Teacher Resources

Carthage College welcomes everyone to Family Fun Night. Especially teachers! Listed are some resources you can use in the classroom, as well as at home to continue the Family Fun Night experience. Family Fun should never stop!

September 9: Common Miracles and Common Mysteries
Professor Oops: Professor Oops will be leading us in discovering the wonders of science.
Science Kids: Bringing science and technology together to help kids learn.
Zoom Science: Helping kids get involved in the art of science.

September 16: Animals of the World
Racine Zoo:The Racine Zoo joins us to help us learn about the different animals of the world.
National Geographic Kids: Tons of resources for kids to "dare to explore"!
Kid's Biology: Complex biology, made easy for kids.

September 23: StoryActing with Paddy Lynn
StoryArts: Ever wonder how to use story telling across the curriculum, this website will show you how!
The Kid's Storytelling Club: Help children develop different skills through storytelling.
Digital Storytelling: Ideas for digital storytelling in the classroom.

October 7th: Fall Festival
The Burie Family: Meet the wonderful and super talented family providing music for our festival!
Teacher Vision: A huge assortment of Autumn activities to use in or out of the classroom for all ages!
Disney's Family Fun:Celebrate this magical season with great activities for kids.
Scholastic:Celebrate Autumn in the classroom! Excite students about the changing seasons.

October 14th: A Night with David Diaz
Children’s Illustrators: A simple database to search for any children’s book illustrator.
Society of children’s book authors and illustrators: Great information, news, and fun from all your favorite authors and illustrators.
TikaTok: Children can publish their own books, with their own illustrations.

October 28th: Family Fun Team Adventure
Online Scavenger Hunts (for kids): Teach your class the magic of the Internet through online scavenger hunts
Classroom Scavenger Hunts: Help children be familiar with their classroom environment through a fun scavenger hunt
Clue Guide: How to write fun and creative clues for scavenger hunts

November 4th: Let’s Play Math
Let’s Read Math Official Site: Learn what the amazing “Let’s Read Math” program is all about! PLUS get ideas for your classroom.
Let’s Play Math: This personal blog is all about “learning, teaching, and playing around’ with math!
Cool Math 4 Kids: Teach your students that math is cool through this fun interactive website.

November 11th: Chemistry Craze
Nova Online: Compiled by PBS, Nova offers links to many other Chemistry resources to use in the classroom.
Zoom Kitchen: This virtual kitchen substitutes for a virtual science lab, teaching students about easy experiments to do at home.
Chem 4 Kids: Everything you would want to know about Chemistry all geared for kids.

November 18th: Around the World in 90 Minutes
Music Education Resources: This site provides a collection of links to any musical Internet resource you may need in the classroom.
World Music: National Geographic does a great job introducing kids to music of the World.
Music in the Classroom: Scholastic offers this article for teachers in any subject ideas on how to incorporate music into a content specific classroom.

December 9th: The Return of Hogwarts
Harry Potter Brings Magic to the Classroom: Entrance your class with the magic of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter! “The excitement can carry you into many still-building classroom activities.”
Fun with Harry: It’s just as much fun to read Harry Potter at home as it is in the classroom!
Mugglenet: Even muggles can learn about the magic of Harry Potter
Magic in the Books: Scholastic helps kids understand Harry Potter the best way possible!
Harry Potter Reader’s Guides: These guides will help you and your students understand these magical books to the fullest.

December 16th: Gifts from the Heart
Crafts for Winter Holidays: Keep kids occupied for hours with these fun and simple holiday crafts!
Learning to Give: Help children learn the power of giving to people in need.
How to help kids learn to give at the holidays: Informative article to help parents and teachers teach the lesson of giving, especially during the holidays.

January 13th: Animals of the World
The Racine Zoo: After they visit us today take a look at their website and see what this amazing zoo has to offer.
Animal Games: Learn about the animals of the world by playing these fun and educational games.
Animals of the World fun facts: See where different animals live across a map and learn more about the animals using the interactive fact sheet.

January 20th: Family Game Night
10 Best Classroom Games: These games will have any child running around having fun, and sometimes learning.  
ESL Games: Fun games to help English Language Learners.
Game Ideas for Kids: Kids will love playing these fun games in the classroom, at home, or anywhere!

January 27th: Pokemon-ia!
Building Lesson Plans around a Gaming Generation: This article provides teachers with ideas on how to engage students used to playing games all day.
Pokemon.com: Have fun exploring the magical world of Pokemon.
Pokemon Books: Barnes and Noble provides teachers with the best Pokemon books to get your kids reading.

