by Brian Crawford | Oct 28, 2012 | Common Core, Common Core Math, First Grade, Mathematics, Second Grade, Third Grade
Brian writes: Autumn is my favorite season. I like the slight chill in the air – though maybe not too much of a chill – and I love to go on walks in the forest to see the fall leaves changing color. I grew up in Ontario, Canada, where the fall colors are...
by Brian Crawford | Oct 26, 2012 | Common Core, Common Core Math, Fifth Grade, First Grade, Fourth Grade, Kindergarten, Mathematics, Second Grade, Third Grade
For several months now we have been selling curriculum online at two storefronts: Teachers Pay Teachers and Teachers Notebook. While we’ve been offering free worksheets and activities here on Mixminder, we have also been growing our online store, to the point...
by Brian Crawford | Oct 7, 2012 | French, Videos
Amelia, who is seven, wanted to make a teaching video to teach English-speaking children the French alphabet. Here is the result. All of the video editing (in other words, choosing all of the crazy video transitions) was done by Amelia herself. In the video, Amelia...
by Brian Crawford | Sep 30, 2012 | Science, Teaching Tips
Most kids I’ve met love carnivorous plants! My own children are fascinated by them; we’ve assembled a small collection of different species of carnivorous plant along our kitchen windowsill at home. My son can watch them for ages, watering them, pruning...
by Brian Crawford | Sep 23, 2012 | Fifth Grade, First Grade, Fourth Grade, Kindergarten, Posters, Second Grade, Teaching Resources, Third Grade
A poem about science! A teacher friend on Facebook was looking for a poem about scientists, particularly with the theme of “I Am a Scientist”. As I’m always happy to whip up a little bit of educational poetry, I put together the poem you will find...
by Brian Crawford | Aug 16, 2012 | First Grade, Kindergarten, Learning Numbers, Learning to Count, Mathematics, Mia the Math Magician
Mia the Math Magician Mia the Math Magician has a special skill – she is a wizard with mathematics! Learning to order numbers Are your students or children learning to put numbers in a sequential order? If you’re a teacher or a homeschool parent, or if...
