Animalia is a famous alliterative alphabet book published in the late 80s, and is fond in the hearts of many in my generation. The hours I spent in front of this “hunt and find” style book are too numerous to recount, but suffice it to say it’s “Where’s Waldo” like illustrations are beautiful collages that capture the imagination of early elementary aged students, and will keep you busy trying to find...

I got really really excited about an application I recently downloaded for the iPod Touch, and wanted to share a short preview, nothing too fancy. I’ve been coordinating my buildings efforts to pilot some iPod Touches, leading up to an eventual full classroom trial this fall, but in the meantime, we’re figuring out where these little devices might be useful in the classroom. Lots of people decry the use of the iPod since...

I feel really silly that I didn’t make this discovery sooner, especially with a 2 year old at home, but Sesame Street has its own podcast! That’s right, you can get Elmo, Big Bird, Murray and more on your iPod, for FREE! Each weekly podcast focuses on listening, reading comprehension, and vocabulary building and contains short clips from the show intermingled with special appearances from celebrities and of course, Muppets. This...