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Category Archives: Elementary education

Let’s Get Kids Moving in School: Physical Education is Not a Recess From Learning

The May 2013 recommendations from the National Institute of Medicine (IOM) agree with what many teachers and parents have been saying all along – physical movement every day not only lessens … Continue reading

May 30, 2013 · Leave a comment

Join Us on April 15 in Cambridge! Tumblehome Learning presents the Science Book Fair and Book Talks

Celebrate science writers and science writing with a dozen award-winning authors & journalists at the Tumblehome Learning Science Book Fair & Book Talk Series on Monday, April 15th  (Patriots Day). All in … Continue reading

April 8, 2013 · Leave a comment

Tumblehome Kicks off 2013 with Kickstarter – Dr. Tan’s Supergrams

At Tumblehome Learning we are all about hands-on learning, and putting together our Kickstarter project has been an exercise in practicing what we preach. Kickstarters are just what the sound … Continue reading

January 10, 2013 · 1 Comment

The Common Core State Standards: Facts and Fiction

School reading lists are about to change. The adoption of the new Common Core State Standards mandates a significant shift in reading instruction, requiring that by the time students reach … Continue reading

December 10, 2012 · Leave a comment