Melinda Kolk, Editor, Creative Educator

Every storytime has its own set of characters. #skybrarian #kidlit #edusky bachmanrachel.substack.com/p/a-field-gu...

Beautiful article! Slow down and read #EduSky www.linkedin.com/pulse/ten-wa...

Use Wanted Posters to launch student creativity and engagement. This creative approach encourages students to express what they know while imagining the unexpected. www.thecreativeeducator.com/offers/wante...

"People get better at doing philosophy by engaging with a problem using philosophical knowledge and methods." And at any age! Beautiful read. #EduSky #epistemicagency

Ideas to engage literacy learners more deeply in reading, writing, listening, speaking and digital-age communication. www.thecreativeeducator.com/literacy

Teaching young learners? This collection is full of simple, creative ways to build language, thinking, and confidence—without losing the joy of learning. Start here: www.thecreativeeducator.com/early-learni #kinder #prek #firsties #emergingreaders #emergingwriters

These new K–12 titles offer unsettling characters, hair-raising scenarios, and just the right amount of horror to get students shrieking with a combination of fright and delight. #EduSky #KidLit #Halloween #ReadingList #BookRecommendations

IF you are looking to build student questioning skills, especially for PBL-style projects, it's time to explore the Question Formulation Technique from the Right Question Institute rightquestion.org/what-is-the-... #PBL #inquiry #questioning

Essential reading for #America250 activities www.archives.gov/milestone-do... #NationalArchives

Engage your emerging readers with a favorite story and then adapt it to meet your writing and content goals. Free guide! www.thecreativeeducator.com/offers/story...

50 classroom activities for 1st grade www.thecreativeeducator.com/2024/article...

Techniques to evaluate progress and ensure success with #PBL #Assessment creativeeducator.tech4learning.com/v07/articles...

From vocabulary, to presentations, to authentic work, explore ideas to better supporting your language learners! www.thecreativeeducator.com/english-lang...

Even if you don't have formal training in ELL instruction, there are things you can start doing right now to support your second language learners. www.thecreativeeducator.com/2014/article... #ELL #ESOL #ML

Science + Creativity = 👩‍🔬🎨 Make animations, infographics, comics, PSAs, and more to learn life, physical, & earth science. Makes science real, relevant & fun Ready to try? ➡️ thecreativeeducator.com/science #biology #earthscience #space #weather #seasons #STEM #STEAM

Alternative workshop formats that move beyond sit and get and match instructional goals. Includes an editable version of the Creative Educator PD P.A.R.T.Y. creativeeducator.tech4learning.com/2021/article...

Creative Educator has developed a unique professional development model that helps teachers get started transforming their classrooms to #projectbasedlearning environments. www.thecreativeeducator.com/training/pbl...

Explore geometric transformations and create tessellations with reflection and rotational symmetry. www.thecreativeeducator.com/v07/lessons/...

Ideas to engage literacy learners more deeply in reading, writing, listening, speaking and digital-age communication. www.thecreativeeducator.com/language-art

Build future-ready skills across content areas with these five design purposes #designthinking creativeeducator.tech4learning.com/2019/article... #PBL #purpose

Project-based learning engages students in deep thinking while connecting their learning in the classroom to the world around them. Start your #PBL journey here: www.thecreativeeducator.com/project-base... #PBL #authentic #purposeful

Creative lesson plans to inspire your first-grade learners #firsties #standards #lessonplan www.thecreativeeducator.com/lessons/firs...

🚫 Tracking is harmful. If our tier 2 or tier 3 intervention replaces core instruction, we've tracked #students. #LeadInclusion #UDL #InclusiveEd #EdLeaders #EduSky

Get started with student-created podcasts in the classroom www.thecreativeeducator.com/2023/article... #voice #agency #authetic

It's #NationalWildflowerWeek Have your students choose a native or invasive wildflower and design a field guide entry. Combine and publish a field guide to inform your community. creativeeducator.tech4learning.com/2020/lessons...

Want math to feel relevant and exciting? Let learners plan a dream room, design shape-based art, build word problems, or tell stories with fractions. It’s math — made creative. ➡️ www.thecreativeeducator.com/math

Not every child will become an artist. But every child can benefit from art and creativity. www.thecreativeeducator.com/2026/article...

