Hi All---I remembered today that the Library of Congress hosts the National Book Festival in Washington D.C. every year and they have a large roster of famous authors that come to speak at the festival. They also videotape all the events and talks and host them online. So I spent some time today looking over …
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Research Help!
Are you working on a research paper or project? Is your teacher asking you to find information on a topic? Do you need help coming up with a topic? Evaluating information to see if it's quality? Citing your work? Proquest (a large database company) is making their Research Companion resources freely available for students until …
Radio with Ani DiFranco!
All you musicians out there may or may not be familiar with Buffalo's own (and alum of Performing Arts High School) Ani DiFranco. If you're not familiar, I highly recommend checking out her music. She is an all independent label and resisted the temptation from large music labels to join them, so she could retain …
Science Labs Online
As you've probably noticed, many educational companies are releasing a lot of their resources for free right now because of the stay-at-home orders around the country. Another resource that teachers might be aware of, but students may not be, is Flinn Scientific. They have a nice selection of science lab videos that would be good …
Local Food Assistance
I saw this posted on FaceBook and the date would be for this Thursday, April 16th, 2020.
Classical Music for Kids
And one more cool music site for your kids while at home. Classics for Kids website has a number of fun and educational activities, including some games, that you don't need an app for either. Listen, play and learn 🙂 CLICK HERE for the site and make sure to scroll the whole main page to …
Virtual Piano
More fun with music! Nothing to download, just CLICK HERE for a great sounding keyboard you can play in an instant 🙂
Music-Making Online
So we've been home for about a month, and there's a ton to do online, but maybe you're bored with the usual things. Here's a fun little website (also an APP you can download) called Incredibox. It's too hard to explain it, you just have to try it. You can make your own little compositions …
Hello Again!
Hi Olmsted Owls, teachers and parents. I've been away from the blog for a couple days--investigating online ebook (and other) resources through our book and publishing partners (for your use), reading reviews of books to put together book order lists for the upcoming school year, studying the curriculum resources to see how I can best …
Peanuts Coloring Sheets
I've posted a number of science resources for one of the science teachers today, but to close, I'll post something fun 🙂 If you love Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang, you can now find downloadable coloring sheets on the Peanuts website. CLICK HERE for the coloring sheets!
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