This post shares exactly what’s inside our winter nature study bag and how we use each item for real outdoor learning with kids! From simple gear to weather, astronomy, and chemistry tools, these supplies turn cold-weather walks into meaningful science time.

This post breaks down the most common fraction mistakes elementary students make and explains why these misconceptions happen. It also shares simple, visual, and hands-on strategies teachers and parents can use to build real fraction understanding that lasts.

Choppy sentences are a normal part of early writing, and sentence combining gives kids the tools they need to connect ideas smoothly. This post shares simple, engaging ways to teach coordinating conjunctions and help students build more fluent, confident sentences through hands-on practice and revision.

Revision can be one of the most frustrating parts of writing for reluctant writers, but the right tools can completely change how it feels! Check out these low-pressure revision tools and routines that help kids revise with confidence.

When my once-enthusiastic writer began avoiding writing in second grade, I realized the issue wasn’t a lack of ideas but fear, pressure, and perfectionism. By shifting the focus to confidence, writing became joyful again!

Teaching sentence fragments and run-on sentences helps young writers turn big ideas into clear, complete thoughts. This post shares hands-on, movement-based activities and practical resources to help students identify, fix, and master sentence structure with confidence.

Winter is the perfect season to slow down and nurture young writers through cozy, low-pressure writing workshops that invite creativity and reflection. This post shares practical ideas, from setting a warm atmosphere to using winter-themed prompts and picture books, to help elementary students feel inspired, confident, and excited to write.

Hands-on geometry activities help upper-elementary students truly understand concepts like perimeter, area, angles, symmetry, and shape classification through building, measuring, sorting, and drawing. This post shares engaging, classroom-tested ideas paired with interactive notebook activities and quick checks that support instruction and make assessment simple.

Winter may be an overlooked season for nature journaling, but it offers rich opportunities for young learners to slow down, sharpen observation skills, and explore subtle seasonal changes.

Transition words are one of the simplest ways to help young writers sound more confident, organized, and polished. Whether your students are just getting comfortable with “first, next, then, last,” or they’re stretching into more advanced transitions like “however,” “as a result,” or “in addition,” these tiny words make a big difference in how clearly ideas come across.

In this post, you’ll find engaging ways to introduce, model, and reinforce commas in a series so the skill sticks!

The holiday season is a magical time to connect kids with the beauty of winter, all while sneaking in some hands-on learning! Whether you’re able to take the kids outside or are staying cozy indoors, there are so many ways to incorporate nature-themed activities into your classroom or home learning experiences.

This post shares engaging, hands-on ways to teach lines of symmetry that get kids moving, creating, and thinking deeply about geometry. From foldable paper shapes to symmetry painting and quick checks, these activities make abstract concepts click for every learner.

Looking for fun and meaningful Christmas writing activities your students will love? This post is packed with creative, hands-on, and low-prep ideas that bring holiday magic into your writing block!

This simple Friendsgiving activity was one of our group’s favorite fall gatherings. The kids chopped veggies, helped cook a cozy skillet meal, practiced table setting, and shared stories while families contributed sides and desserts for a full feast. It’s an easy, hands-on way to build community and weave practical life skills into your seasonal learning.

The shift from fall to winter is the perfect time to slow down, observe nature, and curl up with beautiful seasonal picture books. This list features five of our favorite children’s books that help kids notice the changes happening outdoors, from falling leaves to frosty mornings, and understand the natural cycle of the seasons.

Looking for a hands-on, low-prep way to review physical science concepts your students will actually remember? Try pancake science! This engaging classroom cooking demonstration turns everyday pancake mix into a meaningful review of conductors and insulators, mixtures and solutions, and states of matter.

Help your students make sense of multi-step word problems, and choose the correct operations with the help of strip diagrams. This post shares hands-on strategies, classroom-tested routines, and ready-to-use activities that build confident problem solvers.

Fall is the perfect time to turn nature into art! From leaf animals to painted pumpkins, these low-mess fall nature crafts let kids create with all the color and none of the cleanup.

Perimeter and area can be tricky for students to grasp, especially when it’s hard to remember which one measures the “outside” and which measures the “inside.” But with the right visuals, movement, and hands-on practice, these concepts can click in a really natural way!