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8 Kid-Friendly Cinco de Mayo Activities - Kid World Citizen
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K to 5
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8 Kid-Friendly Cinco de Mayo Activities features activities and crafts for students to learn about the holiday. Some of the activities and crafts include: Watching Animated Shorts in...more
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8 Kid-Friendly Cinco de Mayo Activities features activities and crafts for students to learn about the holiday. Some of the activities and crafts include: Watching Animated Shorts in Mexico's Indigenous Languages, Reading about Frida Kahlo and Drawing a Self-Portrait, Exploring the Geography of Mexico Through Landforms, and more. Each activity or craft comes with brief descriptions.
tag(s): artists (100), cinco de mayo (29), cultures (292), holidays (285), landforms (37), mexico (70)
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Students can take a virtual field trip to Mexico using Google My Maps, reviewed here. Students can upload their Frida Kahlo self-portraits to Padlet, reviewed here. Students can learn more about the holiday by searching on Kiddle, reviewed here.
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Cinco de Mayo | 5 Tips to Share Cultural Appreciation with your Students - Deep Space Sparkle
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3 to 8
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Deep Space Sparkle features 5 Tips to Share Cultural Appreciation with your Students about Cinco de Mayo. The tips include: Learn the History; Celebrate and value different cultures...more
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Deep Space Sparkle features 5 Tips to Share Cultural Appreciation with your Students about Cinco de Mayo. The tips include: Learn the History; Celebrate and value different cultures throughout the year rather than in a specific month; Interview and include voices from the culture represented; Encourage art-making with personal choice; and Celebrate diversity. Within each of the five tips is a brief summary of how to apply it. The site also includes artwork projects that you can complete with your class.
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tag(s): cinco de mayo (29), crafts (111), cultures (292), holidays (285), mexico (70)
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Students can create presentations to share about Cinco de Mayo using Google Slides, reviewed here. Students can virtually interview people who celebrate Cinco de Mayo to learn more about their culture and the holiday. Finally, students can use the Interactive 2 Circle Venn Diagram by Read Write Think, reviewed here to compare and contrast Cinco de Mayo to another holiday.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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24 Festive Cinco de Mayo Crafts For Kids - Simple Everyday Mom
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K to 5
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24 Festive Cinco de Mayo Crafts For Kids features 24 fun and engaging crafts to celebrate and learn about Cinco de Mayo. Some of the featured crafts include Paper Bag ...more
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24 Festive Cinco de Mayo Crafts For Kids features 24 fun and engaging crafts to celebrate and learn about Cinco de Mayo. Some of the featured crafts include Paper Bag Cactus Craft, Cinco de Mayo Name Craft, Huichol-Style Yarn Art, Mexican Folk Art, and more. Each craft comes with directions and visuals for you and your students. When downloading from the site, be careful not to click on advertisements.
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tag(s): cinco de mayo (29), crafts (111), cultures (292), holidays (285), mexico (70)
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Students can make the various crafts featured on the site. Students can share their crafts during a gallery walk with classmates and other students at the school. Students can use Seesaw, reviewed here to share information that they learn about Cinco de Mayo while completing their craft.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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5 Fun Cinco De Mayo Inspired Music Party Crafts for Kids - Kix Creativity Lab
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K to 5
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5 Fun Cinco De Mayo-Inspired Music Party Crafts for Kids features five musical instruments to create. The instruments include: Paper Plate Tambourines, Tin Can Drumset, Plastic Spoon...more
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5 Fun Cinco De Mayo-Inspired Music Party Crafts for Kids features five musical instruments to create. The instruments include: Paper Plate Tambourines, Tin Can Drumset, Plastic Spoon Maracas, Paper Cup Shakers, and Cereal Box Guitar. To create these instruments, the site features step-by-step directions with visuals.
tag(s): cinco de mayo (29), crafts (111), cultures (292), holidays (285), mexico (70), musical instruments (60)
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Students can create the musical instruments that are featured on the site. Students can use ScreenPal, reviewed here to share the steps that they used to create their instruments and share the sounds that they make. Students can learn more about the origins of the instruments and their association with Cinco de Mayo by searching on Kidrex, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Cinco de Mayo Word Search - 24/7 Games LLC
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2 to 6
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24/7 Word Search offers an interactive Cinco de Mayo word search with four difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, Hard, and Expert, each containing multiple sub-levels for added challenge....more
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24/7 Word Search offers an interactive Cinco de Mayo word search with four difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, Hard, and Expert, each containing multiple sub-levels for added challenge. When students select a level, they see a list of words displayed on both sides of the puzzle grid and can click and drag to highlight each word, which disappears once found. A built-in timer tracks progress, making it a fun and engaging way to build vocabulary and focus skills.
