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Builders and Buildings
Do you know any kids who are fascinated by architecture from other cultures, how buildings are designed and built, or what it's like to be an architect? We've gathered up a great collection of books, activities, apps, and websites for learning all about builders and buildings. Try pairing fiction with nonfiction books and exploring different genres (like poetry and biographies) and formats (like graphic novels and audio books). You'll be creating your own "text sets" — collections of texts focused on a specific topic. Reading widely in this way helps children build background knowledge, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.
Pick-a-Paint Help: How to Create a Whole-House Color Palette
Don't be daunted. With these strategies, building a cohesive palette for your entire home is less difficult than it seems
Community, school involvement a career-builder
Community and school involvement can help students land key internships, apprenticeships
Melt the Chill Away NL builder
Searching for something to chase away the cold?<br>We've got you covered! Bestselling authors teamed up to offer you a H-O-T selection of new books.<br>Available for free for a limited time.
What Can Movement Builders Learn from Artists?
What are you feeling? What is that feeling about? What does it have to do with your work? These are three inquiries that Sharon Bridgforth, one of our two artists-in-residence at IDEX, offers while guiding us through the creative process of art making, truth telling, and community building. These three questions for self-reflection brings us back, …
Building Educator Capacity to Personalize Learning for Every Student
By raising and building the capacity of educators and school leaders will we realize the vision of systemic transformation toward student-centered learning.
Building Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes: A Theory of Change
This 5-minute video depicts a theory of change from the Frontiers of Innovation community for achieving breakthrough outcomes for vulnerable children and fam...
Let's Paint Skill Builder Tracing and Transferring Patterns
Watch Andy as he shows you how to transfer you patterns to your surface. He shows you how to transfer on light and dark backgrounds. Get the pear download at...
25 Critical Thinking Apps For Extended Student Learning |
There are many apps that do promote critical thinking--and often extended critical thinking and learning at that. These aren't clinical "critical thinking building" programs either, but rather often enjoyable exercises in strategy, tactics, and problem-solving thought.
Renaissance Public School Academy to add new wing to building
Renaissance Public School Academy is adding a new wing to their building to provide their students with more space.
Green Building Materials: Paint and Other Wall Treatments
Looking for info and tips on eco-friendly paint and other wall treatments for your home? If you're into green building materials, this is a must read!
When Selling Your Home, Are Neutral Colors like Builder Beige Too Boring?
Builder beige used to be the preferred color of contractors, builders and also realtors. But has it gotten a bad rap, and is it still recommended?
Meet the plane builders
A group of more than 18 high school students in Tehachapi are putting their skills to the test and learning to build a plane. The program, which is made up o...
Building Audiences for the Arts
Browse the reports and other resources on these pages for insights into building audiences for the arts.
Building Bots and Confidence
With Deilab, students get hands-on lessons in science, technology, engineering, art and math, and they learn about resilience.
Colorful Buildings Around the World
Color is everywhere and there are numerous buildings around the world that are Instagram worthy! Just pack a suitcase and delve into your adventurous side to see these unique buildings. Here are ou…
Vroom: Everyone has what it takes to be a Brain Builder!
Did you know that parents and caregivers already have what it takes to become brain builders with their children? This inspiring video illustrates this conce...
Building the Future of the Classroom with Google for Education
For educators to benefit from investments in technology, they need to know how to integrate it into their classrooms. The Dynamic Learning Project trains teachers on how to effectively use classroom …
Building Social Skills, Alone at a Computer
A new online game purports to teach social and emotional skills to students, battling the ill effects of overexposure to technology.
Collecting Art Part 4: Building a Collection
The collector is an artist in his own way, by the way he puts things together. You can read a person’s soul from their collection. Ayers Tarantino 1-Introduction My art collection started by collecting my own art. The process was simple and unconscious. I created art, no one would buy it so I kept it. [Read More]
