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September Week 1 | An Idea for Every Day

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(Updated 4/19/2022.) Three and a half days. That’s all the Mr. was given to set up before the first day of school. In a new grade level. In an unfamiliar teaching format. Challenge accepted. Blessing acknowledged. You know, I’ve heard story after story testifying that when God moves, He waits until what seems like the very last minute. This was precisely our experience of Him. At the end of last school year, the Mr. decided he wanted to secure a job with the district in which we live, thereby affording him the opportunity to insert himself in the activities of the community (the district in which he taught previously was a 45-minute drive – hardly conducive to community engagements). We held our breath all summer as interview after interview came and went with no admittance into the local school district, even though many seemed promising. Finally, with 3 ½ days before school started, the Mr. was hired as a third-grade online teacher in our local school district. A challenge? Yes.

August Week 3 | An Idea for Every Day

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(Updated 8/4/2022)  Welcome, leaders, to Wolfe Stew . We are SO glad you’re here. Since the last post, we have been stewing on activities for you to use with your preschool to sixth grade learners for every day of August’s third (Yikes!) week. We chose daily holidays and paired them with learning ideas from around the ‘net in an effort to bring engagement into your learning day. Check out the chosen holidays along with a brief description of practiced skills for the week spanning August 16 th to 22 nd . (Click the link to go directly to the described day.) Tell a Joke Day (August 16th Annually) -  Resources and tips for leaders and learners I Love My Feet Day (August 17th Annually) -  Health science (personal hygiene, foot anatomy); Art (painting, following directions, planning, imagining, making connections) Mail Order Catalog Day (August 18th Annually)  - Research Skills, Writing (opinion and persuasive) Potato Day (August 19th Annually) - Science (plants, culinary, energy)

Silas | The STEAM TEAM Scientist

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August Week 2 | An Idea for Every Day

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(Updated 7/19/2022) Welcome, leaders! We’re glad you’re here! You’re looking for engaging activities to excite and intrigue your leaners and we want to help! We’re pairing daily holidays with learning opportunities for your learner, and we try to only choose the ones we find intriguing. Here are this week’s featured holidays with a brief description of skills covered. Book Lover’s Day (August 9th Annually) - Join Goodreads! Smithsonian Day  ( August 10th Annually) – Explore artists, read nonfiction leveled articles, discover history, join live science webinars or browse the archives (earth, life, paleontology and social studies), play online STEM games. Global Kinetic Sand Day   (August 11th Annually)  – Sensory play, following directions, reverse engineering STEM challenge, earth science, engineering, life science, creativity. Sewing Machine Day   (August 12th Annually) – History, nonfiction text, diagram, fine motor skills, sewing, hand stitching, creativity, reusing objects,