Wolfe Stew

(Updated 8/4/2022)  Welcome, leaders, to Wolfe Stew . We are SO glad you’re here. Since the last post, we have been stewing on activities for you to use with your preschool to sixth grade learners for every day of August’s third (Yikes!) week. We chose daily holidays and paired them with learning ideas from around the ‘net in an effort to bring engagement into your learning day. Check out the chosen holidays along with a brief description of practiced skills for the week spanning August 16 th to 22 nd . (Click the link to go directly to the described day.) Tell a Joke Day (August 16th Annually) -  Resources and tips for leaders and learners I Love My Feet Day (August 17th Annually) -  Health science (personal hygiene, foot anatomy); Art (painting, following directions, planning, imagining, making connections) Mail Order Catalog Day (August 18th Annually)  - Research Skills, Writing (opinion and persuasive) Potato Day (August 19th Annually) - Science (plants...

(Updated 7/19/2022) Welcome, leaders! We’re glad you’re here! You’re looking for engaging activities to excite and intrigue your leaners and we want to help! We’re pairing daily holidays with learning opportunities for your learner, and we try to only choose the ones we find intriguing. Here are this week’s featured holidays with a brief description of skills covered. Book Lover’s Day (August 9th Annually) - Join Goodreads! Smithsonian Day  ( August 10th Annually) – Explore artists, read nonfiction leveled articles, discover history, join live science webinars or browse the archives (earth, life, paleontology and social studies), play online STEM games. Global Kinetic Sand Day   (August 11th Annually)  – Sensory play, following directions, reverse engineering STEM challenge, earth science, engineering, life science, creativity. Sewing Machine Day   (August 12th Annually) – History, nonfiction text, diagram, fine motor skills, sewing, hand stitching, creativit...

(Updated 6/10/22) You're here because you're looking for activities for your learners; we're here because we want to help. We've been stewing on ideas for every day of this next July week and hope you find one (or two) engaging for you (and your learner). Look at all the different ways we're serving them:   July Calendar  – Ideas at a glance with clickable links for you advanced planners. Weekly Blog - You’re reading it now.  😊   SUBSCRIBE  by submitting your email in the field to the left and get them delivered directly to your inbox. Check out our four recent posts (ideas never expire): June 28 - July 4 June 21 - June 27 June 14 – June 20 June 7 – June 13 Even More Ideas – Look over our  Pinterest  board. Check out this week's line-up (click the link to "hop" to the mentioned day's description): Apple Turnover Day - Three recipes from which to choose. International Kissing Day - Research skills, reading, writing, chronological order, and histo...