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Check out Mindware for Great Educational Toys and Gifts
Dec 16,2011 | Posted in Teaching Games by Yolanda Fontanez-ColemanLooking for a few fun educational gifts for kids this holiday season? If so, check out Mindware. This educational game retailer offers puzzles, brainteasers, arts and crafts activities, mysteries, mazes and more to teach and entertain children and adults.
Their…
Homework time or family stress time?
Oct 25,2011 | Posted in Homework, Uncategorized by Yolanda Fontanez-ColemanI’ve got a resource for you!
The kids have been in school for more than a few weeks and homework is now a regular after school activity. How is your family handling homework time? Have your many organizational efforts fallen apart? Are…
Weekly Resource for Rosh Hashanah
Sep 28,2011 | Posted in On-Line Educational Resources by Yolanda Fontanez-ColemanRosh Hashanah begins at sundown on Thursday September 29. Children can celebrate and/or learn about the Jewish New Year by clicking here.
The link takes you to a wonderful site complete with Rosh Hashanah worksheets, coloring pages, word searches, crossword puzzles,…
Weekly Resource – Turning LEGOS into Learning Tools
Sep 20,2011 | Posted in On-Line Educational Resources by Yolanda Fontanez-ColemanDo your kids love LEGOS®? Mine sure do! Check out this website – www.littlebrickschoolhouse.com. It’s a great resource for turning LEGOS® into hands-on learning tools! You won’t believe the possibilities! There are awesome projects, lesson plans, creative play ideas and…
Are your children interested in history, social studies, or politics? Would you like them to be? Look no further than Kids.gov – the official kids’ portal for the U.S. government. This site is an awesome resource for students in grades…
This summer, my girls and I decided to create an on-going book log to keep track of all the books that we planned to read. The four of us each set our own individual goals and got to work on…
Today’s Resource – Fun Finder App!
Aug 16,2011 | Posted in On-Line Educational Resources by Yolanda Fontanez-ColemanGrab your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch because I have an app for you!
Have you ever heard your child say, “I’m bored” – and you were all out of creative fun, educational ideas? Well those days are over!
Fun…
Monday’s Resource – Starfall.com
Aug 02,2011 | Posted in On-Line Educational Resources by Yolanda Fontanez-ColemanStarfall.com is a great site that helps and encourages young children as they learn to read. Content is arranged in four main sections that are categorized by reading skill level. Children and parents can select reading games accordingly.
The site’s research-based…
Monday’s Resource – Common Sense Media
Jul 25,2011 | Posted in On-Line Educational Resources by Yolanda Fontanez-ColemanHow are you monitoring your children’s media and technology time? Current technology and the various media outlets make monitoring our children’s media time so much more difficult. Today’s resource can help both parents and educators find safe and appropriate technological…
Great Resource – Fight World Hunger through Learning at Freerice.com
Jul 14,2011 | Posted in On-Line Educational Resources, Uncategorized by Yolanda Fontanez-ColemanFreerice is a website where visitors can answer a variety of multiple-choice educational questions in an effort to fight world hunger. Every time someone answers a question correctly, the organization that runs the website (the World Food Program) donates ten…
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