As a middle school computer science teacher, I’m always looking for ways to connect what my students are learning about programming to the real world. As a parent, I’ve championed STEM learning in my own community by forming SilverSat. I know hands-on project based learning is one of the best ways for students to learn…
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4 Ways to Foster Entrepreneurship in Children
This post is sponsored by Acton Children’s Business Fair and includes tracking links. For more information about tracking links and how to opt out, please visit All About Do Not Track prior to clicking any links found in this post. Every child is a hero with gifts and capable of changing the world. Some are…
Dear Students, We Did It!
Dear Students, I know this year hasn’t been easy. In fact, it’s been one long rollercoaster ride with more twists, turns, and loops that any of us could have ever imagined but now that our year is coming to a close, I am so glad you stuck with me on this crazy unpredictable ride. When…
How to Learn About Southeast Asia with Raya and the Last Dragon
Growing up, I never saw anyone who looked like me as illustrations on pages of the books I read, pictured in magazines I subscribed to as a tween, or in the movies I watched. These days we know that representation matters. Exposing our kids to diversity is important because there are many things to be…
Better Hearing and Speech Month Twitter Chat (Friday 5/21 1:30 pm ET w prizes!)
This is a sponsored post As the school year winds to a close, we’re celebrating making it through a roller coaster of a year but questions linger about what lies ahead. We hope there will be a full return to in-person school but what does this mean for our kids? Has virtual school impacted their…
How to Send a Last Minute Teacher Appreciation Gift Instantly
It’s Teacher Appreciation Week and this year, teachers deserve to be appreciated more than ever! Showing appreciation for teachers who have gone to extraordinary lengths to teach and care for students feels hard when gift giving has been made more complicated by the pandemic. Fortunately, Punchbowl makes it easy send a personalized last minute teacher…
How to Teach Kids About Current Events with The Juice
This post is sponsored by The Juice and includes tracking links. For more information about tracking links and how to opt out, please visit All About Do Not Track prior to clicking any links found in this post. We want our kids to be news savvy but it’s difficult when not all the headlines, photos,…
5 Teacher Tech Essentials for Simultaneous Teaching
This post is sponsored by Logitech When coronavirus closed schools last March, teachers transitioned to emergency schooling then reimagined teaching spaces for virtual learning in the fall. This spring many school systems are preparing to re-open and educators are rethinking instruction again. The setups we created at home worked for all-virtual instruction, but the requirements…
Why Goal Setting is More Important Than Ever & How to Help Our Kids
This post is sponsored by Classroom Champions For nearly 12 months, the pandemic has changed our lives dramatically. The way we work, shop, and socialize has been altered while our kids long for in-person school like they’re used to. Some days we’re thriving and other days we’re holding on by a thread, barely surviving. Our…
How Minecraft Teaches Kids About Social Justice Movements
First Minecraft’s Uncensored Library gave censored journalists freedom in the virtual world and then let kids vote on important issues through Build the Vote. Now through Lessons in Good Trouble, Minecraft teaches kids about social justice movements around the world. Lessons in Good Trouble aims to share how global social justice movements influenced positive changes…
