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        Our school is fortunate to have two therapy dogs, Daisy and Rosie, both West Highland terriers (Westies), who belong to our counselor, Marty Couch. She first had the idea of using therapy dogs at school when she noticed how her pet, Daisy, was able to calm and cheer up her foster children at home. Daisy was subsequently trained as a therapy dog and began coming to school every day with Ms. Couch. Rosie, a younger Westie, has recently joined Daisy at school to replace her when she retires.        Therapy dogs must be calm and good-natured and allow...

Do you love using printable books with your preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students? If so, this I See a Pumpkin printable book is for you! Use the colorful pumpkin emergent reader to work on a variety of early literacy skills, as well as color identification! I think the book would be a great addition to your kindergarten or preschool pumpkin activities. Or use it after a trip to the pumpkin patch or before you decorate pumpkins with the kids. No matter when you incorporate it into your plans, the kids are sure to enjoy being illustrators of “I See a...

You definitely want to add this pumpkin seed sensory bin to your kindergarten and preschool pumpkin activities! It’s colorful, engaging, and you can change it up in almost endless ways to best meet the needs of your students. Learn how to dye pumpkin seeds and then put those colorful seeds to work with tons of sensory play invitations! I think this sensory bin would be perfect during a pumpkin unit, after a trip to the pumpkin patch, or when you’re trying to use up tons of leftover pumpkin seeds after carving jack-o-lanterns. But the pumpkin seeds sensory activity can be...

We're in a full-blown "Karate Kid" renaissance era. The franchise that started with "The Karate Kid" in 1984 not only got three sequels and later a remake in 2010, but it spawned the series "Cobra Kai," which began on YouTube and ended up on Netflix. The first film was the story of young Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio), who just moved with his mom to Los Angeles from the East Coast. He gets bullied by Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), a student at the Cobra Kai karate dojo, and meets a mentor in Mr. Miyagi (the late Pat Morita), who teaches him...

A new study conducted by the ultra-conservative Manhattan Institute and published by the City Journal claims to prove that Critical Race Theory (CRT) is being taught in K-12 education. However, their claim is false, because they misrepresented CRT to prove their point. According to the study, evidence that CRT is being taught in school comes from recent high school graduates endorsing the following four statements: (1) “America is a systemically racist country,” (2) “white people have white privilege,” (3) “white people have unconscious biases that negatively affect non-white people,” and (4) “America is built on stolen land.”Anyone who has studied...