MzTeachuh: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shado...

MzTeachuh: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shado...: http://www.sharingandhealing.org/resources/newsletters.html First published 1000 B.C.    Yea, though I walk through the valley of th...

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

http://www.sharingandhealing.org/resources/newsletters.html

First published 1000 B.C. 

 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

I will fear no evil for Thou art with me KJV

Psalm 23

The Message (MSG)

A David Psalm

23 ^1-3 God, my shepherd!
    I don’t need a thing.
You have bedded me down in lush meadows,
    you find me quiet pools to drink from. 

True to your word,

    you let me catch my breath
    and send me in the right direction.

⁴ Even when the way goes through
    Death Valley,
I’m not afraid
    when you walk at my side.
Your trusty shepherd’s crook
    makes me feel secure.

⁵ You serve me a six-course dinner
    right in front of my enemies.
You revive my drooping head;
    my cup brims with blessing.

⁶ Your beauty and love chase after me
    every day of my life.
I’m back home in the house of God
    for the rest of my life.

It is beautiful to listen to Alexander Scourby's version.

Scourby Audio Bible (Psalms 23) KJV 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR2YsHAMuYU

MzTeachuh: Teacher PD for the Summer

MzTeachuh: Teacher PD for the Summer: How Teachers Are Learning: Professional Development Remix https://www.edsurge.com/guide/how-teachers-are-learning-professional-developm...

Teacher PD for the Summer

How Teachers Are Learning: Professional Development Remix

https://www.edsurge.com/guide/how-teachers-are-learning-professional-development-remix 

Teacher Development

http://www.edutopia.org/teacher-development 

Professional Development

http://www.tolerance.org/professional-development 

Summer Professional Development With MOOCs

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/summer-pd-moocs-matt-davis 

Summer workshops for teachers from coast to coast

http://edtechteacher.org/summer-workshops/ 

Summer Break: Training in the Off-Season 

http://www.teachhub.com/training-season?utm_content=bufferf4f8b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

Summer Reading List for Teacher Improvement 

http://www.teachhub.com/summer-reading-list-teacher-improvement 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM News 6/6/15

MzTeachuh: Ed Tech and STEM News 6/6/15: Meet 12 Women In STEM Who Just Broke The Glass Ceiling http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/27/women-scientist-firsts-last-decade_n_73...

Ed Tech and STEM News 6/6/15

Meet 12 Women In STEM Who Just Broke The Glass Ceiling

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/27/women-scientist-firsts-last-decade_n_7367902.html 

Cooking Up Science: Innovating School Science Labs for 21st Century Learning

http://blog.iat.com/2015/05/06/cooking-science-innovating-school-science-labs-for-21st-century-learning/ 

Why America’s obsession with STEM education is dangerous

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-stem-wont-make-us-successful/2015/03/26/5f4604f2-d2a5-11e4-ab77-9646eea6a4c7_story.html

Students Love For STEM Exceeds Ed Tech Obstacles

 http://www.educationworld.com/a_news/students-love-stem-exceeds-ed-tech-obstacles-959047769

Students Love for STEM Exceeds EdTech Obstacles

Students Love for STEM Exceeds EdTech Obstacles

5 Innovations From The Past Decade That Aim To Change The American Classroom

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/07/technology-changes-classrooms_n_7190910.html 

Does Technology Help or Harm in Education?

https://nonprofitquarterly.org/policysocial-context/26247-does-technology-help-or-harm-in-education.html 

What's new in Classroom

https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/6149237?hl=en 

Flipping the flipped classroom concept on its head http://news.byu.edu/archive15-mar-flipped.aspx

 

 

 

 

Students Love for STEM Exceeds EdTech Obstacles

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Special Education News 6/6/15

MzTeachuh: Special Education News 6/6/15: ADHD / ADD The latest ADHD / ADD research from prestigious universities and journals throughout the world http://www.medicalnewstoday....

