I know that some of you have already started your summer holidays, but I have almost two weeks to go. I can’t complain, because it has been an amazing year with a fun bunch of kids and a great teacher partner! We’ve been spending most of our days outdoors: doing art and crafts, performing on…
Double Doodle and Its Benefits
Using both hands at the same time has been shown to be truly beneficial for us, because: it stimulates both hemispheres of the brain; it creates new connections in the brain; people who use both hands see an increase in the size of their corpus callosum – the part that connects the two brain hemispheres….
Painting Outdoors
Summer has finally arrived to Finland – after lots of cold, dark months, the sun is now back! We still have one month of school until the holiday starts, but we try to spend all our days outdoors. That’s why we packed the watercolors, paper, and some water and took them to the park nearby….
Why Librarything is Awesome
If you’re anything like me, then you thrive on having everything organized. It’s very important to keep your things well organized if you are a teacher. Whether it’s finding the right craft supplies before an activity, or labeling the toys so that the kids can tidy them up, these things keep you sane and save…
Yummy Science
The Tongue is such an amazing organ! It helps us eat, taste sweet cookies, and let’s not forget about the fact that it helps us talk. We learned about it by watching this fun video from KidsHealth. After talking about the sweet, sour, salty, and sweet tastes, we had a small tasting experiment. We had…
Newspaper Bugs and Drawing Prompts
We’ve talked a lot about recycling and reusing with the kids, and we have been trying to use objects that we don’t need any more in our daily crafts. This is a cute craft that we are going to make tomorrow. The children will cut the bug’s body, paint the newspaper page, then cut the…