We found a site called The Goodwill Librarian that shares a wide range of puzzles for kids. Check them out: 2023 Puzzles Archive (goodwilllibrarian.com) Or how about Jigsaw Puzzles (small)? Jigsaw Puzzles for Kids | Online Simple Puzzles (roomrecess.com) Do you remember the Highlights Magazine? Games & Puzzles | Highlights Kids How about games for Grandma? Free, no registration...Games4Grandma Hidden Object Games offers some free: 🕹️ Play Hidden Object Games: Free Online Hidden Objects Finding Video Games for Kids and Adults (plays.org) Finally, for today, Hidden Object Zone offers free games, nothing to download and no registration: Free Hidden Object … [Read more...]
Hidden word searches for kids
Looking for ways to stimulate the kids? Here are a number of links to sites that offer hidden words from easy to hard. Thanks to the Spruce Crafts! These word searches for kids are all free for you to print and hand over to your kids or students. The kids will have a great time hunting for the hidden words and you'll love that you know they're increasing their problem solving and vocabulary skills. There's a lot of word searches for kids below and you can find more holiday word searches, math word searches, and online word search games for kids that are great for kids. You can also make word searches for kids so you can cover the exact topic or use just the right words you want them … [Read more...]
School choice foes turn to ballot referendums as states expand voucher programs
The number of states that have added an option to allow some or all of the funds for K-12 education in public schools to follow the children appears to be causing issues with....teachers unions. In the following article from The Washington Examiner they spell out some of the efforts and tactics teachers unions are going to try and stop "choice" Voters in Nebraska are likely to weigh in on the state's school choice program after a group submitted more than 100,000 signatures last week, seeking to force a ballot referendum. The effort seeks to repeal a state law passed this year that established a $25 million tax credit program for donors who give money to a scholarship fund that … [Read more...]
Facing mounting challenges, schools embrace the 4-day week
We've run articles in the past about shortening the school week to 4 days. Today is an update from The Hill: Facing mounting challenges, schools embrace the 4-day week | The Hill 850 districts have made the move and more are considering Hundreds of U.S. school districts have sought to combat the teacher shortage and raise the quality of life for their students and faculty by making a big change: a four-day week. The trend of a four-day week has been rising among American companies and schools since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, with many finding benefits to having an extra day off. In schools, most students and teachers are getting Friday or Monday off while having … [Read more...]
What is 5599 and why should you sign the petition?
Seems like education has gotten more and more political. Today we ask that you share the information and links in this article with every voter you can in the State of Washington. Deadline for signatures: July 15th. It's imperative that this initiative moves forward and time is of the essence. First, here's a link to the website: https://www.reject5599.com/ So what is 5599? The article in this link does a good job outlining what's happening: https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/washington-residents-submit-referendum-to-reject-5599/ In essence, under certain circumstances, the State has the ability to allow "gender affirming" surgery and treatments without notification or … [Read more...]
The debate over banning chocolate milk in school cafeterias
Came across this story at "The Week". (You can read the original at: Should schools ban chocolate milk? | The Week ) What say you? Should the government impose the ban or should parents have a say? Chocolate milk could soon be history in public school cafeterias. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering imposing sugar limits that could amount to a ban on flavored milk in elementary and middle schools under proposed new standards for school meals. The rules would cap sugar content for the first time, targeting such sugary lunch-room staples as breakfast cereal, yogurt, desserts, and chocolate and strawberry milk to help improve kids' health and fight childhood obesity, … [Read more...]
Story Time: How SEL is Injected Into All Subjects at School
Today we share an article written at The Free Writer. You can access the original post at: https://codybenson.substack.com/p/story-time-how-sel-is-injected-into?utm_source=facebook&sd=pf “Okay class,” the teacher says as she moves a strand of blue hair from her face and tucks it behind her ear. She picked up an eraser and finished cleaning everything off the white board except the words 2nd grade and the class schedule indicating that it was the start of the math lesson. “We have a simple word problem today. If you look to your handouts, it is question number one. Anyone care to read it out loud?" The teacher scanned the classroom only to find kids refusing to make eye contact … [Read more...]
Children learn more quickly than adults
Today we bring you an article published in Science Daily which you may find interesting and worth considering. Overview If you've ever had the feeling that your elementary school kids were 'smarter' than you -- or at least capable of picking up new information and skills faster -- a new study suggests you're absolutely right. The new study also offers a reason: kids and adults exhibit differences in a brain messenger known as GABA, which stabilizes newly learned material. Full Story If you've ever had the feeling that your elementary school kids were "smarter" than you -- or at least capable of picking up new information and skills faster -- a new study in Current Biology on … [Read more...]
85,000 Moms for Liberty Take on School Boards Across the U.S: Our Mission Is to Save America by Empowering Parents
Moms have power (so do Dads...but Mom's really have power). Todays article can be read in it's original form at: 85,000 Mom's Tina Descovich has been fighting for parental rights since she was elected to the Brevard County, Florida school board in 2016. But her mission is now shared by 85,000 other mothers in 34 states who joined Moms for Liberty and who now show up at school board meetings to hold officials accountable. These moms are also running for school board spots and other local offices — and winning. They’ve honed their skills by scouring websites and requesting public records to uncover the radical sexual and racial agenda being pushed in public schools across the … [Read more...]
Union Boss Randi Weingarten: Parental Rights Bills Are the ‘Way in Which Wars Start’
An interesting article. The union head of the American Federated Teachers appears to believe that parental involvement is not good? The original article can be read at: Parental Rights - the Way Wars Start. Randi Weingarten, union boss of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), said that parental rights bills such as the one recently signed into law in Florida are “the way in which wars start.” “This notion – we’ve been very lucky in America, and we in some ways live in a bubble for a long time,” the president of the nation’s largest teachers’ union said on the April 14 episode of the Rick Smith Show — a left-wing, pro-union talk show. “This is propaganda. This is … [Read more...]