You Will Love The New Fall 2016 Cantata Learning Books and Songs!

Over the last several months I have been looking at bits and pieces of the 2016 Cantata Learning titles.  

I browse through several books and illustrations. I listen to a song.  I look at a series and think about how they work together.  I watch videos being created and shared.  

But yesterday when several of the Fall 2016 series were spread out at a meeting we had in Minnesota, I couldn't help but be excited!  

There are so many awesome new series including Animal Kingdom Boogie, School Time Songs, Fairy Tale Tunes, My First Science Songs...STEM, and even more. 

These books and songs were everything I excepted and anticipated...and so much more!  

Even my little friend Ella felt the same way as she looked and listened to the Cantata Learning books too.

There are so many amazing new stories and songs!  I cannot believe the diversity of these and the subjects that Cantata dove into within this season.

I am in love with the new fairy tale series.   These are going to make a splash and I promise you will love them too.

One of my favorites is is Blake Has The Blues by Blake Hoena, illustrated by Luke Flowers.  

You can look at all of the Fall 2016 titles on the Capstone website under Cantata Learning in the product section.   These are available to order now too.  

The music and books will also be featured on the Cantata website very soon.  

3Doodler Design Challenges....Perfect For Inspiring & Creating In Our Makerspaces!

One of the first things we put into our Makerspace were 3Doodlers.  The students loved creating with them.  They definitely inspired the creativity we expected for our space.

Since then, the amazing people from 3Doodler have brought so many fun things to our students, libraries, classrooms and homes.

Today I was excited to see something new!

They introduced the 3Doodler Design Challenges.  These are modules to help teach students how to solve everyday problems using the materials around them. 

 You can find the Design Challenges on the 3Doodler EDU website here.

 You will find the Participant Guides to...

five different Design Challenges.  The student and facilitator guides are free for everyone and can be downloaded from the 3Doodler website.

Thank you to our friends at 3Doodler!  Not only have you created a powerful tool of creativity and inspiration for our learners, you have also given us concrete ways to bring this to our students within libraries, classroom and communities.  

TenMarks and Mackin Have Come Together To Bring An Amazing Math Curriculum To Our Students!

Mackin has a very exciting new partnership with TenMarks, an Amazon company.

I learned more about this at ISTE and couldn't wait to share with all of you.

As the website states....

...TenMarks improves student outcomes by enhancing instruction, engaging students, and supporting teachers in today's diverse classroom settings by providing...

...personalized online math practice and enrichment programs with innovative instructional materials.  

This shows all of the different features that are included in both the free and premium version of TenMarks.  

This amazing math resource would be a wonderful and important resource for any classroom and school community.  

You can find out more about this amazing partnership here on the Mackin website.