With the Supporting Our Sailors at Sea letter writing campaign, over 1,000 classrooms across the United States wrote letters to the sailors on the USS John C. Stennis.

Happy National Frog Jumping Day!

She volunteers for field trips. She bakes cookies for the holidays. She helps design props for school plays and, sometimes, she’s the teacher in your child’s class! She is a mom. And, on Sunday, we’re celebrating everything moms do!

Before the school year officially ends, we’re so excited to show our appreciation for teachers and educators during Teacher Appreciation Week from May 6–10!

The average student loses a month of academic-calendar learning each summer.

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Before a child learns to write, they need to build pre-writing foundation skills to prepare them for successful handwriting in the classroom. Pre-writing activities are designed to foster body awareness, build fine motor skills, and promote good posture. Once children have mastered these important steps, they can begin to write with automaticity—without having to stop and think about the mechanics of handwriting.

Now’s your chance to sing your heart out and invite your students to join in!

Check out our teaching tips to end the year with a writing unit of independent writing projects.