Wordwall is great for making (and finding) quizzes and activities for content courses! It is super user-friendly, and it has some cool themes too! Here's the what the wild west "theme" looks like, for example: So far, I have used a few already-created activities with students (there’s tons to choose from and they're easily… Continue reading Wordwall
Category: School
How Do Humans Impact the Environment? Mackenzie’s Grade 6 SS Project
*and a plug for iMotion, the iPhone and iPad app How Do Humans Impact the Environment? This is a BIG QUESTION for students in upper elementary and middle years. In our home, this question started with a simple conversation or brainstorm … my grade 6 daughter and I were outside, and I prompted her with… Continue reading How Do Humans Impact the Environment? Mackenzie’s Grade 6 SS Project
2022-2023 School Year Day Planner
I recently had a request for another one of my school year day planners for the 2022-2023 school year. While I prepped a year-long 2022 day planner in late December 2021 (you can find that here and print accordingly), some people prefer a day planner that follows the school year. This planner begins with August… Continue reading 2022-2023 School Year Day Planner
This Isn’t Normal
When “mandatory homeschooling” started for everyone back in March of this year, I felt excited at the prospect of people experiencing homeschooling for the first time. And I secretly hoped that my dream of building a tribe of alternate educators / families would come to fruition! Homeschooling can be a lonely experience sometimes, so I… Continue reading This Isn’t Normal
Homeschooling Tips
After seeing a few “rough homeschooling day” posts last night on social media, I felt called to compile a small list of my best homeschooling advice. I have been homeschooling my oldest daughter for 513 days now. She’s nine. I have also been supporting distance learning (a.k.a. homeschool) families now for 457 days. This is… Continue reading Homeschooling Tips
You Do You
A few weeks ago, I was in the car with my middle daughter (grade one) and my toddler (off to daycare for the morning). We had just survived the frantic rush of the morning … getting everyone dressed, hair done, lunches packed, organizer signed, books read, and the like … I looked in my rearview… Continue reading You Do You
Embrace, Embrace, Embrace
I am sending this note out to my Sun West DLC Families this morning … Just taking a moment this morning to send out a little “good-bye for now” note, as we move into a period of school closure for the next 10 days or so. These are interesting times, and the life we’ve known… Continue reading Embrace, Embrace, Embrace
Just Like They Are Now
School starts again in just over a week. My oldest daughter will be entering grade two this year, and my middle daughter (who was my baby for so, so long) is off to kindergarten … And my back-to-school angst is settling in … hard … some of the angst stems from the madness of a… Continue reading Just Like They Are Now
The Perfect School
So the title of this post is meant to get those little hairs up on the back of your neck … "The PERFECT School" … of course, there's no such thing as PERFECT anything, right? But just imagine for a moment if there REALLY COULD BE a PERFECT SCHOOL. I’m writing this post as a… Continue reading The Perfect School
Quit Quitting
Here's an old treasure I found ... I wrote this in November 2014 (my 8th year of teaching high school ... with two maternity leaves in between). It outlines clearly the world that is teaching now ... and it isn't pretty. It was a Wednesday morning, 5:43 a.m., when I stumbled upon a Facebook link… Continue reading Quit Quitting
Our Life Well Lived - Leanne Hintz 