Special Education News 6/6/15

ADHD / ADD The latest ADHD / ADD research from prestigious universities and journals throughout the world

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/categories/adhd 

Special ed CEO: New system will better serve students, parents 

http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/06/does_new_special_ed_ceo_has_a.html 

Cases spark calls for cameras in special education classes

http://wishtv.com/2015/06/06/cases-spark-calls-for-cameras-in-special-education-classes/ 

Major: Facing the new realities of special education

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/article/20150520/OPINION/150529096 

Scientists find link between brain & immune system to fight Alzheimer’s, autism

http://rt.com/news/265357-brain-immune-system-vessels/ 

A Scholastic Refuge for Severely Disabled Children

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/02/22/nyregion/20110221DISABLED.html 

Try Reading This Font And You'll Better Understand What Dyslexia Is Like

http://www.fastcodesign.com/3047080/try-reading-this-font-and-youll-better-understand-what-dyslexia-is-like 

 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Educational Links 6/6/15

MzTeachuh: Educational Links 6/6/15: Could Storytelling Be the Secret Sauce to STEM Education? http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/06/05/could-storytelling-be-the-secret-sau...

Educational Links 6/6/15

Could Storytelling Be the Secret Sauce to STEM Education?

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/06/05/could-storytelling-be-the-secret-sauce-to-stem-education/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

Deeper Learning in Practice

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/deeper-learning-in-practice-jennifer-kabaker 

Experts Weigh In on Study Showing Correlation between IVF and Autism 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2015/06/experts-weigh-in-on-study-showing.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29 

8 Questions to Ask Yourself BEFORE You Plan Your Summer Calendar

Live a Better Life

http://www.coolcatteacher.com/plan-your-summer-calendar/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CoolCatTeacherBlog+%28Cool+Cat+Teacher+Blog%29 

How The Memory Works In Learning

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/how-the-memory-works-in-learning/ 

5 Outside of the Box Assessments Ideas

http://catlintucker.com/2015/06/5-outside-of-the-box-assessments-ideas/ 

To Group or Not to Group — That Is the Question

http://www.readingrockets.org/blog/group-or-not-group-question?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ReadingRockets_TeachingReading+%28Reading+Rockets%3A+Teaching+Reading+Resources%29 

High-Poverty Schools With No Trouble Attracting Great Teachers

http://educationnext.org/high-poverty-schools-no-trouble-attracting-great-teachers/ 

 

 

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 6/5/15

MzTeachuh: MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 6/5/15: Why does the big kid get the hose? Kids' Activities For Summer (Warning: Its Gonna Be Wet) - See more at: http://melanielinktaylo...

MzTeachuh's Top Posts of the Week 6/5/15

Why does the big kid get the hose?

Kids' Activities For Summer (Warning: Its Gonna Be Wet) - See more at: http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/06/special-needs-weekly-update-6115.html#sthash.QXKgUTvS.dpuf

Kids' Activities for Summer (Warning: This Is Gonna Be Wet)
http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/06/kids-activities-for-summer-warning-its.html

MzTeachuh's Meditations: Love Is Patient Love Is Kind
http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/05/mzteachuhs-meditations-love-is-patient.html 


The Clouds Will Be A Daisy Chain

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/06/the-clouds-will-be-daisy-chain.html

Educational Links 6/3/15

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/06/educational-links-6315.html

Getting Better Using Ed Tech
http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/04/getting-better-using-ed-tech.html 

Teaching Is Learning With The Learners

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/06/teaching-is-learning-with-learners.html 

Plant A Fairy Garden--And Other Cute Ideas

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/06/plant-fairy-garden-and-other-cute-ideas.html 

Special Needs Weekly Update 6/1/15
http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/06/special-needs-weekly-update-6115.html 

Take A Beautiful Music/Art Break

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2015/06/take-beautiful-musicart-break.html 

 Much appreciation to our international audience. It is a privilege to serve you. USA, France, Germany, Canada, UK, Ukraine, Sweden, India, Russia, Portugal.

MzTeachuh: C'mon, Come to Daddy

MzTeachuh: C'mon, Come to Daddy: 'Farmstead,' Van Gogh Father's Day June 21.

