The Sky Is Cheap Entertainment: Meteor Show This Week

Eta Aquariid meteors rising to peak

http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-eta-aquarid-meteor-shower?utm_content=buffer96531&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower in 2017

https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/meteor-shower/eta-aquarids.html

And here's some kind of other worldly music to listen to while watching the meteor showers.

Ambient Space Music - Meteor Valley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y163hjrPg7g

Summer Bump Not Slump: Parent Style

This is the only summer slide we want.

Parents: Preventing Summer Slide (on a Budget)

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/parents-preventing-summer-slide-on-budget-heather-wolpert-gawron

Parents Raising Readers and Learners: Three Ways to Prevent Summer Slide

http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/developing-reading-skills/three-ways-to-prevent-summer-slide

Stopping the Summer Slide

http://www.ed.gov/blog/2014/03/stopping-the-summer-slide/

Tips for Parents, Avoiding the Summer Slide

http://www.maketaketeach.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Summer-Slide-Handout.pdf 

Get Ready for Summer! Ideas for Teachers to Share with Families

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/23428 

Free (or Almost Free) Summer Fun Ideas

http://www.pbs.org/parents/summer/free-or-almost-free-summer-fun-ideas/ 

Fun-in-the-Sun Activities

http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/collection/outdoor-activities/fun-sun-activities

Summer Gardening Projects Let Kids Get Dirty and Keep Parents Happy

http://www.goodearthplants.com/3991-2/

Three generations of gardeners!

Summer Bump Not Slump: A Variety of Resources

Enjoying Mom's Favorites Summer Film Festival.

Summer Bump Not Slump: MzTeachuh's Top 20 Movies To Watch 

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2014/06/summer-bump-not-slump-mzteachuhs-top-20.html?spref=bl

Cheesy Jokes for the Garden (These May Bug You) 

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2014/06/cheesy-jokes-for-garden-these-may-bug.html 

 

Summer's Here And The Time Is Right For Dancing In the Street

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2014/06/summers-here-and-time-is-right-for.html

It's Caturday? Fire up the grill. 

http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2014/06/its-caturday-fire-up-grill.html 

All American Cheesy Jokes and Serious Thoughts http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/06/all-american-cheesy-jokes-and-serious.html

Let's Go To The Beach! (Musically) http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/06/lets-go-to-beach-musically.html

 

Summer Activity: Can You Swim? 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/06/summer-activity-can-you-swim.html 

Summer Activity: Thunderstorm? Read This 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/06/summer-activity-thunderstorm-read-this.html 

Summer Bump Not Slump: Women's History-Is There Much? 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/06/summer-bump-not-slump-womens-history-is.html 

 

Summer Activity: Go Outside! 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2014/06/summer-activity-go-outside.html

 

 

 

  

Who Doted On You?

The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, da Vinci

Mom and Grandma?

Mother's Day May 12.

Help That Is Perpetual Помощь, что вечно - вечно - многолетние - постоянные - постоянные

"Our Mother (Lady) of Perpetual Help" Unknown artist, 12th c.

Help that is everlasting - eternal - perennial - constant - permanent.
Помощь, что вечно - вечно - многолетние - постоянные - постоянные.

Moms love unconditionally, want to always be there for you. 

Mother's Day is May 13. Sunday.

Relaxing in Monet's Garden with Debussy

Giverny Garden, Monet

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Here we are with the two Claudes, taking a moment to pause in beauty.

Reverie - Claude Debussy 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0CLYpYKHNY

Educational Links 5/2/17

Importance of Embracing Social Media in Online Education

http://www.onlinebusinessschool.com/importance-of-embracing-social-media-in-online-education/?utm_content=buffer4a91d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

How to Respond When Students Use Hate Speech

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/how-respond-when-students-use-hate-speech-richard-curwin?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

'School reports have become so impersonal and filled with jargon that they have become meaningless'

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/school-reports-have-become-so-impersonal-and-filled-jargon-they-have

DeVos: Outcomes at U.S. Schools Are So Bad, They Probably Can’t Get Much Worse

http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2017/05/devos-outcomes-at-us-schools-are-so-bad.html

New Trump laws will support women in STEM fields

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/03/27/new-trump-laws-will-support-women-stem-fields/

32 Great Educational Websites for Teachers

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2017/04/32-great-educational-websites-for.html

Neurodiversity: The Future of Special Education?

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/apr17/vol74/num07/Neurodiversity@-The-Future-of-Special-Education%C2%A2.aspx?utm_content=buffer2073d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

The biggest practical difference between special education as it's currently practiced and the neurodiversity-based approach is the way in which educators emphasize either deficits or strengths. Although special educators are certainly taught to look for students' strengths, the actual infrastructure of special education doesn't provide them with much in the way of formal or informal instruments, methods, protocols, or procedures for assessing their students' strengths.