Wonderful FREE Printable Posters/Signs for Your Classroom

If you have yet to discover www.venspired.com you are missing out. She is beyond awesome and I love her posters. She has graciously allowed teachers to use and print her posters. Just to be on the safe side I contacted her for permission and she said, "Yes Indeed!". 

I love the messages on the posters and the color schemes. She also has some great information on teaching Gifted students and STEM. I also love her Pinterest page!!

Here are a few examples as she has tons and I mean that!!

      

I hope you enjoy the work of Krissy Venosdale!

Sid the Science Kid

As a technology specialist I am always looking for great technology tools that will increase student motivation and academic success. I want students to have fun as they learn and develop into lifelong learners.

I wanted to spotlight Sid the Science Kid as I really love all the information and materials that are free to students, teachers, and parents.

What is Sid the Science Kid you ask?

The Sid the Science Kid website is designed to develop a students' natural wonder and build a solid foundation for key science concepts.

This site provides free online and offline activities that will surely motivate children to practice and truly discover science concepts as they dig deeper into their own learning.

Free Activities with Videos: www.pbs.org/parents/sid/activitiesIndex.html

Blog for Curious Teachers: www.pbs.org/parents/sid/blogs/teachers/

I hope this website sparks a little curiosity in you and your students. Enjoy and I would love to know how your kiddos like the resources from Sid the Science Kid.

Kristen Hernandez = )

Teacher Playground

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Triptico...Awesome Technology Resource

Have you heard of Triptico? I love using this program with students and teachers. It has been very successful and to mention it is FREE, yes I said FREE!! You do have to download it, but it is well worth it.

Here is description of Triptico:

Triptico's desktop app contains over twenty interactive, fully-customisable resources for you to use in your classroom... and it's completely free!

Download Triptico

I  would say it is one of the Best Web 2.0 resources out there. It has a sleak and sophisticated look. When you see it, you won't even believe that this is FREE. I had spent so much time looking for free interactive activities to use to meet the needs of my students and teachers, with little luck. When I found Triptico, I was so excited and I had to show the class I was teaching at the time and they were so pumped. I had some teachers yelling out with excitement!!

I hope you enjoy it!

Free Apps Today

The following educational iOS apps are free. Download the apps as soon as possible as they can go to paid status at any time.

These apps are really good and you know as teachers it seems like nothing is free and everything teacher wise is expensive. When I saw this list, I jumped on the chance. I hope you do too! 

ABC Champ (spelling game; normally $1.99)

ACT (math lessons; normally $9.99)

Algebra Card Clutter (fast math game)

Astronomical Terms

Ben & Bob Chipmunks (interactive book)

Biology Glossary

Bodie, California (Museum Planet presents a narrated, digital photo tour of the historic ghost mining town Bodie, California; normally $2.99)

Buzzle (normally $1.99)

Cars in Sandbox: Space Rover (normally $8.99; introduce young children to the Mars Rover and the Moon Rover)

Cyberchase: Ruckus Reader (interactive book; one free story included free; others available for in-app purchase)

Different Book (opposites)

Earthquake Terminology

Elements App - Chemistry Periodic Table (very nicely done)

Explore with Farmer Jon

Fox and the Grapes by Tinytapps

Hide Run Growl (interactive book; normally $1.99)

Hookitty-Tookitty-Tah (interactive book; normally $2.99)

Hurricane by American Red Cross (great for tracking hurricanes, emergency preparedness, and more)

IBM Think (a wonderful app about how progress is made)

iReading HD - Sleeping Beauty (interactive book)

iStory Bally, the Balloon Dog (interactive book; normally $2.99)

iStory to the Rescue (interactive book; normally $2.99)

Jeff the Mis-Fish (interactive book)

JM Abel with No Navel (interactive book)

JM The Naughty Eagle Chicks (interactive book)

JM Untying the Knot (interactive book)

Kids iHelp - Analogy 1.0 (free set with more available through in-app purchase; excellent for practicing logical thinking skills)

Kids iHelp - Analogy 2.0 (free set with more available through in-app purchase; excellent for practicing logical thinking skills)

Luna Kettlebottom and the Magic Cauldron Society - Vlad and the Beanstalk (very cute interactive book; normally $2.99)

Luna Red (very cute interactive book about Red Riding Hood; normally $2.99)

Magic Clothes RD (interactive book)

Make A Scene: Farmyard

Meet Heckerty (interactive book)

Minds of Modern Mathematics

Mink (interactive phonics book)

MuseumApp (create your own museum exhibits; free registration required; normally $5.99)

My Vehicle Universe - an Interactive Educational Game

NASA Be a Martian

North Wind (interactive book)

Open Wide Snap (interactive book; normally $1.99)

PeterPan(Unabridged) (audio book; normally $16.99)

Princesses Learn German (interactive book)

Puss in Boots (interactive book; free the whole month of August)

The Race by Lily (interactive book by a little girl)

Reading for All Learners Little Book Free (interactive book)

Slice Wood (puzzle game)

Spacecraft 3D

Spanish Lingo - Numbers & Colors (normally $2.99)

SpellingCity

Spot the Jungle Animal

Star & Planet Finder HD

The Tale of Tortoise Buffett and Trader Hare (interactive book about finance for children; normally $1.99)

Tickle Stomp! An Educational Story (interactive book for preschoolers)

Vermeer (art works; normally $1.99)
World Explorer (normally $2.99)

Back 2 School Cyber Search Giveaway

Back 2 School Cyber Search Giveaway

Everyone wins over $45 in free gifts from 12 bloggers!

How would you like to download 12 teaching products worth over $45 dollars, absolutely free? If you head over to the Back to School Cyber Search, you can do just that! Twelve of your favorite grade 3 - 6 bloggers have teamed up and donated a total of one dozen great back to school products for everyone who participates.

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