At-home activity: 8th Grade History & Social Studies

Want an easy at-home activity to help your eighth grader learn foundational skills for History & Social Studies?

For Parents, At Home Activities, History, Social Studies, 8th GradeVictoria Lucía MontemayorMarch 23, 2020activities, family activities, History, social studiesComment

At-home activity: 7th Grade History & Social Studies

Want an easy at-home activity to help your seventh grader learn foundational skills for History & Social Studies?

For Parents, At Home Activities, History, Social Studies, 7th GradeVictoria Lucía MontemayorMarch 23, 2020activities, family activities, History, social studiesComment

At-home activity: 6th Grade History & Social Studies

Want an easy at-home activity to help your sixth grader learn foundational skills for History & Social Studies?

For Parents, At Home Activities, History, Social Studies, 6th GradeVictoria Lucía MontemayorMarch 22, 2020activities, family activities, History, social studiesComment

At-home activity: 5th Grade History & Social Studies

Want an easy at-home activity to help your fifth grader learn foundational skills for History & Social Studies?

For Parents, At Home Activities, History, Social Studies, 5th GradeVictoria Lucía MontemayorMarch 22, 2020activities, family activities, History, social studiesComment

At-home activity: 4th Grade History & Social Studies

Want an easy at-home activity to help your fourth grader learn foundational skills for History & Social Studies?

For Parents, At Home Activities, History, Social Studies, 4th GradeVictoria Lucía MontemayorMarch 21, 2020activities, family activities, History, social studiesComment

At-home activity: 3rd Grade History & Social Studies

Want an easy at-home activity to help your third grader learn foundational skills for History & Social Studies?

For Parents, At Home Activities, History, Social Studies, 3rd GradeVictoria Lucía MontemayorMarch 21, 2020activities, family activities, History, social studiesComment

At-home activity: 2nd Grade History & Social Studies

Want an easy at-home activity to help your second grader learn foundational skills for History & Social Studies?

For Parents, At Home Activities, History, Social Studies, 2nd GradeVictoria Lucía MontemayorMarch 21, 2020activities, family activities, History, social studiesComment

At-home activity: 1st Grade History & Social Studies

Want an easy at-home activity to help your first grader learn foundational skills for History & Social Studies?

For Parents, At Home Activities, History, Social Studies, 1st GradeVictoria Lucía MontemayorMarch 21, 2020activities, family activities, History, social studiesComment

At-home activity: Kinder History & Social Studies

Want an easy at-home activity to help your kindergartener learn foundational skills for History & Social Studies?

For Parents, Kinder, At Home Activities, History, Social StudiesVictoria Lucía MontemayorMarch 21, 2020activities, family activities, History, social studiesComment

6th & 7th Graders: Counterintuitive activities to develop their brain at school & at home

By the time a child reaches pre-teen or tween age, their new neocortex has been online for a year or two. That means there’s new thinking, independence, and reasoning happening. It also means that these skills are still nascent and need support being integrated.

Adults often say children at this age are unrecognizable and unpredictable! They are independent and needy. They want you to wear a bag over your head during school drop off and they need you to be there at the school play.

Victoria Lucía MontemayorFebruary 20, 2020brain development, activities, family engagement, math, science, language arts, social studiesComment

4th & 5th Grade: Simple activities to develop their neocortex at school & at home

Up until about 7 or 8 years old, your student’s brain is mostly operating from their limbic system. That means they are little balls of feeling! As the neocortex starts to turn online, additional brain capacity does too. Children are able to organize and think logically. However, we want to emphasize the importance of using this new capacity to help process emotions. Why?…

Victoria Lucía MontemayorJanuary 14, 2020brain development, family activities, family engagement, math, science, language arts, social studiesComment

2nd & 3rd Grade: Simple activities to develop their brain at school & at home

For this age group in particular, new parts of their brain are starting to ‘come online.’ That means your 2nd or 3rd grader may start to demonstrate a broad range of capability—like logical thinking—they never showed before. What should you do as a teacher or parent who wants to support healthy brain development for children at this age?

Victoria Lucía MontemayorNovember 20, 2019brain development, family activities, math, science, language arts, social studiesComment

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