Wordless Wednesday

There's nothing like ice cream on a hot Spring day!

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National Parks Week and Junior Ranger Day

National Parks Week is April 17-25, 2010 and during that time all 392 national parks are waiving entrance fees! Many are also offering educational activities including historical reenactments, living history, volunteer clean-up programs, and guided tours.

In addition, National Junior Ranger Day is Saturday, April 24, 2010 and children can participate in fun learning activities to earn a Junior Ranger patch. Get the details and a list of National Parks here.

At the WebRangers site, you can sign up for free or enter as a guest and just explore. You'll find games and online activities related to:

*People - Learn about U.S. Presidents, Thomas Edison, Paul Revere, George Washington Carver, Eleanor Roosevelt and more.

*History - Discover arctic artifacts, set sail on a whaling voyage or a Navy war ship in 1812.

*Nature - Discover dendrochronology (tell time with tree rings) and take The Puma Challenge!

*Animals - Pack a virtual dog sled, protect bald eagles, and help baby sea turtles find the ocean.

*Science - Test the water quality, virtually explore tidepools, find out what dinosaurs ate.

*Puzzles - Break the alpha code names for national parks, send a message with a signal flag, go on a website scavenger hunt.

*Parks - Play "Name That Park," help a ranger, learn the 10 essentials for having fun and staying safe in parks.

So, grab the kids, put your hiking boots on and get outdoors this week!

Rachael Ray Stone Baker Giveaway Winner

The winner of my Rachael Stone Baker Set Giveaway from CSN Stores was Carolyn. Congrats to her!!! And thanks to all who entered. Stay tuned for more bloggy giveaway fun...

Quotable Sunday - Earth Day

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth. ~Henry David Thoreau

There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all. ~Robert Orben

I'm not an environmentalist. I'm an Earth warrior. ~Darryl Cherney, quoted in Smithsonian, April 1990

Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them. ~Bill Vaughn, quoted in Jon Winokur, The Portable Curmudgeon, 1987

For 200 years we've been conquering Nature. Now we're beating it to death. ~Tom McMillan, quoted in Francesca Lyman, The Greenhouse Trap, 1990

I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. ~John Muir, 1913, in L.M. Wolfe, ed., John Muir, John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir, 1938

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. ~Elwyn Brooks White, Essays of E.B. White, 1977

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Aloha Friday

Aloha friends! Happy Friday. I'm ready to start the weekend and enjoy some beautiful weather, are you? I love it when the weather warms up because there are so many local events and activities going on. From outdoor concerts, to ethnic festivals, parades, charity events at local parks, church bbq's and fairs...the list seems to go on and on. This weekend I think we'll try to hit the ASPCA Dog Walk fundraiser and a Free local art museum day.

My question for this week is: What do you have planned for fun this weekend?

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Earth Day Teaching Resources

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Earth Day is drawing near and there is no shortage of resources for making the holiday meaningful for kids. Here are a few I like. Please feel free to share any tips you have in the comments. I'd love to hear them!

More Earth Day fun from TeacherVision (FREE 7 day trial available if you are not a subscriber.)
Find Printables and Activities on FamilyEducation.com and on HotChalk's Earth Day Resource Guide.
Visit the EPA site to make a video pledge, find a local event and sign up for daily green tips via email.
Plus, there are loads of activities, and topics to explore at PlanetPals. Find everything from the story of Earth Day to TShirts, tips for organizing local activities, teaching aids and more!