The Creators of the Quirkles and Fuddlebrook Series have been on the road lately attending many conferences. It has been a great opportunity to engage with many excellent gifted educators. It is always a wonderful opportunity to hear how many of you are using the Quirkles and Fuddlebrook programs. We discovered recently that Freddie, one of the Fuddlebrook characters, is …
Winter Blues…Not Happening! Creative Classroom Activities for Winter
The Christmas decorations are put away and celebrating the arrival of 2024 is old news. What’s a teacher to do? The winter doldrums have truly set in. This is the time of year that separates the good educators from the great ones. Creative and effective teaching strategies are needed to engage students and keep the winter blues from attacking. While …
Santa Loves Science Too: Holiday Lessons on Friction
As the holidays draw near, questions about Santa Claus often pop up in inquisitive little minds. Is he magic? Why does he wear a red suit? Do reindeer really fly? And maybe the one most often asked….how does Santa get down the chimney? First of all, who is this guy we call Santa and how exactly did this chubby, red …
Two Great Holiday Gift Ideas: The Quirkles & Fuddlebrook Series
The gift of learning lasts a long, long time. With these colorful, imaginative books and materials, children build reading readiness skills, vocabulary, and science knowledge. Both the Quirkles and Fuddlebrook Science series offer a great way to create budding young scientists through fun stories and hands-on experiments. Watch the excitement on children’s faces as the encounter science in all sorts of interesting ways. You’ll …
Time to Check Your Supplies for a New School Year!
Maybe you need to replace some books or supplies that have “wandered off” over time. It’s also time to order your Quirkles or Fuddlebrook Science Journals. Students can reinforce what they’ve learned in each Quirkles or Fuddlebrook lesson through these reflective writing/drawing activities. This assessment tool will help solidify science concepts introduced in each Quirkles and Fuddlebrook book. But that’s …
Call in the Quirkles Squad: Mentoring Programs with the Quirkles
Perhaps it’s a time to revamp and try something new. The creators of the Quirkles/Fuddlebrook Science Series have visited with many of you, and have heard your frustrations regarding staffing issues. Of course, while we can’t provide you with more staff, we can perhaps offer some techniques that would be helpful for you to use in the upcoming weeks. Many …
Splish, Splash…Let’s Have a Water Bash: Five Activities for Outside Water Fun!
Summer is definitely here! It’s the perfect time to entertain with some H2O. Kids won’t mind leaving the television or other electronic devices behind when water play becomes an option! Five Fun Activities for Water Fun: Homemade Water Slide Supplies: Heavy plastic or camping tarp Garden hose (the hose needs to stay on) Cheap shampoo to make tarp slippery Place …
Have a Quirkles® (or Fuddlebrook) Summer!
Now’s the time to be thinking about summer. Looking for ideas to spice up your summer programming? The Quirkles® have you covered. Here’s why. • Easy to use – You don’t want to spend your summer planning detailed lesson plans? No problem: the Quirkles® have done it for you. All your science and literacy objectives are provided as well as …
Five Fun Ways to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in your Classroom
Spring is just around the corner! At this point in the year, you are probably looking for ways to give students that extra “boost” they need to get over that mid-semester hump. Turn an ordinary Friday (St. Patrick’s Day is on Friday this year) into a day that will be remembered as one of the best of the school year. …
Tips to Maintain an Optimistic Classroom: March is Optimism Month
It would be fair to say most of us are happy to see that March has finally arrived. After all, March is a month that celebrates Dr. Seuss day, St. Patrick’s Day, National Women’s Day, and of course, the long awaited spring finally has been ushered in! But did you know March is Optimism Month? Optimism is the tendency to …