Butterfly Symmetry, Camouflage, and Disguise

A great lesson to put students’ knowledge of the REAL primary colors of paints to use. Challenge students to create a butterfly using symmetry which uses either camouflage or disguise as a survival technique.  

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The Ultimate Guide to Playtime

The most comprehensive article, from Mom Loves Best, about why playtime is important and what it looks like from birth to 4+ years old. Highly recommended for early childhood educators and parents alike.

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Hypothesis Cubes – Best Nature of Science Lesson of ALL TIME!

Hypothesis cubes is the BEST nature of science lesson of all time. Engage students to use evidence to support their claims and then demonstrate the way science works by leaving the “answer” unsettled in the end. NOTE: Cubes with “CHEATER” on the bottom included for teachers who feel students who do not follow directions and…

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#MicDropMath Playing Card Tricks

There are card tricks which are slight of hand and card tricks which rely on the discrete mathematics inherent to a regular deck of cards. These card tricks fall into the latter category and are called self-working. Don’t worry, you do not need to understand discrete mathematics to learn the algorithm for performing these #MicDropMath…

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