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August Week 3 | An Idea for Every Day

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(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, culinary, energy)

August Week 2 | An Idea for Every Day

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(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, creativity, reusing objects,

August Week 1 | An Idea for Every Day

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(Updated 7/15/2022) The final month of summer is upon us. I hope it finds you well, with summertime goals accomplished and plans for the fall filling your mind. Although, I have to say, I was not prepared to see Halloween costumes and pumpkin spice coffee already shelved at stores. Anyone else feel like it was March just yesterday? It has been a year! This summer has definitely been eventful for us. Our highlight from last week was witnessing my brother's wedding. It was beautiful! And we felt honored to witness it. It fills our hearts with joy to see and share in his joy. What was your highlight from last week? We'd love to hear about it! Just comment below,  or shoot us an email (mr or mrs@wolfestew.com). We're looking forward to hearing from you! If you're here, you're likely looking for engaging ideas to share with your learner, and we're here because we want to help. In our "Idea for Every Day" posts, we choose holidays for every day and pair them