Time to transition.  Winter is transitioning to Spring – and our space studies are transitioning to sea studies.  It’s hard to just switch bodies and brains to new temps or new topics though, so we use transitions during change.  Transitions…

Classrooms are a place intended to make students smart.  Yet they have proven that the typical classroom, where students sit at desks in rows listening to lectures, is not the smartest environment to learn in. Only 1/4 of our students are auditory…

The acronym STREAMS helps us remember to cover diverse subject matters while teaching children.  STREAMS = Science, Technology, Reading (&wRiting), Engineering, Arts, Mathematics (&Music), Social Studies (&hiStory). Some want to add more subjects to the list of required courses such as physical education,…

What weird weather we’re having in Northern Michigan this weekend!  Usually the first week of March still finds us under many feet of snow.  Much of our snow is melting so everything is wet and mucky outside, which is why…