Enlightening Young Engineers
It’s pretty surreal and humbling when your dream becomes a reality! If you have followed me for awhile, you know that I have always been passionate about elementary engineering, STEM, and the incorporation of purposeful play in the classroom. Since my publishing of STEM Bins® on Teachers Pay Teachers in 2016, I have loved watching them positively impact classrooms all… Read More
Most elementary teachers know just how powerful a carefully selected read aloud can be. Picture books can instantly captivate a squirmy class of first graders, bring wide-eyed wonder to middle elementary, and spark deep and intellectual discussions with upper grades. One of my favorite ways to use read alouds with my little ones is use them to kick off STEM… Read More
Coding is all the rage in elementary schools right now, and it’s not hard to see why! Coding, or the language of programming, is quickly becoming a language that our students need to learn how to “speak,” even as young as Kindergarten. Fluency in coding is necessary in order to design apps, software, websites, video games, and so much more…. Read More
The holidays are officially here y’all! I have a few Thanksgiving STEM challenges in store this month to keep my kiddos engaged, although with all the holiday craziness, I love the fact that these challenges are so low maintenance and low prep. Ain’t nobody got time for high prep lessons this time of year, am I right?! My teacher and… Read More
It’s officially fall, y’all! October is one of my favorite months of the year for so many reasons, but mostly because it lends itself beautifully to so many of my favorite read alouds and Halloween STEM Challenges! Here are some of our newest Storybook STEM lessons that are sure to keep your Kindergartners, First Graders, and Second Graders engaged all… Read More
My sweet Kinder groups are diving into Mitten Measurement this week! 🧤🧤🧤They’ll design their own mittens and use nonstandard measurement to find the length, width, and capacity. They’ll also measure larger classroom objects with their mittens!
Did you know that this Storybook STEM unit is FREE in my shop?! 😱🎉
“Teacher guilt is a real and vicious thing, right up there with mom guilt and dad guilt.
It stems from that aching feeling of not doing enough and being enough for our children, constantly caught in a tug-of-war between what is expected of us and having any shred of a personal life.”
Some advice from the heart on the blog:
teachoutsidethebox.com/2018/07/let-it-go-teacher-friend/