Back to school season is nearly upon us, and to help you get excited we’ve lined up some great back to school crafts and printables! With projects for kids, parents, and teachers – we’ve got something for everyone!
Get your students excited about the new school year with these crafty back to school projects. They’re a great way to welcome them back and also show them that you’re the cool teacher!
Tracking student progress is an essential element of being an effective teacher. When students are included in tracking their own data, they are more invested in their own academic growth. Shown here is an example of a Lexile Growth bulletin board.
Educating children in 2021 looks very different than it has in the past. Hard held beliefs regarding hands-on learning and face-to-face interaction have had to be put aside in the name of health and safety. However, children learn best through multisensory learning, and it is especially the young students and those that struggle in school that are being most harmed by the move away from hands-on learning.
Finding ways to decorate the classroom in a way that is educationally relevant, not distracting, and aesthetically appealing can be a hard balance to strike. One element of classroom décor that can (and should!) be found in every classroom, across grade levels and subjects, is some sort of display of the expectations of the classroom. This may exist as a reiteration of school policies, a poster of behavior expectations, or a list of classroom rules. However they appear, class expectations are a necessary part of the class ecosystem, and should be one of the first things discussed with students.
Our latest interview features Arora Maravich. Arora is a second grade teacher who loves to help her students learn in their most effective way. Each child is different, with different skill sets, interests, and learning styles. In her classroom, Arora uses multiple forms of engagement to give each of her students the opportunity to thrive. She also recognizes the benefits of using paper in the classroom, which can assist in cognitive development.
March is not only Women’s History Month, but here in New Jersey it’s also STEM month! To celebrate, we interviewed the talented Ana Dziengel from Babble Dabble Do. Ana is a former architect and furniture designer, who now runs a website devoted to craft and STEAM projects that are fun for the whole family! We love how her projects engage children and help them work on problem solving skills, all while having fun! She has even used some of our PrintWorks Paper and Cardstock in her projects, and her creativity amazes us every time!
Here at PrintWorks we get excited about learning through creativity and fun! That’s why we’re celebrating New Jersey’s National STEM/STEAM month with some fun projects that you can make with paper!
Hammermill recently released a wonderful curriculum for Elementary through High School students called “Paper is Power”. It was created to help students understand the importance of forest products in their every day lives, to help explain the difference between “working forests” and the forests you see in national parks, and to emphasize that you can have both healthy forests and products made from trees if you take care of the lands where they are grown.
Are you a parent or teacher looking for a fun way to get kids and teens to learn about STEAM? We interviewed Godwyn Morris and Paula Frisch of Dazzling Discoveries to learn all about their unique approach towards teaching.
STEAM combines art and science in fun hands-on projects. Read on to learn more about their mission to make hands-on creative learning accessible for builders of all ages and the importance of using paper in education.