Our favorite outdoor art ideas for kids that are fun for warmer weather. These art activities are extra big, extra messy, and are perfect for the outdoors. Updated February 2023 Today we have some seriously fun outdoor art ideas that you might want to try with your kids while the weather is nice. We do plenty of art inside, of course, but we also like to take our creative activities to the backyard. Sometimes just because we want to be outside enjoying beautiful weather and we also want to do art. There’s always simply painting or drawing! Or just about any other art activity that we would normally do inside. But some art activities are just better suited to the outdoors, whether...
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter These conversations need to happen. An organization called TeachAI.org says it is going to facilitate those conversations. With ISTE, Digital Promise, OpenAI, Microsoft, Amazon, the World Economic Forum and many more, these organizations state they are coming together to create policy recommendations, revise the K-12 CS Framework to include AI teaching with AI, and engage diverse stakeholders. If you are interested in this topic, you can sign up to participate or get updates. Hoping Everyone Can Be Included It is great that these organizations are getting together. I would love to see Apple and Google join as well so there can be meaningful conversations between all of...
This summer when you start hearing the whines of “We’re bored,” what are you going to do? Put your kids to work in the kitchen, of course! Wait, wait! Hear me out. Cooking is a life skill that everyone needs sooner or later, so when you give your kids opportunities to learn in the kitchen, you’re preparing them for the day when they’ll move out on their own. (And they will eventually move out on their own, right? Right?) But teaching kids to cook is about more than their independence. It also gives them confidence, teaches focus, fosters creativity, and reinforces fine motor skills and basic math skills. Children who learn to cook become more aware of what goes into...
Changing your duvet cover is a wonderfully effective way to transform the look of your bedroom – this one simple swap can switch up your color palette, add a bold dash of pattern, or shift the overall theme of your decor. But what are duvet covers? If you’re unfamiliar with these versatile bedding accessories, a duvet cover is a simple sheath of fabric used to encase a thicker blanket. It’s like a pillowcase for your comforter! Quality comforters can be expensive, so a duvet cover makes it easy to experiment with different styles at a much lower cost. Duvet covers are also much quicker and easier to clean, able to be thrown right into a standard home washer. We’ve collected...
This weekend is officially the Halfway to Halloween mark, so I am going to give you one of my rare hot takes as a scary movie watcher on a “controversial” subject: Practical effects are always better than CGI. I’m not slamming the advancement and beautiful results of computer effects in today’s films and television shows, but there is just something so immersive and real about knowing someone was bent over a work table, dirtying their hands and wearing out their backs to create a special effect or environment, even one you might just see for a few seconds. In celebration of those who still work with practical effects, and in the spirit of Halfway to Halloween, here’s a great beginner...
