7 Engaging lesson ideas for teaching holidays in the classroom
Teaching holidays in the classroom with our holiday classroom activities, academic songs, and lessons will keep students engaged and focused.
Character Education Videos: Setting Goals
We all have dreams about the future. But why is it that we can't always make those dreams come true? Since the future seems far away, we often put off planning for another day. It's important to remember that we have to take many steps to make our dreams a reality. The first step is goal setting. Goals can be short term or long term, but either way, they take determination and dedication to achieve. The following Flocabulary songs center around the importance of goals and dreams. Below the videos, we have questions you can use to encourage a discussion…
6 Ways to use Flocabulary for classroom routines
Here are a few inspirational ideas using Flocabulary that can fit into moments that will maximize instructional time and overall make your virtual teaching life easier!
Teaching National Novel Writing Month with Flocabulary
Flocabulary has a natural fondness for organizations with funny names. So when we heard about NaNoWriMo we were intrigued. Turns out, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month, and it's an organization that gets people to write an entire novel in the month of November. In 2015, more than 430,000 participants embarked on a November noveling quest, including children writing novels in their schools with NaNoWrimo's Young Writer's Program!
Behind the Scenes: Making New Rap Music on a News Deadline
Flocab rapper Dillon V was up late waiting anxiously to see who won the World Series. His home team—the Atlanta Braves—had been out of contention for quite awhile. So why did he care? He needed to wait until the game ended to record the Week in Rap. Otherwise we couldn't include the winner! (Missed the game? You can find out who won in this Week in Rap.) We typically record the Week in Rap on Wednesday evening. That way, we have time to make the video all day Thursday, and get it to you by Thursday night! But that means…