Camp Directory

Check out our Camp Directory at:  www.ctserc.org/library/campdirectory

PBS KIDS - Announces Kart Kingdom

PBS KIDS has launched a new game on their site called Kart Kingdom - check it out at http://pbskids.org/kartkingdom/

SRBI Symposium II - Thursday, May 21, 2015

Family Saturdays! - Taking the Learning Outside: Fun with Nature and Math - Grades K-3!

To register for this FREE event, click here!

Earth Day - April 22nd!

EARTH DAY is almost here!  For activities and information, check out the sites below:

Article by Stephen Noonoo, eSchool News - For Earth Day, 9 Discovery Education resources (and a virtual field trip)

naeyc's website:  Learn from Nature

Ecology and Choice:  16 student projects for Earth Day, by Meghan Everette

Earth Day:  Lesson plans, reading lists, and classroom ideas, by Matt Davis, 4-16-13, updated 3-23-15

Earth Day 2015

April 12-18 is NAEYC's Week of the Young Child

From NAEYC's website:

Week of the Young Child™

Celebrate NAEYC's Week of the Young Child™ April 12 –18, 2015!

Music Monday!   April 13, 2015

Sing, dance, celebrate, and learn

Through music, children develop math, language, and literacy skills - and of course, have fun while being active! In their popular song, Thingamajig, Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band use some very unusual words!  For Music Monday we invite you to sing and dance along to this hit. Have fun making up your own verses and dance moves. Record your own unique version of the song and share it on NAEYC's Facebook page or post to Twitter using the hashtag #woycmusic.
View the lyrics to Thingamajig! 
Music resources for families and teachers

Taco Tuesday   April 14, 2015

Healthy eating and fitness at home and school

This fun, food-themed day is more than just cheese and salsa. With the rise in childhood obesity, teachers and families can encourage healthy nutrition and fitness habits at home and in the classroom. Cooking together connects math with literacy skills, science, and more. On Taco Tuesday create your own healthy tacos and then share the recipes and photos of your creations on NAEYC's Facebook page or post to Twitter using the hashtag #woyctacotues.
For more fun ideas on how to incorporate Taco Tuesday into your classroom activities, check out how one NAEYC-accredited center prepared for the day!
Cooking and nutrition resources for families and teachers 

Taco Tuesday   April 14, 2015

Healthy eating and fitness at home and school

This fun, food-themed day is more than just cheese and salsa. With the rise in childhood obesity, teachers and families can encourage healthy nutrition and fitness habits at home and in the classroom. Cooking together connects math with literacy skills, science, and more. On Taco Tuesday create your own healthy tacos and then share the recipes and photos of your creations on NAEYC's Facebook page or post to Twitter using the hashtag #woyctacotues.
For more fun ideas on how to incorporate Taco Tuesday into your classroom activities, check out how one NAEYC-accredited center prepared for the day!

Cooking and nutrition resources for families and teachers
 

Work Together Wednesday   April 15, 2015

Work together, build together, learn together

When children build together they explore math and science concepts and develop their social and early literacy skills. This Week of the Young Child, work together and build something today!  Kids can use any building material - from a fort of branches on the school playground, a block city in the classroom, a hideaway made from couch pillows at home, to a Lego creation. Build and share pictures of children’s creations on NAEYC's Facebook page or post to Twitter using the #woycworktogether hashtag.
'Building Together' resources for families and teachers
 

Artsy Thursday   April 16, 2015

Think, problem solve, create

Children develop creativity, social skills and fine muscles with open-ended art projects where they can make choices, use their imaginations and create with their hands. On Artsy Thursday celebrate the joy and learning children experience when engaged in creative art making. Use any materials - from crayons to paint, clay to crafts! Create and share a photos of your child' creation on NAEYC's Facebook page or post to Twitter using the #woycartsy hashtag.
Open Ended Art resources for families and teachers

Family Friday   April 17, 2015 Sharing family stories Engaging and celebrating families is at the heart of supporting our youngest learners:  families! NAEYC applauds you as your child's’ first and most important teachers.  Share pictures and stories about your family on NAEYC's Facebook page or post to Twitter using the hashtag #woycfamfriday as we celebrate the unique role families play in their children's learning and development. Resources for Engaging and Celebrating Families

By participating in this event and posting video and/or photos, you are representing that you have written permission from each person in the video and/or photos, and if a child, written permission from the child's parent or legal guardian, to post the video and/or photos and use the likeness of such person therein. By posting the video and/or photos, you grant NAEYC the right to use the video and/or photo and/or any portion thereof in any manner it so chooses, including, without limitation, posting or sharing the video on NAEYC's website, Facebook page or Twitter account. 

April is Autism Awareness Month

For more information on Autism:
Autism Service & Resources Connecticut (ASRC)
Autism Society of Connecticut
Autism Society
Autism Source Resource Database - part of Autism Society
Autism Speaks
National Autism Association
Autism Research Institute

ABC-CLIO's database offers 1 million free resources and images in April

Check out this article on ABC-CLIO's database from eClassroom News.

To check out the complimentary access to the database, click here.

About ABC-CLIO:

History and Mission

ABC-CLIO established itself as a pioneer in the application of computer technology to text processing, indexing, and database development in 1976 when the company enabled its customers to search its one-of-a-kind humanities database online. Continuing to pave the way in the development of educational technology, in the early 1990s, ABC-CLIO began publishing its serial bibliographies in CD-ROM format. And, in 2000, an unprecedented level of innovation was reached with the launch of a new series of social studies and humanities websites designed to provide authoritative reference while integrating teacher curricula: the ABC-CLIO Solutions. 

Today, the ABC-CLIO Solutions team continues to provide robust digital resources that support librarians, patrons, educators, and students in the development and communication of informed positions on complex topics. Integrating secondary school and college curricula with subject-specific reference collections and expert perspectives, ABC-CLIO Solutions proudly foster 21^st-century skills, independent critical thinking, and the exploration and understanding of key historical issues.

DK Publisher launches new education research site

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Okay, remember we like FREE ---- we have been a little remiss in telling you about FREE things!

Check out this article that was in eSchool News about DKfindout! and by the way it's FREE!