Book Review: “Listening to the Quiet”
Listening to the Quiet is a tender, beautifully illustrated picture book that centers Deaf culture, family connection and the joy of learning sign language together. A must-read for early childhood classrooms…
Teacher Appreciation Word Search
Tips for Using Teacher Appreciation Week Word Search | K–5 Vocabulary Activity (Free Interactive Game) Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week with this free, standards-aligned word search for K–5 students. Three grade-differentiated…
Teacher’s Guide to Cinco de Mayo
This teacher’s guide gives K–5 educators the tools to teach Cinco de Mayo accurately and meaningfully. At its core is the 1862 Battle of Puebla — a stunning military upset…
Sort Out the Spring Babies! Life Science K-5th!
Spring Babies! is an interactive sorting game where K–5 students classify animals — mammals, birds, and amphibians — by how they come into the world. Players drag and drop real…
Geometry on the Tangram Farm Challenge (K-3)
Can you build a barn, a horse stable and a house using only the seven tangram shapes? In this puzzle game for grades K-3, students slide and (in the 2-3…
Teacher Appreciation Gratitude Cards
Teacher Appreciation Week is the perfect opportunity to help your child say thank you in a meaningful way, as an alternative to a store-bought card. This free printable pack makes…
Instant Lesson: Lei Pattern Games
Download the printable lesson plan: a two-page guide for the Lei Day Pattern Builder and Lei Day Unit Counter games. It covers game mechanics, grade-band guidance for K–3, lesson flow,…
Lei Day Pattern Builder
This interactive Lei Day pattern game invites K–3 students to string repeating lei patterns using hibiscus 🌺, shell beads 🐚, and maile leaves 🌿. With five difficulty levels spanning AB…
Lei Day Unit Counter
In this Lei Day math activity, K–2 students build exactly three complete units of three different repeating patterns — Easy (AB), Medium (AAB), and Hard (ABC) — using hibiscus 🌺,…
Book Review: “A Love Letter to My Library”
A Read Aloud Spotlight review of A Love Letter to My Library by Lisa Katzenberger illustrated by Rob Sayegh Jr., featuring educator insights on why this warm, inclusive picture book…
