Content Provider Programs List

Anansi: Spider Folktale Trickster - Participate in Anansi Stories, Create Your Own Story!    based on 12 evaluation(s). - by Author Valerie Marsh 2009-10 Honorable Mention,2010-11 Honorable Mention,2011-12 Honorable Mention,2012-13,2014-15 Honorable Mention, 2016-17
    Combine creative writing, folktales and art! Anansi is an important trickster folktale character from West Africa and the Caribbean. Participate in Anansi stories using drawing, paper-cutting or sign language storytelling. Then create your own! Active lear...
Availability:  By Request ONLY
Audience:  Kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Homeschool/Family

Butterfly Physics: Enjoy A Butterfly Folktale! Do Action Science - Gravity, Push, Pull, Incline!    based on 12 evaluation(s). - by Author Valerie Marsh 2009-10 Honorable Mention,2010-11 Honorable Mention,2011-12 Honorable Mention,2012-13,2014-15 Honorable Mention, 2016-17
       Combine literacy, science and sign language! Enjoy a riddle story about butterflies and flowers! Learn the signs to go with our story and retell the story using your own paper butterfly. Explore push, pull, gravity and incline with your butterfly. H...
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Audience:  Pre-K Students, Kindergarten, 1, 2, Homeschool/Family

Earth Day Everyday Action Science: Dissect a Happy Meal! Make a Trash Troll!    based on 15 evaluation(s). - by Author Valerie Marsh 2009-10 Honorable Mention,2010-11 Honorable Mention,2011-12 Honorable Mention,2012-13,2014-15 Honorable Mention, 2016-17
     Ever wonder about the trash that just one Happy Meal creates?  Dissect a real Happy Meal with us and find out!  Learn sign language for Reduce, Reuse, Recycle along with other signs to celebrate Earth Day everyday!  Discover everyday actions you can take ...
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Audience:  Kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Homeschool/Family

Fall into Gravity with Isaac Newton and his Apple Tree!    based on 2 evaluation(s). - by Author Valerie Marsh 2009-10 Honorable Mention,2010-11 Honorable Mention,2011-12 Honorable Mention,2012-13,2014-15 Honorable Mention, 2016-17
    How are gravity and apples related? Find out when your students use paper apples to learn about Isaac Newton's  Law of Gravity!  Students engage in interactive experiments about Gravity, Matter, Mass, Distance, Orbit and Center of Gravity. Your stude...
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Audience:  Pre-K Students, Kindergarten, 1, 2, Homeschool/Family

Folktales & Food: Enjoy These Yummy Stories, Then Write Your Own Story About Food!    based on 1 evaluation(s). - by Author Valerie Marsh 2009-10 Honorable Mention,2010-11 Honorable Mention,2011-12 Honorable Mention,2012-13,2014-15 Honorable Mention, 2016-17
Many of the world's best loved folktales, "Stone Soup," "The Magic Porridge Pot," and "Anansi's Hot Bean Soup" are about food Combine these folktales with the creative writing methods of paper-cutting, sign language, draw and tell, or tangrams and you have a s...
Availability:  By Request ONLY
Audience:  Kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Homeschool/Family

Pollinators Action Science: Butterflies & Bees Pollinate & Waggle Dance! Now You Do It!    based on 6 evaluation(s). - by Author Valerie Marsh 2009-10 Honorable Mention,2010-11 Honorable Mention,2011-12 Honorable Mention,2012-13,2014-15 Honorable Mention, 2016-17
    Combine science, literacy and sign language in this Action Science program! Your students solve a folktale riddle story about butterflies and flowers. Then they 'fly' their paper butterfly around to 'exchange pollen' with the 'flowers'. Next, they 'dan...
Availability:  By Request ONLY
Audience:  Kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Homeschool/Family

Rabbit Adaptations Life Science: Hearing, Hopping, Hoping - That They Don't Get Eaten    based on 2 evaluation(s). - by Author Valerie Marsh 2009-10 Honorable Mention,2010-11 Honorable Mention,2011-12 Honorable Mention,2012-13,2014-15 Honorable Mention, 2016-17
   Rabbits! Explore how their adaptations help them survive! How do their special ears help them hear predators? How do their amazing feet help them escape? How do their unique teeth help them stay safe? Use sign language and participate in a multicultural f...
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Audience:  Pre-K Students, Kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, Homeschool/Family

