
Veterans Day comes around every year on November 11. Perhaps we have become so accustomed to this November holiday that we no longer stop to think what it represents. It is a day to honor and remember our Veterans.What is a Veteran? A Veteran is a soldier who has served his or her country in ...

Do your students love hands-on projects? If you aren’t already acquainted with K’Nex, you should be. K’Nex is a dynamic, open-ended spatial building system, a.k.a. a really cool model-building system. It g...

Image ©HarperCollins Childrens Books Walden is thrilled to announce that we will be bringing the beloved Berenstain Bears books to the big screen. ...

AASL Members: Register below for your chance to win lunch for you and 10 of your colleagues and Beverly Cleary’s Ramona Library. To enter, simply: Become a registered user of Walden.com by clicking on the “register” button on upper right hand corner of your screen. (If y...

School Library Journal’s awesome blogger, Elizabeth Bird (a.k.a. Fuse #8) attended the HarperCollins Spring 2010 Librarian Preview recently and posted about all the books she saw. We were excited that she mentioned our own Walden Pond Press. ...

Photo ©stock.xchng Your kids have loads of leftover Halloween candy, and we know you don’t want to send your little ones on a sugar binge, so what’s a parent to do? Parenting.com to the rescue – they’ve compiled a fantastic list of 25 things to do to with all that Halloween candy. You can...

Photo ©stock.xchngNovember is Native American Heritage Month, and presents a great opportunity to study various Native American tribes and traditions with your class....

Photo ©stock.xchng It’s happened before: you log on to Facebook to find that acquaintance from high school has over-shared again. We really didn’t need to see how much fun he had out on the town the previous night. Whi...

November 1st is National Family Literacy Day. Sponsored by the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL), this day is an opportunity for educators to look at ways to engage the entire family in literacy. The NCFL believes that children and parents learn best when they are learning together...

November 1st is National Family Literacy Day. Sponsored by the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL), this day is an opportunity for educators to look at ways to engage the entire family in literacy. The NCFL believes that children and parents learn best when they are learning together...

Photo Lizney78/Flickr Can Halloween costumes be too scary? The New York Times posted an article today about how schools throughout the country are creating strict guidelines to for appropriate Halloween costumes....

photo ©stock.xchng Yesterday, Betsy Bird (Fuse #8) posted a list of the books she wishes she could have sent back in time for her child-self to read. It’s a delightfully fun concept. We were thrilled to read that she chose SAVVY by Ingrid Law as a book for her 10-year-old self. We...

Are you ready for Halloween? Halloween costumes—check. Plenty of candy for trick-or-treaters—check. Plan...

Encourage Your Mayor to Take Action Has your Mayor joined the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement? If not, have your students write to the Mayor encouraging him/her to take local action to reduce your cities carbon emissions. Try to set up a class meeting at City Hall...













