Welcome Readers....Have you ever heard of Pinterest? It is a great social networking tool that you can use for educational purposes, whether you are a teacher or a student. This "tool" can make it possible to create boards for specific projects and to collect and share lesson resources. You can search Pinterest to discover almost any creative idea imaginable.
My favorite thing about Pinterest is …………….it is a beautiful, vivid website that provides enormous amounts of resources for anyone. For example, I am preparing the end of the year party for my child's class. I have created a whole page of activities related to a beach theme from snacks, crafts, decorations, and even whimsical names for the ice cream bar toppings. Sooo cute! My little girl and I even made our own "sand art" this weekend using salt, colored chalk, and a jar. It is one of my favorite finds on Pinterest this year. I have already passed it on to at least 10 friends! I believe this is what makes Pinterest so valuable and relatable to a varied group of online readers. You can find something to experiment with today and implement into your classroom or home immediately. I am going to use the sand activity for teaching colors and it is a great fine motor activity too.
What about literacy? How about following up my last blog post with this "Rainbow in a Jar" activity for further exploration of colors extending the book Purple, Green, and Yellow by Robert Munsch. Writing uppercase and lowercase letters in the "sand" before pouring them in jars would be a great activity for emerging readers.
Rainbow in a Jar
Materials
Paper
Colored Chalk
Salt
Small Jars
Pour about a tablespoon or 2 of salt on a piece of paper.
Take your chosen chalk color and rub the chalk back and forth across the salt until you get the desired color saturation. Pour different colored layers in jar. So pretty!!!!
Visit the Education Category
Creating your Own Boards
Providing Reading Lists and Additional Resources
Finding Projects and Supplemental Material
Students Using It to Track Research
You can visit websites and topics below for even more ideas for using Pinterest in the classroom and to further explore the 5 ways noted above.
Lois Ehlert grew up in house where everyone seemed to be making things. Watch this video and see how her artistic upbringing influenced her stories.
What about literacy? How about following up my last blog post with this "Rainbow in a Jar" activity for further exploration of colors extending the book Purple, Green, and Yellow by Robert Munsch. Writing uppercase and lowercase letters in the "sand" before pouring them in jars would be a great activity for emerging readers.
Rainbow in a Jar
Materials
Colored Chalk
Salt
Small Jars
Pour about a tablespoon or 2 of salt on a piece of paper.
Take your chosen chalk color and rub the chalk back and forth across the salt until you get the desired color saturation. Pour different colored layers in jar. So pretty!!!!
Here are 5 easy ways to get started
with Pinterest in your classroom:
Visit the Education Category
Creating your Own Boards
Providing Reading Lists and Additional Resources
Finding Projects and Supplemental Material
Students Using It to Track Research
You can visit websites and topics below for even more ideas for using Pinterest in the classroom and to further explore the 5 ways noted above.
Lois Ehlert grew up in house where everyone seemed to be making things. Watch this video and see how her artistic upbringing influenced her stories.
I can honestly say I have never heard of pinterest before reading your blog. I really was enthralled by all the benefits pinterest offers to a library. My students use our school library all the time for research, finding books, etc. but this pinterest makes everything digital and more accessible. I love the idea of digital collections being available to the students from anywhere. I also thought the showcasing of historic archives would be a tremendous resource in teaching world history (8th grade history). However, the idea I was most intrigued by was building a community of libraries. With pinterest libraries can showcase each others ideas and working together to help students get the most out of all libraries rather than just one. Another week of informative material. I think I can speak for both Michelle and I when I say thank you, Beth, for all your hard work in teaching us new enlightening topics every week.
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ReplyDeleteBeth...PINTEREST!!!!!!!!...addictive, informative, resourceful, educational....need I go on????? I love Pinterest! I love to search it out for new and wonderful educational resources(as well as many other topics too:)
ReplyDeleteI love the links you have provided for Pinterest users! I have just forwarded them on to a co-worker of mine who shares the same love affair for Pinterest as I do!
Thanks for linking these resources this week! I have truly enjoyed getting to know you through your blog posts this semester. I can tell just by your entries...I would love to call you a co-worker and colleague at my school. Good luck on your endeavors of re-entering the "teacher world"...My prayers are with you as you make this decision:)