Box Tops for Education

If anyone would be interested in saving Box Tops or Campbell soup labels for my class please send them to:
 Brighten Heights Academy
C/O Serena Sword
1379 Garfield Ave.
Canton, OH 44706

 

For more information on what kinds of food have Box Tops check out the website at: http://www.boxtops4education.com/earn/clip/Brands.aspx

May 4th field trip-continued

When I originally started looking for field trip ideas I just Googled field trip ideas Stark County.  I was very happy to see Stark Parks is an indoor/outdoor, free, educational based center with a TON of activities for classes and families alike.  There are several different outdoor areas to explore like the Cook's Lagoon http://starkparks.com/park.asp?park=7 or Devonshire Park http://starkparks.com/park.asp?park=19 or Sippo Lake (that we are going to) http://starkparks.com/park.asp?park=1&view=9 to just name a few. There are also many other aspects to Stark Parks that include "travel boxes" that you can use in your classroom or homeschool room.  Perhaps you wanted to do a unit on fossils.  They have a travel box with all the elements you would need, including lesson plans. :)  They also work with animal rescue. As seen in this Youtube Video,( http://youtu.be/u8dsFeDNflk.)

I am excited to share this experience with my class and show them what Stark County has to offer, so close to home and yet far away from it all.

For more information about our Stark Parks experience or about Brighten Heights Academy, contact me at 330.454.3128 Thank you, Serena Sword 2nd Grade Teacher

May 4th field trip

I am very excited to announce that I have planned a very exciting AND FREE field trip for my class this year.  Every year the field trip budget gets smaller and the cost of the bussing usually takes atleast half the money.  Last year we got very lucky and were able to have a very lavish field trip to the Akron Zoo, complete with classroom program, behind the scenes experience and an all you can eat lunch buffet with fantastic food! However, this year, I thought keeping it simple and close would be better.  That's why I have planned for my class to go to the main branch of the Stark County Public Library in the morning.  There the kids will have a tour of the library, learn about the summer reading program (it's too early to sign them up though) and have a story with craft, as time allows.  Then we will go to Sippo Lake and have a class on ecosystems with live animals and a puppet show and an hour long outdoor adventure, compliments of Stark Parks. I will explain more about Stark Parks and it's programs in my next blog.  We will conclude our field trip by stopping for ice cream cones on our way back to the school.  This just goes to show that you can have fun, be creative, be academically based AND enjoy this wonderful weather without going far or spending a lot of money. :)