[Download] Sensory Path for Elementary Students: Dinosaur Discovery
Whether students are learning by doing or learning while doing, keeping them engaged during a lesson provides for maximum learning potential.
And what kid doesn't love learning about...
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[Videos] Classroom Supports for Vision Boards, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Valentine's Day
When you return from winter break and begin a new calendar year with students, you might be looking for new ways to start fresh with your lessons and may even make resolutions to create...
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[Lesson Plan] Celebrate the Chinese New Year 2023!
Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, has been celebrated for thousands of years. It is one of the most important holidays widely celebrated in many Asian countries and...
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[SEL Activities] 3 Ideas for Students to Reflect on Their Year
As another calendar year comes to a close, we reflect back on all that has happened - good or bad - and consider how we can move into a new year with a positive attitude and fresh...
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[Lesson Plan] How Big is My Problem? A Lesson Plan for Elementary Teachers
Reflecting on, and regulating emotions is a life-long learning process. Even as adults in the age of discussing the "Karens" - we all need to remember to take a moment to stop and think...
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What is the Best Source for Learning Visuals?
VariQuest® is your source for the various tools and ideas you need to improve the classroom experience for teachers and students. We offer an exceptional array of learning tools and...
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Creating a Student Journal: What are you reading, feeling, and learning?
Journaling is widely regarded as one way to improve mental health, as writing and reading about our feelings and events help us to process the emotions behind them. And because the...
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[Lesson Plan] Emotion Meter: A Social-Emotional Learning Lesson for Teachers
We can't control our feelings, but we can control how we act on them.
For students learning this concept as they grow socially and emotionally, this means not only recognizing feelings,...
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[Toolkit] Building a Student-Based Enterprise
As educators, we prepare our students not only with the tools needed to succeed in reading, writing, and arithmetic, but we're also preparing them for success as they move into adulthood...
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Visual Aid Posters – Essential to Every Presentation
In our technological age which revolves around the use of smartphones and other mobile devices, giving students physical materials from which they can learn facts, ideas, and concepts can...
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How to Increase Teacher Retention
A February 2022 National Education Association survey of its members revealed that 55% of educators were ready to leave the profession they loved earlier than planned. Factors like low...
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How Can I Improve Teacher Morale & Motivation?
At the beginning of the school year, educators might be feeling excited, hopeful, stressed, or maybe apprehensive about what's to come. As the year moves along, the uncertainty felt at the...
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[Lesson Plan] Social-Emotional Learning for Elementary Students: Belonging
What is a sense of community? The feeling of belonging and mattering to a group.
Connection is something we all want. Feeling connected to people, to places, and to things feels important...
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Making Teachers' Lives Easier - These Tools Can Help
Finding teachers. Keeping teachers. Supporting teachers. Inspiring teachers. Helping teachers.
When it comes to giving teachers the support they need to do their jobs effectively, we can...
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[Download] Engage Every Learner® Fall 2022 Expansion Pack
It's official: the fall 2022 school year has begun! In an effort to make the back-to-school transition more manageable, we've created an expansion pack for your VariQuest® Design Center...
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[Lesson Plan] Visual Schedule Cards for Special Education
Planning, organizing, and having things to look forward to are concepts we all can appreciate. While surprises are sometimes lovely, clear expectations for what's ahead can bring a sense...
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Have You Spent Your COVID Relief Funding?
Now, don't panic yet...but ESSER I funding is expiring on September 30th, 2022. It's "use it or lose it" crunch time.
ESSER II funding ends September 30th, 2023.
ESSER III funding ends...
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Increase Student Engagement With VariQuest Tools
At VariQuest, we are your trusted source for the tools and resources you need to make your classroom a more powerful learning experience for students. The learning tools for visual...
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[Lesson Plan] Morning Welcome Activity for Elementary Teachers
Belonging. Community. Inclusive. Comfortable. These words describe the environment that educators work so hard to achieve in their classrooms and school buildings. Our students need our...
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Bulletin Board Ideas for Your Classroom & School Building
When it comes to bulletin boards, the creativity that educators display knows no bounds. It's the timeless school décor that brings back the most familiar and fondest of memories for both...
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