A Few Resources Worth Grabbing August 4th and 5th
TPT’s Back to School Sale is August 4-5. Shop LKD Learning and Teaching Resources for Build Think Create, LEGO writing task cards for gifted K-3 learners. There’s a particular kind of quiet that happens when a gifted student finally gets handed something that actually makes them think. Not a worksheet they finish in four minutes…
Why Building Before Writing IMproves Student Creativity
Ask any elementary teacher what the hardest part of writing workshop is, and many will say the same thing: the blank page. Students freeze. They stare. They write “I don’t know what to write about” and mean it. But hand that same student a bin of building blocks and ask them to create a scene,…
10 Ways to Use LEGO Storytelling in the Classroom
If you’ve ever watched a student’s face light up while building with LEGO bricks, you already know there’s something magical happening beyond the plastic pieces. LEGO storytelling — using bricks to build scenes, characters, and worlds that fuel narrative writing and oral storytelling — is one of the most engaging, low-prep tools a K-5 teacher…
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