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Starfall Education: Kids Games, Movies, & Books K-3 SPOT LMS, free elearning without installation NASA Virtual Field Trip The Virtual Field Trip is an immersive multimedia application developed to support student and user exploration of areas on Earth that have been identified as analog sites to regions on Mars. Analog sites are those areas that share some common traits with sites on Mars and have been identified based on their significance and importance to NASA. Within the application, users are taken from a global view directly down to a surface view of a site. They are then seamlessly placed into a 360 degree spherical virtual reality surface panorama of that location. Next users navigate around the site selecting various objects and scientists to learn more about how and why this site was chosen, how it relates to Mars, and why it is of interest. The environment consists of various linked 360 degree spherical stitched virtual reality environments, 3D based layered environments, global fly downs, as well as compressed streaming video files within each area of research. Highlights

Absolute Beginners: Unit 1 By Frances Marnie In this lesson by Frances Marnie, students cover language including hello, what’s your name?, numbers 1 to 5, book, pen, chair, table and goodbye. Printable resources include comprehensive step-by-step teacher’s notes, a student worksheet, cut-out alphabet cards and flashcards. Related Resources Absolute Beginners: Unit 1: Lesson plan This lesson plan by Frances Marnie is aimed at students who are familiar with Roman script.

36 Questions That Can Help Kids Make Friends The young teen years are a ripe time for forming friendships. It’s an age when kids are particularly focused on peer relationships and social status, developing their sense of identity and social skills. Having friendships (or even just feeling a sense of belonging) at school has many benefits. Kids who have friends may adjust to school better and be somewhat protected from peer victimization. Those who make friends in early adolescence tend to have better health and well-being in adulthood, making it critical to a child’s development. But, while research on teen friendships has confirmed their importance, very few studies have looked into how to foster friendship at these early ages. Now, a new study conducted by Leslie Echols of Missouri State University and Jerreed Ivanich of the University of Colorado has found that the famous “36 questions” that can help people feel close or even fall in love could help prompt friendships in young teens. Using questions to build closeness

Apprendere l'alfabeto inglese con la Realtà Aumentata Sempre più spesso si scoprono modalità di utilizzo della Realtà Aumentata per favorire l'apprendimento, coinvolgendo i bambini in attività coinvolgenti e divertenti. Oggi vi segnalo AR Alphabet, uno strumento con cui i bambini aprrendono l'alfabeto inglese usando la realtà aumentata. Il funzionamento è decisamente semplice: con lo smartphone dovrete accedere a questo link e consentire l'accesso alla videocamera. Successivamente occorre puntare con la fotocamera del telefono su questo codice , che potrete stampare o mostrare sullo schermo del computer. In questo modo, AR Alphabet illustrerà l'alfabeto facendo apparire diversi oggetti e animali in corrispondenza di ciascuna lettera. AR Alphabets funziona su qualsiasi smartphone e non è necessario disporre di una connessione Internet per usarlo. Indubbiamente, è un'ottima risorsa educativa per i bambini per capire il funzionamento della realtà aumentata mentre imparano e si divertono. Articoli correlati

Neuroscientist: Stop saying these 4 phrases to your kids—how successful parents teach self-discipline Parents often have conversations with their kids that start off well — but then, somewhere, somehow, things take a wrong turn. A kid who was amenable to discussion, or at least not hostile, completely shuts down. A small disagreement turns into an big fight. What happened? As parenting experts and authors of "The Self-Driven Child," we have a combined 65 years of research and experience working with kids (and have even raised a few of our own). We've found that the following phrases — uttered by well-meaning parents — don't work in teaching self-discipline, and we have a good sense of why: 1. Instilling fear is one of the least effective ways to spark intrinsic motivation in kids. Another reason phrases like this don't work is that the context is beyond kids' understanding. Kids aren't capable of thinking ahead the way adults are. What successful parents do/say instead: Encourage them: "You haven't mastered [doing X] yet, but you can get better at it. 2. 3. 4. Don't miss:

Top Marks: risorse per la lingua inglese da utilizzare con la LIM Top Marks è un grande contenitore di risorse didattiche per la lingua inglese da utilizzare con la LIM. In realtà trovate i materiali suddivisi per materia: Matematica, Literacy, Scienze, Arte, Storia, Geografia ed altro ancora. I gestori della piattaforma sono alla costante ricerca di risorse per arricchire l'archivio di proposte, già molto abbondanti e organizzate per argomento, fascia d'età e categoria, così da rendere più agevole la ricerca. Accanto ad ogni risorsa didattica c'e' un contrassegno che indica di volta in volta se è utilizzabile anche attraverso il tablet o se in flash e quindi solo usando il pc collegato alla LIM. Vai su Top Marks Articoli correlati

School behavior chart problems: parenting advice from Care and Feeding. Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here or post it in the Slate Parenting Facebook group. Dear Care and Feeding, We love our 7-year-old’s school except for one thing: the dreaded color-coded clip charts. I emailed her teacher and principal a few times, but was told it was district policy, and I would have to contact the superintendent or move to another district. — Kill the Clips! Dear Kill the Clips, I certainly don’t think it was necessary to hold your child responsible and make her feel bad for a form that a parent forgot to sign—that could easily have been a phone call or email to you, not a ritual public shaming of your kid—and I mention it because it is red flag #1 for me. #2 is that your child’s teacher and principal are able (and really should have been willing!) While I’m annoyed with them, I don’t think the school is solely responsible for your child’s anxiety. Help us keep giving the advice you crave every week.

MERRY CHRISTMAS Cards coloring pages - Free printables for kids to color at Xmas Wishing you a Merry Christmas - Every year an estimated 1.9 billion Christmas cards are sent each year. Many homes display the cards they receive on fireplace mantels, on a wreath or in Christmas baskets. Have you sent your Christmas cards yet? Hellokids has terrific Christmas cards for you to send to all your family and friends wishing them a Merry Christmas. Be sure to check out all the NEW Hellokids crafts, games, activities and fun on the Christmas for kids channel.