for homeschooling children. If homeschooling is a permanent plan for you, you’ll likely want to spend on premium apps and websites that offer robust packages. But if you are temporarily homeschooling or trying it out for the first time, the internet makes it easy to do it for free. 1. TED-Ed@Home (Web): TED-Ed’s Free Homeschooling Newsletter and Activities The makers of TED Talks launched a new program to encourage learning for students without going to school. The TED-Ed@Home initiative is a daily newsletter with free lessons, activities, and challenges to support students of...

Leah Eustace, ACFRE will cover 18 ways you can make your writing more engaging, more powerful and more authentic. She’ll cover the power of story, neuromarketing, and general persuasion techniques. Full Transcript: Steven: Okay, Leah, we’re rolling. So it’s okay if I go ahead and get this party started officially? Leah: Go for it. Steven: All right. Awesome. Well, welcome, everyone. Good afternoon. Good morning, if you’re on the West Coast maybe near Vancouver, if you heard us talking about it earlier. Thank you for being here. I hope you’re all doing okay. I hope you’re staying healthy, and I’m just excited to see a full room. So I’m Steven. I’m over here at Bloomerang, and we’re going to be...

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein is one of Silverstein's best known titles. It is a poignant read, with a touching story about giving.I have made a companion pack to go with this book. It's packed with standards-based learning activities!STORY ELEMENTS ACTIVITIESstudent unit cover pagestory elementsmaking predictionscharacters in the storystory retellcan-have-are-need graphic organizersstory sequenceMAKING CONNECTIONS ACTIVITIESmaking mental imagesopinion pagetext-to-self connectionsif I were a tree...WRITING ACTIVITIESwriting retell pagesstory writing promptVOCABULARY ACTIVITIESmaking wordsvocabulary word searchsyllable sortingvocabulary word sortalphabetical orderCOMPREHENSION ACTIVITIESproblems and solutionsauthor's purposemain idea/themefiction and non-fiction story elementstrue or false comprehension questionsreading notespersonal response pageLEARNING STANDARDS CHECKLISTSlearning standard checklist charts for Common Core, TEKS, VA SOLHere's a little preview of the pack: