Grow flowers from seeds.  Most plants will need soil, light, and water to grow.  Plant 2 cups for your child(ren).  Both plants will receive the same soil and water.  One plant will be placed by sunlight, the other will be placed in a closed cabinet. Document the differences in growth over an extended period of time. 

A young mouse is starting school for the first time! Henry can't wait for kindergarten, where he'll sing songs, play games and learn his ABCs. He has a lot of questions for his mom about what to expect. But when he arrives, a slight case of the first-day jitters curbs his excitement. All is well, though, when Henry starts to see familiar sights and makes a new friend. Nancy Carlson's book Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come! is told with delightful charm by narrator Melanie Renate and set to music by Franz Hoffmeister, a close friend of Mozart's in 18th-century Austria.

The silver menorah has been in Reb Noson's family for 400 years, and it’s probably even older than that. But this Hanukkah, it’s gone missing! Find out what happens next in The Lost Menorah, the latest episode of YourClassical Storytime — featuring a story by Howard Schwartz, narration by Theodore Bikel and music by the Eaken Piano Trio. This story is excerpted from American Public Media’s Hanukkah special, Candles Burning Brightly, hosted and produced by Mindy Ratner. The program offers a delightful hour for everyone to celebrate the Jewish Festival of Lights, including lots of music from Jewish communities worldwide and a hilarious lesson on preparing a classic Hanukkah dish. Listen now!

Two children act as the Moon and the Earth. By holding hands and spinning around they mimic the tidal locking of the Moon. They note that the Moon always keeps the same face towards Earth.

Thanksgiving is coming, but Lurkey the turkey is nowhere to be found. Can you help the farmer find the wayward bird? Grab paper and crayons and follow along as narrator Melanie Renate and artist Xee Reiter tell the story, with guitar music by Justin Holland, in the latest episode of YourClassical Storytime.

This Google Slides presentation is designed as a resource for those training administrators on MagicSchool's tools and features.

Use the prompting rules in our One-Pager to get the best responses possible from your MagicSchool tools.

Talk about several occupations and how that occupation contributes to our needs and the needs of the community. Discuss the occupations in your setting and in the homes of your child(ren).

How is literature used as an engagement strategy?
How does Ms. Surita provide multiple opportunities for
students to practice counting?
How could you use counting collections in your classroom?

Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Vincent Van Gogh. You may not think preschoolers would be familiar with these names, but the children at the LSU Early Childhood Education Laboratory Preschool used these artists’ pieces in their study of art. In this Reggio Emilia-inspired preschool the children’s interest in art grew, so they decided to open a classroom art museum.

How many times have you heard young children (or their parents) proudly exclaim how high they can count? Children love to master the sequence of counting words—reciting the number names in the same order every time—just as they love to sing their ABCs. In the first video, this lively preschooler gets a quick look at a dot card, and then uses a small set of counters to produce a set of the same quantity.

Find strategies and activities that you can use in the classroom that tie directly to the Early learning Preschool core standards.

Children will do an activity that fosters conversations around the cause and effect of push and pull activities.

Create a deck of cards with a variety of shapes on them in different colors.  Play memory while looking for matches in shape, matches in color, or matches in both shape and color.

What happens when a happy-go-lucky wanderer takes over a village bakery? Find out in the hilarious tale The Merry Prankster, the latest episode of YourClassical Storytime – featuring music by Richard Strauss, illustrations by Mia Jennings and narration by Valerie Kahler.

What happens when a poor, lonely woodcutter meets a talking fox? He becomes Mighty Mikko! Find out how their adventures unfold in this charming adaptation of a Finnish folk tale, the latest episode of YourClassical Storytime – featuring narration by Lynn Norris, music by Jean Sibelius and illustrations by Raul Villanueva.

In this UEN PDTV episode, we travel to St. George, Utah, to chat with Tony Campbell, the Director of Learning and Innovation Technologies for Washington County School District. Tony will guide us through the complex world of instructional technology frameworks, helping us understand how they all connect and work together.

The traditional approach to instruction relies on all students in each classroom being at the same place in their learning journey each day. We know this ideal can be practically impossible to achieve. By leveraging blended learning tools, innovative planning and facilitation practices that put students at the center of their learning, educators can create opportunities for truly personalized, competency based learning. In this session, we will explore the support that educators need in order to implement self-paced, mastery-based learning with their students and how administrators can create a culture of innovation that will ultimately respond to all learners’ needs.