Fantastic examples of ideas to bring this aspect of play alive and interesting.Fantastic examples of ideas to bring this aspect of play alive and interesting.Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Early Years Outdoors, bike layouts EYFS, bike layouts school grounds, bikes, ELC bike ideas, ELC...
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in July 2022… Liberate!, Michelle S. Pledger (education) Mindspan, Gordon R. Dickson (sci fi) Colony One Mars, Gerald Kilby (sci fi) Colony Two Mars, Gerald Kilby (sci fi) Colony Three Mars, Gerald Kilby (sci fi) Jezero City: Colony Four Mars, Gerald Kilby (sci fi) Surface Tension:...
Disclosure: Blackbird is currently an advertiser on FreeTech4Teachers.com.A Around this time every year I get emails that go something like this, “Hi Richard, I have a new job this fall and I’ll be teaching coding for the first time. Do you have any resources you...
As I mentioned last week, my daughters have started to enjoy Elinor Wonders Why on PBS Kids. While they were watching an episode this morning I went on the PBS Kids website to search for some Elinor-themed learning activities. I wasn't disappointed with what I...
Last week's most popular post was Getting Started With Microsoft Flip. To start this week let's look at doing a little more than just a basic selfie video in Microsoft Flip. An additional way to use Microsoft Flip is to create whiteboard style videos. When you...
When natural elements freely mix, the play value can be raised.When natural elements freely mix, the play value can be raised.Developing School Grounds & Outdoor SpacesRead More...
The sun is setting on what turned out to be a great last day of July. I spent the last day of the month hanging out at the lake with my kids and going for a little bike ride. I hope that you ended the...
Good morning from Maine where the sun is shining and it's going to be a great day to play outside. A couple of days ago I went on a bike ride and found a lot of wild Maine blueberries. So just like in Blueberries for...
We're planning a little trip this fall to visit some family that we haven't seen since before the start of the pandemic. When we told our daughters that we're going to fly they got very excited about it. We've now been answering questions about flying...