Rabbit Physics: Use Your 'Rabbit Ears' to do Action Science - Gravity, Incline, Pull, Push! This program has not yet been evaluated. - by Author Valerie Marsh 2009-10 Honorable Mention,2010-11 Honorable Mention,2011-12 Honorable Mention,2012-13,2014-15 Honorable Mention, 2016-17
     Combine literature, science and sign language! Enjoy a funny folktale about a rabbit with big feet and even bigger ears. Then hop into physics fun! Use your rabbit ears to explore the science of push, pull, incline and gravity! Hands-on interactive scienc...
Availability:  By Request ONLY
Audience:  Pre-K Students, Kindergarten, 1, 2, Homeschool/Family

Shamrock Physics: Enjoy A Good Luck Folktale, Do Action Science - Push, Pull, Gravity, Incline    based on 4 evaluation(s). - by Author Valerie Marsh 2009-10 Honorable Mention,2010-11 Honorable Mention,2011-12 Honorable Mention,2012-13,2014-15 Honorable Mention, 2016-17
      A  little bit of literature, sign language and a whole lot of science! First, children enjoy a fun folktale about shamrocks!  Next up is the science! Using their shamrock, students explore the math and physics concepts of line of symmetry, push, pul...
Availability:  By Request ONLY
Audience:  Kindergarten, 1, 2, Homeschool/Family

Snakes Action Science: Tell a Story, Learn Signs, Make a Puppet, Slither, Rattle, Molt!    based on 8 evaluation(s). - by Author Valerie Marsh 2009-10 Honorable Mention,2010-11 Honorable Mention,2011-12 Honorable Mention,2012-13,2014-15 Honorable Mention, 2016-17
    Watch your students become snakes and shed their skins! We combine literature, science and sign language! Enjoy a fiction story about "How Rattlesnake Got His Rattle" and then create Rattlesnake puppets! Explore cool science and math facts about snakes wit...
Availability:  By Request ONLY
Audience:  Pre-K Students, Kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, Homeschool/Family

Snow Much to Know: Cut and Tell A Funny Snow Story! Do Snowflake Action Science   based on 3 evaluation(s). - by Author Valerie Marsh 2009-10 Honorable Mention,2010-11 Honorable Mention,2011-12 Honorable Mention,2012-13,2014-15 Honorable Mention, 2016-17
    Science, art, storytelling! Your students create their own paper snowflake to tell a fun story with a surprise ending. Then they use it to explore the fascinating science of snow crystals and how they form!  We 'predict' that your students will love this!W...
Availability:  By Request ONLY
Audience:  Kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, Homeschool/Family

Spider Physics: Use Signs to Enjoy an Anansi Story Do Action Science - Push, Pull, Gravity, Incline!    based on 9 evaluation(s). - by Author Valerie Marsh 2009-10 Honorable Mention,2010-11 Honorable Mention,2011-12 Honorable Mention,2012-13,2014-15 Honorable Mention, 2016-17
     Combine science, sign language, and storytelling! Enjoy a folktale trickster story about Anansi the Spider. Then use Anansi's paper hat to explore the science concepts of line of symmetry, force, push, pull, gravity and incline. Apply your knowledge to re...
Availability:  By Request ONLY
Audience:  Pre-K Students, Kindergarten, 1, 2, Homeschool/Family

Spiders! Participate in A Folktale Using Sign Language! Do Action Science - Webs, Food, Body Parts    based on 2 evaluation(s). - by Author Valerie Marsh 2009-10 Honorable Mention,2010-11 Honorable Mention,2011-12 Honorable Mention,2012-13,2014-15 Honorable Mention, 2016-17
Use sign language and participate in a folktale story about spiders and their webs! Then become an arachnologist (spider scientist) and learn some fun spider facts. with Miss Liz the Science Wiz. Your students will simulate real spider behavior while exploring...
Availability:  By Request ONLY
Audience:  Kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, Homeschool/Family

