We're excited that next week we'll be bringing you the ABC's of After School Activities. We thought we'd take a moment and ask our readers to fill in the blank for things that you include or want to include in your After School Activities with your child. We would both fill pages and pages of ideas but we want them to be full of what you need the most as your child's first teacher at home. So here's your chance! Tell us in a comment below! Ask Yourself as your Child's First ... Read more...
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After School Enrichment Community
Did you see that Google+ has just created Communities? We are so excited about it because it's created an amazing platform for our Sunday After School Express Friends. What are Google + Communities? Find Communities for your interest How do you use them? Why are we choosing After School to focus on for a Community? We want to create a place for parents to share the resources they've discovered and created to support their child's learning, discoveries, creativeness and fun ... Read more...
Top Summer Reading & Writing Resources
Have you ever wished you could bring home a teacher for the summer so your child didn't lose anything they learned during the school year? Here's your chance! Do you follow us on Pinterest? Start now! I've spent many hours searching the internet, collecting ideas and activities for reading and writing. As I'm reading, evaluating, and pinning things I'm thinking of YOU and YOUR CHILD and what your child would need for SUPPORT and what they might need to CHALLENGE them through the ... Read more...
Monster Activity Ideas & Book Review
As your child begins to read it's important to check their reading comprehension skills as they are reading a book. I will confess that my daughter is a pretty good reader at 5 years old. However she had me a bit fooled that she was comprehending more of what she was reading. I recently discovered this more when we sat down and read the book Matthew's Monsters by Stephanie Sisler and illustrated by Kyle Grzelak. This book is designed just for this ... Read more...
Ultimate Blog Party 2012
HI! This is our first Ultimate Blog Party! Thanks for stopping over here at The Educators' Spin On It…we love new visitors! Background Info Our site is a little unique, there are two of us! I'm Kim and this is my family of 5 and I share this site with Amanda and her family of 4. The Educator's Spin On It is a collaborative effort of two best friends who are parents and former elementary school teachers. Although I hesitate to use the word former since we both are still certified ... Read more...