Put Some STEAM Under Your Tree
Craft kits are perfect for keeping hands busy, especially ones that include some science, technology, engineering, ART and math, STEAM! This list is full of STEAM ideas for kids of all ages.
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Give the Gift of Crafting to Your Big Kids
Arts and craft kits make great gifts. They’re colorful, engaging, multisensory and come with directions! To help with your shopping I’ve curated a few shopping lists, based by age. This list is for your older elementary and middle school aged kids.
Crafty Gift Ideas for Little Hands
When I shop for kids’ gifts, I look for things that will keep their hands busy. To help with your shopping I’ve curated a few shopping lists, based by age. This list is for your preschool and early elementary aged kids.
Which Side of the Brain Is Leading Your Child?
Now that you’ve read in depth about what each side of the brain does well and taken the quiz to figure out which side of the brain is driving your child, let me give you a reference guide to help you keep their strengths in mind in your daily lives.
Is Your Child Right-Brain Dominant?
The right side of the mind was designed as a perfect compliment to the left. Take our quiz to see which side is your child’s dominant side.
A Step in the Right Direction: What It Means to Be a Right Brain Thinker
Right brain creative kids and adults are enormously valuable thinkers, with boundless gifts and abilities, but are highly misunderstood, undervalued and often made to feel like we are less than.To increase understanding on who we are as thinkers and students, I’m doing a 6-month series on what it means to be a right brain thinker.
Looking Back on 2019
As 2019 comes to an end, I have compiled a list of our most important posts of the year. Our visual, right-brain thinkers have amazing talents and adapting the way we talk to them and reinforce their learning can make such a difference in their self esteem and success in life.
Survive and Thrive this Winter Break
When faced with an extended period of time off school, it’s exciting to be free from schedules and homework. Fear strikes when you realize no school means no routines and nothing for the kids to do all day. But have no fear! There are ways to make your time off fun, maybe even fruitful. You could even get a bit of mom time in!
Visual Learners Love Great Teachers!
It’s teacher appreciation week and we at BetteFetter.com want to salute all of the educators and parents as educators working tirelessly to make the lives of our society’s most precious asset even better. As a little token of our appreciation, we have put our whole Teachers Pay Teachers site on sale…
Why Test Scores Aren’t Improving
Our children are not getting their strengths fed in test heavy classrooms. They aren’t getting the chance to demonstrate their learning in ways that really reflect how they process ideas. Our kids are a lot more interested in learning beyond testing.