C'mon, Come to Daddy

'Farmstead,' Van Gogh

Father's Day June 21.

MzTeachuh: Well Rounded Summer Resources: Reading, Art, STEM...

MzTeachuh: Well Rounded Summer Resources: Reading, Art, STEM...: Parks and Recreation Centers have great outdoor activities, too.   With a school break, there is time to read, do arts and crafts, h...

Well Rounded Summer Resources: Reading, Art, STEM, Nature

Parks and Recreation Centers have great outdoor activities, too.

 

With a school break, there is time to read, do arts and crafts, hang around outside checking out nature--summertime, what a great gift. (And just for a little while of relaxing math, don't forget

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

NATURE

Backyard Birding

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birding/ 

Nature Activities & Nature Experiments

http://www.education.com/activity/nature-activities/ 

eButterfly
http://www.e-butterfly.org/contents/?portal=ebutterfly 

Bumble Bee Watch

http://bumblebeewatch.org/ 

 

Project Budburst

http://budburst.org/ 

 

Birding Tips for Families

http://education.audubon.org/birding-tips-families 

Community Collaborative Rain , Hail, and Snow

http://www.cocorahs.org/ 

 

eBird

http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ 

Outdoor Activities:Taking Science Outside

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/outdoor-activitiestaking-science-outside 

Birding with Children

http://www.birdwatching.com/tips/kids_birding.html 

   

The sky is cheap entertainment.

SUMMERTIME: ONLINE AND OUTSIDE

Kids Astronomy

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/index.htmature-activities/

Nature Activities & Nature Experiments

http://www.education.com/activity/nature-activities/

Community Collaborative Rain , Hail, and Snow

http://www.cocorahs.org/ 

eBird

http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ 

Outdoor Activities:Taking Science Outside

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/outdoor-activitiestaking-science-outside 

SCIENCE AT HOME

Flowers, like these verbena in my yard, will cross-pollinate creating blended colors. How cool is that?

Kids can also identify insects and their habitats, which is important for safety reasons. The critters become like family, and kids learn to respect their lives in the garden, rather then hunt and squish them.

Mojave lizard, eater of Black Widow Spiders. Bon appetit, dude.

Knowing native plants and birds, how to use water wisely. Kids are easily recruited from an early age to be assistant gardeners and landscapers. 

Checking out the weather by looking at the sky, feeling the humidity, temperature, and the wind patterns are also safety points. Plus, chatting about the weather is just a necessary social skill globally.

And realistically, the sky is cheap entertainment.

  1. Go on a Backyard Botany Hunt

 http://www.education.com/activity/article/Backyard_Botany_fifth/

2. What’s Up in the Sky this Month 
 http://liebacklookup.com/whats-up-in-the-sky-this-month/ 

3. Weather Wiz Kids

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/ 

4. Summer Science Projects

 http://www.hometrainingtools.com/summer-science-projects/a/1406/

5. Summer Birding Tips

http://birding.about.com/od/birdingbasics/a/summerbirdingtips.htm

ARTS AND CRAFTS

I want to make some chalk!

More time, more art! It's summer!

This site is great for little kids on up.

 http://crafts.kaboose.com/holidays/seasons/summer/

This site has listed a number of other sites with links.

One of a kind tie dye.

Got my backpack, let's go on a picnic.

http://thelongthread.com/?p=4054










Fun sewing will teach kids about needle and thread and maybe buttons. This site has more than this one project, but this looked the cutest to me.



http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/crafts-by-type/sewing-fabric-projects/sewing-projects/backpack-shirt-922871/

More sewing. Lots of choices.

Its a softie!

http://www.skiptomylou.org/2011/06/21/sewing-with-kids-craft-camp/
This is just the beginning of a creative summer.
READING

This is Scholastic's program online. Looks like fun.

http://www.scholastic.com/summer/

Make a deal with the bookstore.


Barnes & Noble Summer Readinghttp://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/summer-reading/379003570

 This is sponsored free by Sylvan. Looks like fun! (Do I keep saying that? I guess I think reading is fun!)

