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This set of Snowman Cup Stacking Challenge Cards has challenges for children of various ages and fine motor abilities. The set has simple challenges that focus on four cups. After the simple challenges, there are cards that feature ten or more cups. The snowman cup stacking challenge cards have been field tested with kindergarten through second graders. However, children younger than five and older than seven will probably enjoy exploring them. Getting the Snowman Cup Stacking STEM Challenge First, you will need to download the set. Snowman-Cup-Stacking-STEM-Challenge-CardsDownload Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader you will need to download it....

If you teach reading you have probably heard of the “Reading Wars”. And if you haven’t, then perhaps you don’t even need to read any further. For those that have, you might feel confused. I, for example, question why we have to “be at war” with colleagues or pick a side. I don’t want to be at war or pick a side. But the tension on Twitter and Facebook is real. In essence the debate is about how best to teach reading to students. But many educators wonder if we can believe in both balanced literacy and the science of reading? ...

Technology has changed a lot since you were small. Your kids have probably mastered the features on your iPhone better than you have. So it's fine to admit it: It'd be kinda sweet if they had something of their own so that your phone wasn't perpetually doused in mystery slime. But too many restrictions or a hard "no" to devices at all could do more harm than good.Kids' tablets could be the healthy balance between giving your kids the access to tech that they want without turning them into the kid having a meltdown over Roblox in the grocery store.What's...

Do you know what goes on in your eye and brain when you watch a movie, read a book, or look out a window? Let’s look at how a camera works to help us understand how our sense of sight works. A camera needs three parts to function correctly. These are a lens, an image sensor, and an SD card. Your eye is similar to a camera. It needs an iris, lens, and retina to work correctly. The lens of a camera controls the amount of light entering the camera. If too much or too little light is allowed to...

Did you learn a second language when you were in school? How comfortable would you be using it now? Imagine for a moment, that you were thrust into a situation where you needed to communicate and the only language spoken was the one you learned years ago at school. I suspect you would be tongue-tied and maybe even a bit petrified to attempt to speak at all. But, there is hope. It can be like riding a bicycle Learning a second language can be tricky at first, but once you get the hang of it, it will be there in...