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Yarn, Knitting Needles, and Socks, Oh My! - Teach Yourself To Knit, I Did
My obsession with knitting started with a visit to my local yarn shop. I had never seen so many different textures, styles, colors and weights of yarn. It was exhilarating and hypnotic. To top it off, they offered sock knitting classes. I was hooked!
25 commentsWhat is a Practicum? – How to Compile the Background
This set of articles describes how to complete a practicum in college or graduate school. However, the term "practicum" is also used in K-12, as well as in music lessons, dance, fine arts, and sports. Videos light the way with engaging stories.
2 commentsA Basic Story Time Lesson Outline
Here is the basic formula I use for our library's story hour. It's the bones of my story hour program. I use books, music, movement, and transitions in some predictable ways that create the sense of routine that young children crave. This story hour format also helps create a structure for selecting appropriate books and building a theme. Feel free to use it as a place to start and then adapt it to the needs of your story time crowd!
2 commentsThird Grade Lesson Plans
These are some of my favorite third grade lesson plans. I have homeschooled three children. All of them but one have already graduated. I would have loved to have found free third grade lesson plans when I...
5 commentsESL Teaching Methods
Many methods for teaching English as a Second Language have developed over the years. While many have fallen by the wayside, others have become widely used in today’s classrooms. Virtually all have...
Business Ideas For Kids
Resources for parents to help their kids get started in business - ways for kids to make money, how to start a business for kids, how to teach kids about money and business, and how to build good money attitudes in your kids.
36 commentsCreative Teaching Strategies: Macbeth
Let's face it: Most high school students had rather suffer through a root canal than endure a typical lecture on Shakespeare. It doesn't have to be that way, however. A creative teacher can come up with...
2 commentsLearn the Basics of the Japanese Writing System
This article helps to explain the basics of the Japanese writing systems (kanji, katakana, hiragana, romaji) in a clear and concise format. It also gives tips on how to begin learning Japanese on your own, and reasons why one would bother learning the language in the first place.
2 commentsHow to get (harmless) revenge on a cheater ex-boyfriend
Cheating happens. Unfortunately I am one of the many people in this world that was betrayed by someone I loved and thought loved me. In a nutshell, after dating my boyfriend for 3 years, I discovered (via...
9 commentsKnifty Knitter Long Loom Series
Ever since I posted a Hub on how to use the circular knitting loom, I've been getting questions from people wanting to know how to make things on the long looms. So yesterday I decided I better teach...
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