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tag(s): cinco de mayo (29), game based learning (304), holidays (285), mexico (70)
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Students can complete the word search online. Students can use Kiddle, reviewed here to learn the definitions of the words that they are searching for. Students can create a Cinco de Mayo book with the words that they have learned using Book Creator, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Exam Wrappers and Test Analyses - Virginia Tech
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K to 12
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"Exam Wrappers and Test Analyses" is an article from Virginia Tech that discusses exam wrappers. The article features an overview, implementation, and example wrappers and test analyses....more
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"Exam Wrappers and Test Analyses" is an article from Virginia Tech that discusses exam wrappers. The article features an overview, implementation, and example wrappers and test analyses. In addition, it gives adaptations and questions to consider for an exam wrapper.
tag(s): thinking skills (116)
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Students can use Infographics Presentation Templates, reviewed here to create a top five list as to why and how to use exam wrappers. Students can track their progress using Google Sheets. Students can use Google Keep, reviewed here to track exam dates.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Growth Mindset - Class Dojo
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K to 6
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Imagine opening a door for your students that invites them to view challenges as stepping stones rather than roadblocks. On the ClassDojo Growth Mindset page, you'll find a lively five-episode...more
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Imagine opening a door for your students that invites them to view challenges as stepping stones rather than roadblocks. On the ClassDojo Growth Mindset page, you'll find a lively five-episode video series (created in collaboration with Stanford University PERTS Research Center) alongside a collection of classroom-ready activities that empower learners to reflect on effort, embrace mistakes, and say "yet" instead of "can't." The videos cover topics such as The Magic of Mistakes, The Incredible Power of Yet, and Becoming a Goal Setter. At the same time, the accompanying activities guide students through reflection, goal setting, and mindset-shifting language. If you are a teacher who wants to encourage perseverance and growth, this resource can help you make your lessons more fun and engaging.
tag(s): learning styles (22), social and emotional learning (195), thinking skills (116)
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Play one of the Growth Mindset videos, such as The Power of Yet, and have students turn and talk about a time they struggled to learn something new. Create a classroom display where students can anonymously post notes about mistakes they learned from that week. Have students design posters in DesignCap Poster Creator, reviewed here or on paper showing their before and after mindset when learning something difficult.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Let's Go Luna - PBS Kids
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K to 2
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PBS Kids' Let's Go Luna is an animated show featuring three friends- Carmen, the butterfly, Leo, the wombat, and Andy, the frog. The friends travel with Luna, the Moon, to ...more
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PBS Kids' Let's Go Luna is an animated show featuring three friends- Carmen, the butterfly, Leo, the wombat, and Andy, the frog. The friends travel with Luna, the Moon, to learn about the language, culture, music, and customs of different countries. Games featured on the site include: Seek and Find, Postcards Around the World, World Packages, Creative Kitchen, World Orchestra, Fantastic Flight, and Art Studio. Videos are twenty-five minutes in length.
tag(s): cultures (292), game based learning (304), preK (322)
In the Classroom
Students can use Google My Maps, reviewed here to visit the different countries from the episodes. Students can use Seesaw, reviewed here to share the information that they learned from the episode. Students can use Book Creator, reviewed here to write down facts about all the places that Luna and her friends visit.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Kids Mystery League - PBS Kids
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K to 2
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PBS Kids Mystery League is a live-action series that teaches students in grades kindergarten through second grade. Each episode features three fifth-grade detectives solving a never-ending...more
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PBS Kids Mystery League is a live-action series that teaches students in grades kindergarten through second grade. Each episode features three fifth-grade detectives solving a never-ending mystery in Mulberry Springs. Each episode showcases relevant storylines that encourage problem-solving, friendship, civics, economics, leadership, and geography. Episodes are 11 to 15 minutes long. In addition to the episodes, the PBS Mystery League homepage contains two-minute videos from Dancing Detective and Mystery Tube.
