Summer Fun!
The summer every kid dreams of and every grown-up longs for…Summer Fun! Susan Williamson, longtime children’s book editor and teacher, has captured that elusive combination.
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The summer every kid dreams of and every grown-up longs for…Summer Fun! Susan Williamson, longtime children’s book editor and teacher, has captured that elusive combination.
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Most scientists agree that the universe started about 14 billion years ago. It is sometimes hard to explain to children how this happens – even scientists aren’t sure what came before (although they do have theories). We do know that all the particles of the universe were contained within one small ball called a singularity. […]
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The 2016 session of the General Assembly opened today (Wednesday, February 3) with Governor Malloy releasing his proposed budget adjustments for the year starting July 1. State revenues are still below what was expected for the current year, and the situation looks even more bleak for next year with a shortfall of $570 million or […]
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FIRST FRIDAYS – ESSENTIALS OF GRANT WRITING – WILL BE RESCHEDULED The Connecticut After School Network First Friday training on the Essentials of Grant Writing which had been scheduled for tomorrow, Friday, February 5 is postponed because of the impending snow storm. Weather experts have just increased the expected amount of snow accumulation for tomorrow morning […]
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UPCOMING FREE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS, NEWLY DESIGNED WEBSITE FOR TEACHERS, AND RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY FROM MYSTIC SEAPORT! The Historian as a Detective with Dr. Elysa Engelman Wednesday, February 10, 4-6 pm The world around us is filled with primary source material and clues about the past. It’s also filled with legends and stories that may […]
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WATCH OUT WHERE THE HUSKIES GO AN’ DON’T YOU EAT THAT YELLOW SNOW WATCH OUT WHERE THE HUSKIES GO AN’ DON’T YOU EAT THAT YELLOW SNOW Frank Zappa So the questions is, “can I eat snow that isn’t yellow, or brown, or anything but white”. The answer? Well, yes and no. A lot of it […]
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STEM Learning 2016: Collaboration, Communications and Curriculum to increase opportunities for young people – Welcome to the future of STEM Learning, where new opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics learning for youth happen across communities both in and out of school. The webinar will highlight what’s coming in the STEM learning sphere in 2016, […]
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“Discovering Great Artists” has 75 great artists featured in 110 amazingly fun and unique quality art appreciation activities for children.
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I received a newsletter from the website: childtrends.org which piqued my interest considering it is a much talked about subject in my family. Basically we ask, “what the heck is going on with boys”. Well Child Trends took a stab at it and analyzed a 2010-2011 National Survey of Children’s Health and supplemented the data […]
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This month one of our staff retired. We fondly (behind her back) referred to her as one of our founding mothers. Sue Krampitz was our office manager. She was a whiz bang at it also. You didn’t get away with not submitting your receipts or making small mistakes in your timesheet. She is and was […]
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