Plot Generator 8 Picture Books You Don't Have To Be A Kid To Love Update: On Feb. 2, the American Library Association awarded the Caldecott Medal to The Adventures of Beekle: An Imaginary Friend by Dan Santat. Six Caldecott Honor books were also named, including Nana in the City by Lauren Castillo; The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art by Barb Rosenstock and illustrated by Mary GrandPré; Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen; Viva Frida by Yuyi Morales; The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus by Jen Bryant and illustrated by Melissa Sweet; and This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki. Our original post: Here at NPR Books, we may be grown-ups, but every now and then we still enjoy channeling our inner 7-year-old. So! Hi, Koo! Hide captionExcerpted from Hi, Koo! Hide captionExcerpted from Hi, Koo! From winter icicles' "dripping fingers" to a summer firefly "garden full of blinking stars," Jon J. The Farmer and the Clown by Marla Frazee
Canada newsletter : A blank outline map of Canada. : An interactive map. : An interactive game to learn about the different parts of Canada. : The geography of Canada. : Information and games : A complete look at Canada from some American pupils' points of view. lots of ress Canada Day Crafts for Kids : Links for learning about Canada. Storyboard That: The World's Best FREE Online Storyboard Creator Educational Videos and Games for Kids about Science, Math, Social Studies and English Épinglé sur aaaaaFRENCH Skip to content Explore Search for easy dinners, fashion, etc. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Quotes Quotes By Genres French Language Basics Chris Corbett 3 Comments
Story Wheel | The iPhone and iPad app for creating stories Spin the wheel and land on an image. Now it's your turn to make up part of a story with that image. You'll have 30 seconds to record your voice as you add to the story. As you progress, the previous images are displayed on the side so you can keep track of the storyline. Your voice is played back with the images you spun. Each page of the story lists the speaker and shows the animated image that was spun.
Eight easy science experiments that you can do with your kids Recently, children’s science parties have become very popular. Kids simply adore these magical, interesting, and fun experiments! But don’t fear, setting up these experiments isn’t challenging at all. You probably already have all the things you need at home to make your child fall in love with these activities. Bright Side collected the eight best experiments that don’t require any special skills or extra money. Tea Bag Rocket A tea bagA lighter or some matchesA fire-resistant trayA garbage bag for the burnt tea bags The experiment: Carefully cut the tea bag on one side and pour out the tea. The explanation: Because of the small mass of the tea bag, the flow of warm air makes it fly. Frozen Soap Bubbles Some liquid soapFrosty weather The experiment: When the temperature drops below freezing, take a jar of liquid soap, call your kids, step outside, and start blowing bubbles. Ice Fishing A bowl of waterSome ice cubesSome saltSome thread The experiment: Put an ice cube in the bowl of water.
50 Free Animation Tools And Resources For Digital Learners 50 Animation Tools & Resources For Digital Learners by Lisa Chesser, opencolleges.edu.au A purple monster with wild curls spiraling out of control explains the economics of oil production in the Sudan to students in Los Angeles, Sydney, Berlin, Jerusalem, and Riyadh. That is education and animation working together to teach students everywhere, everything they ever wanted to know. Some of the animation links catalogued here will give educators very basic tools and histories of animation while others have the animation already created and set in motion, it’s just a matter of sharing it with students. Educators need to decide which tool is best for them. One of the easiest ways to animate, however, isn’t with your own camera and modeling clay, it’s with your links to sites that hand you everything within their own forums. Use the first part of this list for creating original animation or using animation tools to create lessons. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.
Children Portal in Wikisource THERE was, many years ago, a gentleman who had a charming lady for his wife. They had one daughter only, who was very dutiful to her parents. But while she was still very young, her mamma died, to the grief of her husband and daughter. After a time, the little girl's papa married another lady. Now this lady was proud and haughty, and had two grown-up daughters as disagreeable as herself; so the poor girl found everything at home changed for the worse. But she bore all her troubles with patience, not even complaining to her father, and, in spite of her hard toil, she grew more lovely in face and figure every year.
Le potentiel du blogue pour l’apprentissage de l’écriture Quoi de neuf? Le potentiel du blogue pour l’apprentissage de l’écriture Publié le 25 juin 2014 par Anne-Isabelle Lévesque Comment aider les élèves à développer le goût de l’écriture? Dans un contexte où la technologie est utilisée quotidiennement par les jeunes, le blogue pourrait être une avenue intéressante. Qu’est-ce qu’un blogue et comment l’utiliser en classe? Un blogue est un site Web personnel tenu par un ou plusieurs blogueurs qui s’expriment librement et selon une certaine périodicité, sous la forme de billets ou d’articles (OQLF). Ce document vulgarisé du MELS présente les constats issus de quatre recherches portant sur les outils technologiques utilisés par les jeunes. Les principaux constats Motivation L’utilisation d’un blogue en classe a permis aux élèves : D’apprécier ou apprendre à apprécier l’activité.Développer le goût de l’écriture.D’avoir confiance en leur expertise.De s’exprimer plus souvent.De s’exprimer plus facilement. Engagement Pour les enseignants : Pour les élèves :
Dove trovare i migliori video educativi - Prof Digitale “Prof, guardiamo un video?” Inutile negarlo: per una generazione che ha imparato prima a guardare video su YouTube che a leggere, si tratta di una richiesta naturale come bere un bicchiere d’acqua. Il nostro problema è quello di riuscire ad accontentarli, di tanto in tanto, proponendo del materiale di qualità e non facendo diventare il momento della visione dei video una semplice perdita di tempo. Ecco perché mi fa piacere condividere con voi questi siti o canali specializzati che ognuno di noi dovrebbe consultare nel momento in cui cerca un video da far vedere in classe. Oilproject Non solo video educativi, ma anche testi ed esercizi per scuole superiori ed università. Khan Academy Salman Khan, fondatore di questa organizzazione no profit, è un ingegnere statunitense originario del Bangladesh con il sogno di diffondere la cultura e la conoscenza tramite tutorial e videolezioni su Internet. Repetita Treccani Si tratta di un servizio di ripetizioni online fornito dalla nota enciclopedia.
A Beautiful Classroom Poster on Writing Accuracy April , 2014 Below is a wonderful classroom poster I came across in Edutopia's Pinterest board.The poster outlines 5 things students should pay heed to when engaged in writing tasks. You can print and use this poster in your class with your students. It can be used as a self assessment checklist that students draw on when working on their writings. It can also be a good way to initiate discussions around areas that pose real difficulties to students writings. Th areas that the Onion graphic features are :1-Punctuation: Start by checking for accurate punctuation: fullstops, capital letters, commas and apostrophes. 2- Words Have you chosen the most interesting and well matched words for your subject, type of text and topic? 3-Sentences Are your sentences clear and accurate? 4-paragraphs Did you remember the paragraph rules for your subject or topic? 5- Text Features Have you used the right text type features ( e.g. explain/inform/ persuade)? You can download this poster from this link.