Storytelling and Writing: Empowering Children to Write and Tell Stories    based on 124 evaluation(s). - by Author Valerie Marsh 2009-10 Honorable Mention,2010-11 Honorable Mention,2011-12 Honorable Mention,2012-13,2014-15 Honorable Mention, 2016-17
   Here are two fun and easy ways to write using art!  If your students are "reluctant writers," create excitement by using the unique writing methods of paper-cutting, and draw and tell. Students then create their own fiction, non-fiction or Personal Narrativ...
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Audience:  Kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Homeschool/Family

Turkey Tales! Cut, Draw and Use Sign Language with These Turkey Folktales!    based on 27 evaluation(s). - by Author Valerie Marsh 2009-10 Honorable Mention,2010-11 Honorable Mention,2011-12 Honorable Mention,2012-13,2014-15 Honorable Mention, 2016-17
Enjoy a funny paper-cutting story about a turkey who loses all her feathers. How does the turkey get her feathers back? Create your own ending to this story! Next, draw and tell a story with a surprise ending to retell at home! Finally, use sign language to te...
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Audience:  Kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, 4, Homeschool/Family

Use Chinese Tangrams to Write Your Own Personal Narrative or Folktale!    based on 5 evaluation(s). - by Author Valerie Marsh 2009-10 Honorable Mention,2010-11 Honorable Mention,2011-12 Honorable Mention,2012-13,2014-15 Honorable Mention, 2016-17
     Creative writing, art, and ancient Chinese puzzle pieces work together. Your students enjoy both non-fiction and fiction stories using tangrams and explore student created tangram pictures. Then they create their own tangram objects to illustrate their st...
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Audience:  2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Homeschool/Family

Valentine Physics: Enjoy A Valentine Folktale. Do Action Science - Push, Pull, Incline and Gravity    based on 4 evaluation(s). - by Author Valerie Marsh 2009-10 Honorable Mention,2010-11 Honorable Mention,2011-12 Honorable Mention,2012-13,2014-15 Honorable Mention, 2016-17
     This program is a little bit of sign language, literature, and a whole lot of science! First, children enjoy a fun folktale story about Valentine's Day! Next up is physics! Students use their paper heart to explore push, pull, gravity and incline. We 'pre...
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Audience:  Pre-K Students, Kindergarten, 1, 2, Homeschool/Family

Water Action Science: Water Takes 3 Forms, Goes in A Cycle - Now You Do It!    based on 5 evaluation(s). - by Author Valerie Marsh 2009-10 Honorable Mention,2010-11 Honorable Mention,2011-12 Honorable Mention,2012-13,2014-15 Honorable Mention, 2016-17
    We challenge your students to melt an ice cube! This program combines literature, sign language and science! Students 'become molecules' and act out water's three forms while doing the signs for solid, liquid, gas, and water!  Together we draw our "No Wate...
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Audience:  Kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, Homeschool/Family

Women Who Rescued: Hear Their Stories, Then Cut, Draw, or Use Sign Language!    based on 1 evaluation(s). - by Author Valerie Marsh 2009-10 Honorable Mention,2010-11 Honorable Mention,2011-12 Honorable Mention,2012-13,2014-15 Honorable Mention, 2016-17
       Celebrate Women's History Month by learning how Elizabeth Blackwell, Ida Lewis, Mother Teresa, Margaret Brown, Tantoo Cardinal and others rescued! Your students enjoy and then write their own heroine stories using the unique writing methods of cutting, ...
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Audience:  2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Homeschool/Family

World Holidays in December: Las Posadas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Christmas!    based on 27 evaluation(s). - by Author Valerie Marsh 2009-10 Honorable Mention,2010-11 Honorable Mention,2011-12 Honorable Mention,2012-13,2014-15 Honorable Mention, 2016-17
     Your students will love learning and retelling stories about these winter holidays that are celebrated around the world: Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Las Posadas, and Christmas. Discover that all these celebrations have a special story, number, food, and cand...
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Audience:  Kindergarten, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Homeschool/Family



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