Learning is fun when students create their own comics, cartoons, and graphic novels. Digital tools make comic creation and publication easy! www.thecreativeeducator.com/v06/articles... #communication #literacy #digitalwriting #multimodal

Today is ReptileAwarenessDay! Practice personification by crafting an animal interview #informationaltext #literacy #creativity www.thecreativeeducator.com/2015/lessons...

In today's world, creativity is an essential skill. Here are some ideas to help you nurture and grow creative capacity in yourself and your students. www.thecreativeeducator.com/creativity #EduSky

The Hero's Journey is a staple in many stories, not just myths. Help students see the stages of the archetypal hero’s journey and decide for themselves if a story they are reading follows this cycle. www.thecreativeeducator.com/2013/lessons...

Encourage active thinking by giving your readers creative performance tasks to build comprehension & go beyond recall. creativeeducator.tech4learning.com/2018/article... #NationalBookMonth;#comprehension

Survey friends, family members, and neighbors about a favorite book, sport, food, game, or at-home activity. Collect your survey findings using tally marks to practice counting. creativeeducator.tech4learning.com/2017/lessons... #lessonplan #survey #graph

Free guide: support students during the STEM design process. Includes: 👉 step-by-step process, 👉routines and printable organizers, 👉ideas for formative assessment. www.thecreativeeducator.com/offers/suppo...

50 classroom activities for 4th grade www.thecreativeeducator.com/2024/article... #poetry #history #symmetry #talltales

Getting started with citizen science - Considerations as you choose a program that helps transform science from something students read to something they do, with real world impact. www.thecreativeeducator.com/2026/article... #STEM #authentic

Engage high school digital learners with lessons that require deep thinking about the curriculum www.thecreativeeducator.com/lessons/high...

A moment of waiting gets filled; a quiet gap in the day gets "solved" with a screen. When we eliminate the silence, we kill the spark. Stop filling the gaps! Discover boredom's value: www.thecreativeeducator.com/2026/article... #creativity

Data storytelling is a powerful way to build literacy and numeracy along with necessary skills for future data science work. 15+ ideas to get you started! www.thecreativeeducator.com/offers/data-...

Turn your emerging readers into writers! 15+ printable adaptations with sentence stems for titles like: 📗 Snowmen at Night 📘 There's a Wocket in my Pocket 📙 Ten Black Dots www.thecreativeeducator.com/offers/story...

Have students create their own eBooks to celebrate National Day on Writing, October 20th! #NCTE #WhyIwrite www.thecreativeeducator.com/2014/article...

We have always needed "effective leaders in digital-age schools [who] consider instructional requirements, the expertise of teachers, & the ultimate needs of students." Thx @sjbrooksyoung www.thecreativeeducator.com/v08/articles...

Looking for fresh ways to engage readers? From performance tasks to creative responses, these library/media resources help students connect deeply with what they read. Start exploring: www.thecreativeeducator.com/library-medi #teachers #reading #edchat

Engaging lesson plans to connect fifth-grade learners to the curriculum www.thecreativeeducator.com/lessons/fift...

How to help students acquire the inquiry skills necessary for successful project-based learning. creativeeducator.tech4learning.com/2022/article... #PBL

Poetry is already powerful, but in a digital space, it becomes: • visual • interactive • expressive When students design how a poem looks and sounds, they think more deeply about what it means. www.thecreativeeducator.com/2024/article...

50 classroom activities for 1st grade www.thecreativeeducator.com/2024/article... #family #maps #USsymbols #opinions #antonyms #surveys

50 classroom activities for 2nd grade www.thecreativeeducator.com/2024/article...

Enhance your science curriculum with projects that let students draw, animate, interview, simulate, write & design — all while learning core science concepts. 🔧🧪 Explore: thecreativeeducator.com/science #biology #habitats #earthscience #space #weather #seasons #STEM #STEAM

Teachers: upgrade your science curriculum with projects that let students draw, animate, interview, simulate, write & design — all while learning core science concepts. 🔧🧪 Explore: thecreativeeducator.com/science #EduSky