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 Tanagram Farm Challenge (K-3)
The Tangram Farm is an interactive K–3 geometry game built around the tangram, a 200-year-old Chinese puzzle that is one of the most beloved contributions of Asian mathematical tradition —…
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…