Best sellers for kids of the last 100 years.

http://www.bookadventure.com/Home.aspx

This would be worth some research. And Chuck E. Cheese, too.
 

A List of Summer Reading Programs for Kids That Give Free Books, Money and More

http://freebies.about.com/od/familyfreestuff/tp/summer-reading.htm

Have a Do-It-Yourself with your kids' friends. Sounds like fun to me (doh! I said it again.)
I used to have a reading party with my tutoring students at the end of the summer--we'd dress up as favorite characters. Not too original, but really cool since they kids had just fallen in love with reading for the first time.

MzTeachuh: Red Onions (Matisse) Now We Need A Recipe

MzTeachuh: Red Onions (Matisse) Now We Need A Recipe: The Red Onions Henri Matisse Roasted Red Onions with Butter, Honey, and Balsamic Vinegar http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-...

Red Onions (Matisse) Now We Need A Recipe

The Red Onions Henri Matisse

Roasted Red Onions with Butter, Honey, and Balsamic Vinegar

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/roasted-red-onions-with-butter-honey-and-balsamic-vinegar-recipe.html

Chicken Breast sauteed in sweet red onion & lemon

http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-chicken-breast-sauted-in-sweet-red-onion-lemon-recipes-from-the-kitchn-189105

Pickled Red Onions Recipe

http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2008/09/pickled-red-onions/ 

I have not tested these recipes, but they look pretty good.

And even music in the background while you cook: 

 

The Red Onions (Melbourne) Jazz Band  

RED ONIONS JAZZ BAND PT 2/3 MELBOURNE 1966

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iiRdyN7qiI

MzTeachuh: Educational Links 6/5/15

MzTeachuh: Educational Links 6/5/15: How to survive an ed-tech crisis http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/06/04/ed-tech-crisis-485/   Because You Asked: Three Edtech Strategi...

Educational Links 6/5/15

How to survive an ed-tech crisis

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/06/04/ed-tech-crisis-485/ 

Because You Asked: Three Edtech Strategies For Getting Kids to Complete Their Homework

https://www.edsurge.com/n/2015-06-04-because-you-asked-three-edtech-strategies-for-getting-kids-to-complete-their-homework 

Understanding by Design: What's the Big Idea?

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/teachers-of-the-year-radio/ 

When It's Not Just ADHD

http://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/childhood-adhd/features/not-just-adhd 

How School Leaders Set the Stage for PBL Success

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/how-school-leaders-set-stage-pbl-success-suzie-boss 

Tablets and Smartphones May Affect Social and Emotional Development, Scientists Speculate 

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2015/06/tablets-and-smartphones-may-affect.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29

30 Lessons For Teachers From Dr. Seuss

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/30-lessons-for-teachers-from-dr-seuss/

 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Teacher's Summer Checklist

MzTeachuh: Teacher's Summer Checklist: A Balanced Approach To Social Media For Teachers http://www.teachthought.com/social-media/balanced-approach-social-media-teachers/   ...

Teacher's Summer Checklist

A Balanced Approach To Social Media For Teachers

http://www.teachthought.com/social-media/balanced-approach-social-media-teachers/ 

Top 12 Summer Tips for Top Teachers

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/top-12-summer-tips-teachers-vicki-davis

Understanding Google Certification
http://www.edudemic.com/understanding-google-certification/

  It’s not accelerated learning; we just stopped decelerated teaching

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/07/07/accelerated-learning-teaching-580/ 

5 Tips For Keeping Your School iPads Safe (And Not Cracked)http://www.edudemic.com/oops-cracked-pad/

Does Losing Handwriting In School Mean Losing Other Skills Too?

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/06/does-losing-handwriting-in-school-mean-losing-other-skills-too/ 

The Problem With “Boot Camp”-Style Learning

http://anniemurphypaul.com/2014/06/the-problem-with-boot-camp-style-learning/ 

Making Learning Fun: Engaging Students With Imagination

http://www.bamradionetwork.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=91&Itemid=259 

 

MzTeachuh: Good Morning, Daddy

MzTeachuh: Good Morning, Daddy: Morning Hug, Julia Schwartz Painted by the grandma. Father's Day is Sunday, June 21.

