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Trending News: Instant Guide to Black Innovators Time MachineTime Machine: Meet Black InnovatorsFind Your Perfect Coretta Scott King Award Winner!Close Up of Vonetta Flowers: A Champion Who Made Winter Olympic HistoryBook Review: “Bottle Cap Boys”Black Children’s Book Week | Book ReviewsBook Review: “Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions”Book Review: The Boy Who Harnessed the WindChinese New Year: Fire Horse Charm CraftEducator’s Guide to RamadanInstant Guide: Exploring Barack Obama’s Historic PresidencyPlan a President’s Day Puzzle: Matching Fun!Spring Festival, Lunar New Year & Chinese New Year: A Guide for EducatorsAdd Up Lucky Money! Double-Digit Addition!Gallop into the Year of the Fire HorseTeach About Carnival Around the World! An Educator’s GuideDownload Coloring Sheets for Carnival Around the World!!!Play Tombola for Carnival Celebration!What Were the Top Performers in the Year of the Snake?An Educator’s Guide to Jacob Lawrence: Storytelling Through ArtAre You a Monday Morning Quarterback? Three Games: CrossWord, Memory Match, Spanish Quiz!Monday Morning Quaterback Spanish-English QuizMonday Morning Quarterback Word SearchMonday Quarterback Memory MatchJust Opened! The 2026 Winter Olympics!Bobsled Speed Challenge: Compare the Best Race Times for K-5th!Grade Adjustable Lesson Plan to Accompany Bobsled Number Comparision Game!It’s Your Turn! Make a Voice Recording Here!Freedom Quilt Coloring ActivityHistory’s Calling: INSTANT Classroom Guide PART IHistory’s Calling: Instant Guide PART II Honoring Community MembersHistory’s Calling!Instant Guide: Valentine’s Pattern RecognitionA Guide to Teaching about Alice Augusta BallAn Educator’s Guide to Bus Boycotts: Lesser Known HeroesBlack History Month: An Educator’s Guide to Origins, Purpose, and PracticeEducator’s Guide to The Great Migration: Journey, Enterprise, and DreamsValentine’s Pattern Cards – Printable SetValentine’s Day Pattern Recognition GamesStay Active, Fly South, or Hibernate? Animals Surviving the Winter Months!Returned Gifts Shape SorterSnowflake Bentley: Our January Read-Aloud GuideJanuary Games Review: Best Educational Games of 2025INSTANT Guide to the Artic vs AntarcticOUR BEST of 2025 MAKER DAY CHALLENGESMeet the Polar Animals, then Place Them in Their Artic or Antarctic Habitats!Take the MLK Day Civic’s QuizHow to Read January Temperature Charts: A Measurement ActivityIntroducing Dr. Martin Luther King as a Lifelong Learner: A Teacher’s GuideWhat is “Building the Beloved Community” An Educator’s Guide to MLK DayRock Detective: Categorizing & Coloring ActivityAudio e-Reader Returns with Winnie-the-PoohThe Science and Art of Winter Light & Shadows: Lesson PlanPhysics Friday Lesson Plan: States of MatterPhysics Friday: Is it a solid, liquid or vapor?Shopping Cart Math! Half Off ChallengeTravel in Our Time Machine to Master Telling TimeExploring the Korean Cultural Wave (Hallyu)Learning about Russian Orthodox ChristmasColoring Pack for Kwanza 2025Coloring Pack Hanukkah 2025Lesson Plan for Shopping Cart Math GAME!!!Test Your Christmas Movie Knowledge!Interactive Lesson Plan Exploring ‘Twas the Night Before ChristmasExcellent Timing for Winter Rhyming! ELA practiceRead or Listen to ‘Twas the Night Before ChristmasNew Year’s Eve: A Cultural Guide to ŌmisokaHoliday Gift List Memory MatchBudgeting with Shopping Cart Math!Memory Match Hanukkah Symbols and Foods!Virtual Dreidel Game with Mental Math Moments!Hanukkah Word Search GameA Cultural Guide to HanukkahPortuguese Christmas Vocab Matching GameSpanish Christmas Vocab Matching GameCultural Guide to Christmas in Latin America & the CaribbeanDiscover Yalda: A Festival of the SolsticeTeaching about Three Kings Day? Here’s a GuideTeaching about Kwanzaa? Here’s a GuideChristmas Through the Hollywood LensCalculate the Hours and Minutes of Daylight Across America!Teaching about Winter Solstice? Instant GuideWormly Spells T’was the Night Before ChristmasFind Your Perfect Christmas Movie!Make a Salsa for the Winter Solstice! K-5th MathSpot the Difference FALL Coloring Pack!Supporting Your Child’s Mental HealthThis World Children’s DAY Better Family ConversationsBlack Hole Friday Vocab QUIZ!Don’t Miss BLACK HOLE FRIDAY!!!Native American Heritage Month: The Cahokia Mounds and Solstice Traditions Practiced TodayPhysics Friday: GRAVITY & The Leonid MeteorCentering Native Voices: “Powwow Day” Book ReviewTEACHER’S GUIDE: Wormly in Classroom or Home“Who Am I” Book Review Honoring Native American Heritage MonthPie Making Party Math K-5th! Thanksgiving Fun!A Science-Backed Guide to a Meaningful Thanksgiving HolidayMeet Wormly! Collect Letters, and Spell Words!World Origami Day Meets Kindness Week!Which animals hibernate? DIGITAL GAME & COLORING PRINTABLE!!!
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“Bottle Cap Boys Dancing on Royal Street”, written by Rita Williams-Garcia and illustrated by Damian Ward, is an ode to New Orleans from cover to cover. Before the story even…

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Magic Trash: A Story of Tyree Guyton and His Art Written by J.H. Shapiro | Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton What do old shoes, broken toys, and discarded dolls have in…

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“Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions“ Written by Chris Barton | Illustrated by Don Tate The story of Lonnie Johnson is one where science and play are never far…

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“The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind“ Written by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer | Illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon When a devastating drought stripped his family’s farm in Malawi of its…

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