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make poetry rock for kids | teachmama.com

how to make poetry ROCK for kids (start now — it’s national poetry month!)

Did you know that April is National Poetry Month? It is. What does that even mean? It means that this month is all about celebrating …
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hear poems read by poets: 4 free, fab resources

hear poems read by poets: 4 free, fab resources

I've been chatting up poetry all month long, since April is National Poetry Month. I've hit you with a few ways to make poetry rock for your …
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7 ways to get kids writing (and cool writing prompts for kids!)

Friends. It's summer, and if your kids are anything like mine, they want to be outside and they want to be at the pool. Or, okay.  They want …
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celebrate creativity: PBS Kids writers contest for K-3

celebrate creativity: PBS Kids writers contest for K-3

One of the greatest ways to get kids invested and interested in writing is to give them authentic reasons to write. When I was teaching high …
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kid-happy poetry writing haiku and cinquain

kid-happy, pet-inspired poetry writing: haiku and cinquain

      We've been dumped on. Big time. Tons of snow has kept us indoors for the last few days, save from the few hours …
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pal pet poetry contest

pet poetry contest: calling all creative kids!

      As a longtime friend of PAL, Pets Add Life, I'm happy to share news about a cool opportunity for our students, …
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how to get kids to stop, observe and write

getting kids to stop, observe and write

Our Everyday Journal cards have proven to be a really incredible—and sneaky—way of getting the kids focused and thinking in a way that I’m not sure …
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chalk paint graffiti

chalk paint graffiti: a happy welcome home

Last summer, Maddy came home from an overnight at her Aunt Mary's house dancing and singing about how Aunt Mary taught her to use chalk. Knowing …
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creative writing for kids

creative writing for kids: photo conversations

Getting kids to write--especially in the summertime--is not an easy task. Granted, for some kiddos, writing is their thing. They journal, write …
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everyday journals: creative, thoughtful daily activities for kids

This week, we officially began our Smart Summer 2012, a summer filled with fun learning, focused and free days, and a whole lot of …
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learning with pet poetry (& fun giveaway!)

We love our pooch, we really do. Sure, sometimes I say things to him that I wish I didn't.   No, Maddy, I  promise we'll never give Brady away, I …
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magazines for fun and learning | teachmama.com

magazine activities: creative, crafty, sneaky-learning fun

We are huge magazine fans over here. We love finding them in the mailbox, reading them, playing detective with them, crafting with them, and …
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Super easy, homemade dog treats! 

Kids can help—they love the scraping into molds part!

Recipe below: 

ingredients 
1 egg
1 12.5 oz can chicken
1/4 cup chickpea (or tapioca) flour
1/4 cup whole wheat flour

instructions 
1. preheat oven to 350•

2. add all ingredients to blender and mix on high

3. pour into silicon molds

4. bake 10 min then switch trays to opposite oven racks—our racks cannot fit two trays). bake for another 10-12 min or until treats pop easily out of molds. 

5. let cool on tray so they get a little more crispy. 

store in airtight container for up to a week!

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Hello, Teacher Wish List.

You are welcome here. In fact, we are incredibly glad that you’ve made your way into our culture.

You’re like the Wedding Registry or Baby Registry–but better. 

You are a dream because you are the list that gives and gives and gives. You’re not full of weird kitchen appliances or ugly China patterns or tiny baby Air Jordans. You are made of books, pens, pencils, journals, math manipulatives, bulletin board letters, lab goggles, staplers, and hole punchers.

You are helping to equip and educate the youth of the world and are taking a tiny bit of stress off of the shoulders of our educators. And we all know that our educators–especially in the last few years–have been stretched to the absolute max. They are tired, worn down, and stepped on. They’re pushed and pulled every which way and are expected to do the job of 27 different people.

What an amazing thing you are, you little Classroom Wish List! Just a simple Amazon Wish List, you let us all feel like we are helping in a teeny way, and we thank you.

We hope you never, ever leave and that you’re here to stay.

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TEACHERS! 

We appreciate you. 

We know that you have been spending your own money for AGES for your classroom and students, and we want to help. 

Here’s everything you need to know about creating your own Amazon Wish List: https://teachmama.com/help-teachers-clear-the-list/

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Friends, if you have an extra $5 or $10 that you could spare to help some amazing educators, we would be SO GRATEFUL.

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