tag(s): mysteries (27), problem solving (275)
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Students can use Padlet, reviewed here to post their favorite episodes. Students can create their own mystery using Online Escape Room Templates, reviewed here. Students can use ScreenPal, reviewed here to record themselves creating and solving a mystery.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Ghost Writer - Tony Vincent
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2 to 12
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This deceptively simple-looking site offers an easy way to encourage continuous, non-stop writing. Users set a goal of either words or time and choose start. If you stop typing for...more
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This deceptively simple-looking site offers an easy way to encourage continuous, non-stop writing. Users set a goal of either words or time and choose start. If you stop typing for too long, all your words vanish, creating pressure to keep moving and preventing over-editing or getting stuck. This exercise serves as a tool to encourage brainstorming, freewriting, overcoming writer's block, and practicing flow state writing.
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Use this tool to help students develop writing fluency so they can focus on ideas rather than grammar and spelling rules. Ghost Writer is also an excellent tool for activating schema when starting a new unit. Ask students to set the timer and write nonstop about what they know about the upcoming unit's content or what they don't know. In science class, use Ghost Writer as a hypothesis brain dump, or use it as part of reading lessons for students to share all they know about characters from a novel you are reading. Extend learning by asking students to take their ideas and develop them further in Google Docs or Microsoft Word.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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LogicBalls - LogicBalls
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K to 12
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LogicBalls is an AI tool that integrates over 200 apps for writing, image, and voice generation, among other features. Registration isn't required, but it allows users to save their...more
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LogicBalls is an AI tool that integrates over 200 apps for writing, image, and voice generation, among other features. Registration isn't required, but it allows users to save their history and access an easier-to-use interface. After creating an account, use the site's dashboard to choose an AI tool and follow the prompts to generate your requested results. Free accounts include access to over 200 tools, a chat assistant, 14,000 AI words per month, and five monthly image generations. Earn extra credits by sharing referrals.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (300), chat (39), images (266), search strategies (18)
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Utilize LogicBalls for various classroom applications, including lesson planning, creating images, and generating text. This site also analyzes YouTube videos, saving time by allowing users to paste the video URL into the chat and get a summary of the content without watching the entire video. Use the AI prompt generator as a tool to guide you through writing a prompt that achieves your desired results by adding information in a step-by-step manner.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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FlipAnim - Tomasz Witkowski
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4 to 12
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FlipAnim is a tool for creating and sharing animated drawings similar to flipbook-style animation (drawn one frame at a time). Registration isn't required to begin using FlipAnim. Use...more
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FlipAnim is a tool for creating and sharing animated drawings similar to flipbook-style animation (drawn one frame at a time). Registration isn't required to begin using FlipAnim. Use the icons on the dashboard to draw items, change colors, add frames, and more. Save and download the completed animations as GIFs. This site doesn't offer a tutorial; however, you can search YouTube for helpful ones.
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Share this site with students and give them time to explore and experiment. When working with troubled students, use this site to help them share their thoughts and emotions through animation. This is an excellent site for students who love art and enjoy sharing their learning through creative expression. Take a look at the images created by other users in the gallery as inspiration for how to use animations. Ask students to create animations that demonstrate science concepts such as erosion, weathering, or chemical reactions. Use this site to have students create animations that demonstrate events from stories, share their thought processes in math, or animate historical events. Have students include their animations when creating multimedia projects in an online tool like Sway reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Historical Witness Lesson Plans - J. Paul Getty Museum
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4 to 12
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Step into the stories behind powerful works of art and discover how pictures can convey just as much meaning as words. The Historical Witness, Social Messaging curriculum from...more
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Step into the stories behind powerful works of art and discover how pictures can convey just as much meaning as words. The Historical Witness, Social Messaging curriculum from the J. Paul Getty Museum enables students to investigate how artists respond to real historical events, from struggles for human rights to changes in communities and cultures. With lessons organized into beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels, teachers can easily adapt the content for use in upper elementary through high school. This resource encourages critical thinking, discussion, and meaningful connections between the past and issues students see in the world today.
tag(s): 1900s (84), civil rights (217), communities (40), critical thinking (179), cultures (292), women (189)
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Present a powerful artwork from the resource and have students silently observe before sharing what they see, what they think is happening, and what they wonder. Students infer the person represented in the artwork and what message the artist wants viewers to understand. Have them write a short "artist statement" or a mini-narrative from the perspective of someone in the image. After discussing how art can influence social change, students can create posters with positive messages that support fairness, kindness, or community issues. They should explain their design choices and connect their posters to themes found in the original artwork. Make posters digitally using DesignCap Poster Creator, reviewed here.
