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A Pool Noodle Pumpkin Patch Art Project!

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Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ Today I am going to tell you how to make a pool noodle pumpkin patch art project with your little ones!  It is very easy to make and lots of fun for either a fall or Halloween craft, and it can be used along with a mini non-fiction science unit on the life cycle of the pumpkin plant and an accompanying writing assignment! I tried this out in my friend Mary C.'s first grade classroom, but I am certain that it would be easy enough f...
   

Toy Bridge STEM Project Idea

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Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ Here’s a fun and easy, NO PREP STEM project idea that is simple enough for Kindergartners, but still great for first and second graders! If the idea of a science project with no preparation at all sounds good to you, you’ve come to the right place! Here is the idea:  all the children have to do is build a bridge with whatever toys, blocks, or objects you happen to have on hand.  That’s it- nice and simple!  J...
   

Top Ten HeidiSongs Posts of 2017!

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Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ Drum roll please…. Here are our TOP TEN HeidiSongs blog posts of 2017!  (Since this is getting RE-posted in 2019, think of this like a THROWBACK! LOL)   I made a list, checked it twice, and these posts include classroom management, curriculum plans, STEM project ideas, freebies, and more!  So take a moment to skim through the list and see if you missed anything, or perhaps take some time to reread a few now that you are probabl...
   

A Fun Pumpkin Bridge STEM Project!

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Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ Here is a fun and easy STEM project that is perfect for October or any fall day: the Pumpkin Bridge! This project is great because you can use absolutely ANYTHING you have in your classroom for building materials! The challenge is that the children must build a bridge with the classroom materials of their choice. The requirement is that the bridge must support a mini pumpkin. I did not require that the bridge be a certain length, but i...