Good Morning, Daddy

Morning Hug, Julia Schwartz

Painted by the grandma.

Father's Day is Sunday, June 19.

MzTeachuh: The Clouds Will Be A Daisy Chain

MzTeachuh: The Clouds Will Be A Daisy Chain: As close to a cloud daisy chain as I've captured so far. Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play? Dear Prudence, greet the br...

The Clouds Will Be A Daisy Chain

As close to a cloud daisy chain as I've captured so far.

Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play?
Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day
The sun is up, the sky is blue
It's beautiful and so are you
Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play?

Dear Prudence, open up your eyes
Dear Prudence, see the sunny skies

....chirp!

Chirp-a-dee-duh-chirp dee.....

The wind is low, the birds will sing
That you are part of everything
Dear Prudence, won't you open up your eyes?




                                                      Look around round
                                                      Look around round round
                                                      Look around

Dear Prudence, won't you open up your eyes?
Look around round
Look around round round
Look around

Dear Prudence, let me see you smile
Dear Prudence, like a little child
The clouds will be a daisy chain
So let me see you smile again

Dear Prudence, won't you let me see you smile?
Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play?
Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day
The sun is up, the sky is blue

Its a brand new day.

It's beautiful and so are you
Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play?

 The Beatles- Dear Prudence 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixKEC7xB2YY

Is this a better cloud daisy chain? I'm still on the lookout.

MzTeachuh: Plant a Fairy Garden--and Other Cute Ideas

MzTeachuh: Plant a Fairy Garden--and Other Cute Ideas:  Gardening and imagination...sounds like a plan to relax and enjoy the summertime with your kids. HGTV Family Gardening Club http://ww...

Plant a Fairy Garden--and Other Cute Ideas

 Gardening and imagination...sounds like a plan to relax and enjoy the summertime with your kids.

HGTV Family Gardening Club

http://www.hgtv.com/gardening-club/package/index.html 

This is unbelievably adorable. Thumbelina would be pleased.

Create a magical miniature container garden that will enthrall your kids. In this make-believe landscape, pint-sized plants become huge trees, small pebbles make a stone path and tiny woodland sprites are as close as your imagination

http://www.hgtv.com/gardening/how-to-create-a-fairy-garden-in-a-container/index.html 

This next site keeps it simple, too.

4 Fun Kids Summer Gardening Projects

http://www.chocolatecakemoments.com/2011/seasonal-family-fun-ideas/summer-family-activities/4-fun-kids-summer-gardening-projects/ 

Now some stories! You can hit the library, check for online books, or maybe buy a book or two.

Let's start with Thumbelina, since we just created a vacation home for her in the backyard (or deck, or patio, kitchen window or balcony.)

Thumbelina

 Originally written by Hans Christian Andersen, so it is complicated and stressfull. Other versions are cute.

There is an online site to download books and even join or start a book club--great for summer, for little kids, big kids, and parents.

http://www.thereadingroom.com/home

MzTeachuh: Music For D-Day

MzTeachuh: Music For D-Day: Miller over-rehearsed? Maybe that's how you get perfection.  What does America sound like? Like the music that got us through the ...

Music For D-Day

Miller over-rehearsed? Maybe that's how you get perfection.

 What does America sound like? Like the music that got us through the Great Depression and WWII.

How did the greatest generation become the greatest? It might have to do with this music. You can't resist this vibrant, sassy and compelling activity. Such in-your-face confidence. 

Plus you could jitterbug your blues away.

June 6, 1944

http://www.army.mil/d-day/ 

 

'Glenn Miller-In The Mood' 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJE-onnw2gM 

 

Sing, Sing, Sing (Like Walt Whitman said, 'Sing, America.'

  'Sing Sing Sing - Benny Goodman'

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhyhP_5VfKM&feature=related 

Beat those skins, Gene.

 

 

 

 

 

 Gene Krupa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Krupa