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Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - PBS Kids
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K to 4
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PBS Kids Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum brings history to life by letting students learn alongside Xavier, Yadina, and Brad as they travel through time to meet real heroes ...more
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PBS Kids Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum brings history to life by letting students learn alongside Xavier, Yadina, and Brad as they travel through time to meet real heroes from the past. Kids can dive into the Secret Museum for exciting missions, watch animated adventures, and even practice beginner-friendly coding activities that boost problem-solving and creativity. With each visit, students discover how ordinary people grew up to do extraordinary things, making this site a great way to spark curiosity about literacy, social studies, and STEM.
tag(s): coding (109), game based learning (304), problem solving (275), STEM (370)
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Have students complete one of the site's coding-inspired activities, then apply those skills to create a simple animated timeline or interactive hero card using a beginner coding tool like Scratch, reviewed here. Before exploring the site, give students a few clues about a historical figure featured in Xavier Riddle. Students can make predictions about who the person might be, then watch a related episode to confirm their guesses. After exploring a hero's story, students create a digital or paper exhibit that includes key facts, an important object from the person's life, and a short caption explaining why the person is a hero. Google Slides, reviewed here, can be used to create a collection of the classes' exhibits.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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A Brief Summary of Kwanzaa - Schoolhouse.world
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3 to 8
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This blog post from Schoolhouse.world offers a clear, student-friendly overview of the holiday Kwanzaa, including its origins, cultural significance, and the seven core principles known...more
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This blog post from Schoolhouse.world offers a clear, student-friendly overview of the holiday Kwanzaa, including its origins, cultural significance, and the seven core principles known as the Nguzo Saba. The article explains the holiday's purpose of honoring African heritage, strengthening community, and encouraging positive values such as unity, responsibility, and creativity. Teachers can use this page to introduce Kwanzaa in an accessible way, spark discussion about cultural traditions, and support lessons on history, identity, and community values.
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Students can use Canva for Education, reviewed here to create an infographic teaching about Kwanzaa. Students can use Padlet, reviewed here to share how they celebrate Kwanzaa. Students can create a game about Kwanzaa using Gimkit, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Alma's Way - PBS Kids
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K to 3
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The website for the show Alma's Way offers students access to games, videos, and creative activities centered around the adventures of Alma Rivera, a young Puerto Rican girl...more
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The website for the show Alma's Way offers students access to games, videos, and creative activities centered around the adventures of Alma Rivera, a young Puerto Rican girl navigating her Bronx neighborhood with curiosity, kindness, and critical thinking. Created to highlight decision-making, empathy, and diverse perspectives, it offers children opportunities to explore situations in engaging, relatable ways. The site and related resources are available in both English and Spanish, making it a flexible choice for bilingual learning environments.
tag(s): critical thinking (179), diversity (55), game based learning (304), perspective (30), spanish (112)
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Students can explore Alma's neighborhood virtually, then brainstorm what makes their own communities unique. Have students research one cultural element highlighted in the episode (food, music, traditions) and share a short presentation using Adobe Express for Education, reviewed here celebrating diversity and representation. In groups, assign students a script and act out or digitally record a short Alma's Way-inspired scene using Adobe Express Video Maker, reviewed here that demonstrates empathy and understanding of different perspectives.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Skillsville - Twin Cities PBS
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K to 3
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Skillsville is an interactive online game created by Twin Cities PBS for PBS Kids that helps students build essential life skills through engaging gameplay. Players enter a virtual...more
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Skillsville is an interactive online game created by Twin Cities PBS for PBS Kids that helps students build essential life skills through engaging gameplay. Players enter a virtual town, create a character, and complete fun, mission-based activities that develop important executive function skills such as problem-solving, goal setting, flexible thinking, focus, and collaboration. As children explore different locations and careers in the community, they practice decision-making, planning, and perseverance while learning how people work together to make a town thrive. The site is safe, easy to navigate, and designed to support social-emotional learning, making it a valuable tool for helping young learners grow independence, confidence, and real-world skills in a playful and meaningful way.
