Andrea Knight

Teacher · Learner · Author

St. Patrick’s Day Games

I love Minute-to-Win-It games.  A few years ago, I even planned a whole "Christmas Minute-to-Win-It Day" where each adult came over with a game idea of their own and a small amount for the Prize Pot.  We didn't exchange gifts that year (except for the lucky person... my sister... who won the prize money). Instead, our gifts were memories... it was so fun!  These … [Read more...]

Open-Ended Flip Books

Flip books are popular. I've made flip books about activists, presidents, mothers, even groundhogs. (Speaking of which, I'm so ready for spring.) I've also seen flip books for specific book titles, but sometimes you need a template for a different book. And that's when it happened... an idea for blank flip books... templates I could use with any book... fiction or nonfiction... and open-ended so … [Read more...]

Happy New Year – Fun Activities for Kids

Happy new year! Ok, yes, it's only December and I haven't even finished my Christmas shopping yet. But I'm already thinking about ringing in the new year with my students. In between all of my shopping and thinking-about-shopping, I finished putting together a set of my favorite classroom activities for celebrating the new year with the children. It's a collection of ideas we do on the first … [Read more...]

Projects for Simple Machines

Projects for Simple Machines You know me... I love science. And science loves me. That's what's cool about it. I always learn something new, usually about how things work. And that's pretty awesome because I'm no spring chicken and you'd think I'd know more about stuff like that by now, but I don't. Now, everywhere I look, I can't help but see simple machines. Like in my bathroom this morning, … [Read more...]

My Character Quilt

(Note: This quilt is not for sale. It was a gift from my mom.) Oh my gosh... can you believe how cute this is? My mom (who is a sewing genius) made this quilt for me. It includes so many of my favorite characters from children's literature... old and new. Do you recognize most of them? Which one is your favorite? The first square on the quilt is special to me. Do you know it? They're the … [Read more...]

The Changing States of Matter

THE CHANGING STATES OF MATTER I think food makes most things better, even science. My now-grown daughter would add that her fourth grade teacher's Munchie Math was her favorite math experience ever, and is apparently the only reason she understands fractions to this day. Clearly food can be a hook. That being said, did you know you can make ice cream in a plastic bag? It's one of those … [Read more...]