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Book Review: Auntie Kristina’s Guide to Asian American Activism – Lesson Plans
10+ hour, 23+ min ago (654+ words) The term Asian American covers a huge number of people from different nations, cultural backgrounds, languages and food traditions. While we might think of Chinese, Japanese and Korean people first, it also encompasses native Hawaiians and people from the Pacific…...
Flowers to Make Mom for Mother’s Day – Lesson Plans
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (732+ words) It's nice to get flowers for Mother's Day, but even better to get kid-made flower crafts that you can keep for years. Check out these easy flower crafts for Mother's Day that kids can make, or at least help with....
Crafts and Activities for St. George’s Day – Lesson Plans
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (662+ words) I find it hard to believe but it seems to be true that in all these years I've never written about St. George's Day, celebrated on April 23. St. George is the patron saint of England, who was believed to have…...
Crafts to Celebrate Ridvan – Lesson Plans
1+ week, 1+ day ago (575+ words) In my ongoing quest to learn more about holidays I don't know about (and taking you along for the scroll), let's learn about Ridvan, which is a 12-day festival taking place in 2026 from April 20 to May 2." Because Baha'u'llah was in…...
Learning about Equatorial Guinea for Kids – Lesson Plans
1+ week, 3+ day ago (278+ words) Equatorial Guinea is a country in central Africa that's officially known as the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. It includes a portion of mainland Africa, known as Rio Muni, which is bordered by Cameroon and Gabon, and also includes several islands....
Make a Magic Tree House Passport for Your Adventurous Readers – Lesson Plans
1+ week, 5+ day ago (782+ words) My daughter definitely went through a Magic Tree House phase. I don't think she read all the original books (there are many more now), but she read a good chunk of them, plus some of the Merlin Missions and we…...
Crafts Made from Books that Kids Can Make – Lesson Plans
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (766+ words) April is School Library Month and National Librarian Day is celebrated on April 16, so I thought it would be fun to look at some crafts made with books and book pages. (Your librarian will want to suggest you only do…...
Book Review: Yoga Adventures for Little Explorers – Lesson Plans
2+ week, 2+ day ago (681+ words) If you like yoga and want to introduce it to your kids at home or in the classroom,Yoga Adventures for Little Explorers by Meghan McDougall and illustrated by Hayley Lowe. The book takes readers through a kid and adult…...
ANZAC Day Printables and Activities – Lesson Plans
2+ week, 4+ day ago (655+ words) Because I'm American (and we are routinely terrible about learning other peoples' history), I don't know a lot about ANZAC Day, though I have shared some ANZAC Day activities before. If you're also unfamiliar, it's basically considered the Australia and…...
Learning about Frogs for Kids – Lesson Plans
3+ week, 1+ day ago (515+ words) When I started writing this post I thought I had never written about learning activities involving frogs before, but clearly I didn't dig far enough into the archive because on another blog post I found while writing this one was…...