tag(s): collaboration (112), communities (40), game based learning (304), problem solving (275), social and emotional learning (195)
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After exploring Skillsville, have students list the places they noticed (e.g., fire station, market, post office) and discuss why each one is important in a real community. Have students choose a Skillsville character and act out the job in short skits to demonstrate how that character helps others. Students can categorize the goods and services found in Skillsville and compare them with those in their own town, explaining why each is needed.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Color Our Collections - New York Academy of Medicine Library
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2 to 12
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This website features the annual Color Our Collections initiative organized by the New York Academy of Medicine Library. During the event, libraries, museums, and archives around the...more
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This website features the annual Color Our Collections initiative organized by the New York Academy of Medicine Library. During the event, libraries, museums, and archives around the world share free downloadable coloring sheets and coloring books derived from rare-book illustrations, historical engravings, maps, anatomical drawings, botanical art, and other archival visuals. The purpose is to engage learners of all ages with primary-source materials in a creative and low-stakes way, encouraging exploration of historical collections while coloring. Teachers can use the materials as cross-curricular resources for social studies, science, visual arts, or literacy by having students observe details in the images, research their contexts, and then color and annotate them to deepen their understanding of the historical artifacts.
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After coloring, have students research the object, organism, or artifact featured on their page. They then write a short informational paragraph that explains its origin, use, and historical significance. Invite students to curate a classroom Pop-Up Museum. Students display their colored pages with captions, research notes, and fun facts. Have students choose a coloring page and complete a See, Think, Wonder observation prompt before coloring. They record details they notice, what they think the image represents, and questions they have about its time period or purpose.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Open Culture- Free eBooks - Open Culture, LLC
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The Free eBooks section of Open Culture provides teachers and students with access to hundreds of free digital books in multiple formats, including ePub, Kindle, and PDF. The collection...more
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The Free eBooks section of Open Culture provides teachers and students with access to hundreds of free digital books in multiple formats, including ePub, Kindle, and PDF. The collection features classic literature, historical texts, and modern works suitable for classroom use. Popular titles include To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Frankestein by Mary Shelley, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, The Odyssey by Homer, and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. This resource is ideal for supporting literature studies, independent reading, and cross-curricular projects. It is user-friendly, though teachers should preview selections to ensure appropriate reading levels and content before assigning them to students.
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Assign small groups different eBooks such as Frankenstein, Pride and Prejudice, or The Odyssey. Have each group discuss themes, character development, and the author's purpose, then share insights with the class. Students research the life and times of an author featured on the site, such as Mary Shelley or Homer, and present how their background influenced their writing with Genially, reviewed here. After reading a short story or chapter, have students write an alternate ending, a diary entry, or a scene from another character's perspective to deepen their understanding of voice and tone.
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The 150 Best Podcasts to Enrich Your Mind - Open Culture, LLC
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The Great Podcasts section of Open Culture offers teachers a curated list of more than 135 free podcast series covering topics such as art, design, music, history, philosophy, business,...more
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The Great Podcasts section of Open Culture offers teachers a curated list of more than 135 free podcast series covering topics such as art, design, music, history, philosophy, business, and culture. Popular titles include 99 Percent Invisible, The New Yorker Radio Hour, Freakonomics Radio, and This American Life. These podcasts are excellent tools for classroom listening, discussion prompts, or independent enrichment across multiple subjects and grade levels. Please note that some podcast episodes or companion materials are available on YouTube; if your district blocks YouTube, those episodes may not be accessible.
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tag(s): business (50), design (76), famous people (40), podcasts (163), sports (88)
In the Classroom
Choose a short podcast episode, such as 99 Percent Invisible or This American Life, and have students listen in groups, noting the main ideas, tone, and supporting details. Follow with a discussion on how the speaker uses storytelling to convey meaning. Provide a transcript (if available) and have students annotate key phrases, claims, and rhetorical techniques to reinforce listening comprehension and textual analysis. Pair podcasts with other media, for example, listen to a design-focused 99 Percent Invisible episode during a STEM or art project, and have students present how the podcast deepened their understanding of the topic.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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