Smooooothies…

So, for our last activity of the year, my class and I had the joy of making smoothies.  Lots of leftover vanilla ice cream from the end of the year party, and we were blending up a storm.  Here are the combinations and the attendant coloring (in the spirit of Kool-Aid and Jello where no [...]

Puzzles for fun!

Puzzles are great for those times when kids are finished with the assignment, and need to wait for the rest of the class. They’re also good ways for kids to learn vocabulary, and pay attention to spellings. My students are really fond of wordsearches and crosswords.
Discovery Education’s Puzzlemaker is good for making a few [...]

Cure for the hot blues!

I’m a bit sad, because last week I said good-bye to most of my students from this year.
Here in Taipei, it is HOT.  We have a heat index (how hot it feels) of 98 degrees Fahrenheit and 36 degrees Celsius according to Weather Underground…
So, how does one cool off???
ICE CREAM!
Today as part of our summer [...]