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Looking for activities that encourage creative thinking in the classroom?

Learn how to connect math, literacy, science and art with these simple printmaking ideas.

Text Dependent Analysis can be one of the most difficult parts of standardized testing for students.

This free video workshop shares basic paper weaving techniques with simple, non-traditional materials students can find at home or in school.

SEL is such a critical component for all classrooms – whether online or in-person.


In this workshop, Dr. Jamie Hipp shares how to use the theater skills of scriptwriting as a literacy strategy to deepen writing processes in your classroom.

Watercolor can be a great medium to explore with arts integration and STEAM in the classroom.

If you’re looking for a STEAM-focused learning activity that can be used to support student learning objectives, agamographs are a great tool.


Classroom management shouldn't be seen as an overall hardship.

To many, integrating music and literacy sounds really difficult and scary!
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