February 3rd: Anti-Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day Ideas for the Classroom: Scholastic provides teachers with great ideas on how to bring Valentines Day to the whole class.
Valentine’s Crafts: Disney helps you get in the Valentine’s Day spirit with these fun crafts for everyone!
Valentine’s Day Supply Kit: Everything a teacher needs on Valentine’s Day.

February 10th: Mad Science Lab
Discover This: One of the leading sellers of science tools for kids in the classroom.
Science is Fun: Explore the excitement and actual fun of science!
Education.com: A great site for all content areas but especially science!

February 17th: Blast From the Past
BBC Primary History: BBC provides teachers with lesson plans, resources, and fun activities on Ancient Rome.
Growing up in Greece: Kids will learn how it would have been to live and grow up in Ancient Greece.
History for Kids: Learn about the different Ancient Philosophers in an easy, fun way!

February 24th: Fun with Physics
Physics 4 Kids:  "It's not just physics for kids, it's for everyone." This website has information on motion, heat and thermodynamics, electricity & magnetism, light, and modern physics topics.
American Association of Physics Teachers: Learn how to bring the joy physics to the classroom and get support from physics teachers across the nation.
Physics Lesson Plans: Teach-nology offers easy to follow lesson plans for physics and many other subjects.

March 2nd: Seussy Preview
Seussville: Everything about Seuss in one place! Games, activities, and more with all your favorite characters!
The Cat in the Hat knows a lot About That: PBS presents this fun and interactive Seuss website for all ages!
Have your own SEUSS-A-THON: Explore different ways to celebrate Dr.Seuss’s Birthday!

March 9th: Big Read Kenosha: Reading and Dancing "Under the Mambo Moon"
Meet Julia: Julia has a great story and some great books she would love to share with you. Come check it out!
Giggle Poetry: What better way is there to introduce kids to poetry then through fun, funny works of art!
Poetry and Music: Take a look at this great lesson plan and research on how poetry and music are related.

March 16th: Big Read Kenosha: Art with Amy
Meet Amy: Amy Cordova is an illustrator, author, artist, and book lover! Find out all about her and her work!
National Hispanic Foundation of the Arts: Learn about all the beautiful art work and talented Hispanic artists.
Art Projects for Kids: This website offers a great collection of classroom tested artwork for kids!

April 13th: Earth Day Celebration
Get Crafty: Amazing Earth Day crafts and activities for all ages! These fun crafts will have kids understanding the meaning of Earth Day, while having lots of fun!
PTO Today: This website offers great ideas on how to celebrate Earth Day in your school!
Education World: Get great Lesson Plan ideas to celebrate a great educational holiday, EARTH DAY!

April 27th: Good Lemons, Bad Lemons
Learning to Give: This website offers lesson plans and activities for students to do in and out of school to learn how to give.
When Good Kids, Make Bad Choices: This article offers help to parents and teachers on what to do when a good child begins to make bad choices.
Kid’s Money: Kids, teacher, and parents can learn how to help children make smart money choices.

May 4th: May the Fourth be with You
Everything Star Wars: The ULTIMATE and official Star Wars site offers lots to do inside and outside the classroom.
Lucas Learning: George Lucas has set up an amazing website to bring to love of Star Wars to the love of learning!
Give a “Star Wars” Education: The author explains how Star Wars can be used in the classroom, to help students better relate to the material.

May 11th: LEGO Adventure
LEGO Education: The LEGO company’s webpage on using LEGO’s in the classroom and the different products they offer.
How to use LEGO’s in the Classroom: A teacher has listed 20 different ways to use LEGO’s in your classroom!
LEGO’s as an Educational Tool: This website has compiled a list of  different cross-curricular lesson plans to use with LEGOs!

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Get Active

The TARC is available for use on Family Fun Night for a $1 donation to the Kenosha Boys & Girls Club. Swim in the pool, play basketball or racquetball, or use the athletic center. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Children under 18 must have an adult directly supervising in the Semler Fitness Center. Activities available may vary.

Hungry?

Families visiting Carthage for Family Fun Night can take a break for snacks at Einstein's Bagels or Freshen's Frozen Yogurt. Both are located in Donna's Bytes across the lobby from the library.

Read a Good Book

Use the computers and peruse the books in Hedberg Library. The Center for Children's Literature in Hedberg Library has more than 25,000 children's books.