If Easter egg hunts teacher you nothing else, let them teach you that children love anything hidden. As the end of the year approaches, if you can hide an item to make the lesson more interesting, do it! Children will beg for more…even if it isn’t in an egg!
Investigate sunrise and sunset times with a calendar. Have students look at the sunrise and sunset times to see what they notice. Does the sunrise at the same time every day? Is it earlier or later than the day before? How much time does it change by each day? You can ask the same questions about sunset and see what children discover. We are doing this since the children are being pretend meteorologists. Ask questions like, how do you think this will affect the temperatures in the spring or winter? Discuss seasons. If you go to this website, you can produce a calendar for different cities at different times of year.
As you can see from some prior posts, I decided to add some warmth to the room with lamp lighting. I also purchased some florescent light covers. I’ve noticed that when I need a break from a computer screen and the anxiety of the day’s demands, it is calming to look at lamp light. I purchased a few from Good Will and another from a thrift store. I recently found a hanging lightbulb socket which I had bought for one of those paper lantern globes, which I never could quite get to hang like it should. As a result, I used some old fabric to cover up an eyesore in my room and hung the light socket inside. It made a wonderful new lighting solution over an area I use to complete much paper work! Sometimes with a little thought, using what you already have makes the best…yet unexpected solutions!
