Rainbow City Learning
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Make some upper elementary magic with resources from Rainbow City Learning, all based on the magic created in my own award-winning classroom! Try the Super Bundle of the month to thematically take your students to the next level of independence as learners and leaders. Along the way, you will be building more collaborative and kinder humans!
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Summer Fun Activity Calendar 2026
Time to set aside the standards and teaching objectives and have some fun! Here are more than three months of fun activities that will keep kids learning and thinking while having a great time. Although the activities include reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and technology, kids won’t even realize that they are keeping their school skills sharp over the summer. The activities presented in the calendar blocks do not have to be done in any particular order. Just check off each
3rd - 5th
Reading, Science, Writing
Halloween Candy Sample Activity
This sample resource was created as a freebie to accompany a blog post on Seven Fun Candy Activities for Your Class. No longer free, but almost! I hope you'll read the post to discover how to use these pages along with lots of other ideas for using candy in class throughout the year! For more Halloween fun in class, I know you'll love this Halloween Bundle with Free Station Activities!
3rd - 5th
Balanced Literacy
Also included in: Halloween Bundle with Math, Literacy, Art, Writing, and STEAM Activities
Storybook STEM/STEAM Rapunzel
Perfect Spring Maker Space fun! Also great for your Sub Tub!
Add some fun and whimsy to your classroom Maker Space or to your elementary science classroom with this Rapunzel STEM/STEAM resource. Storybook STEAM invites students to think about their favorite classic storybook tales in a new and stimulating way.
What is STEAM? It’s STEM plus Art. The study of STEM or STEAM is really an integrative approach to teaching and learning. A STEAM project invites kids to think outside the box, combining a
3rd - 5th
Engineering, English Language Arts, Science
Also included in: Storybook STEM/STEAM/Maker Space Bundle
STEM Activities and Challenges Task Cards, Posters, Journal Alice in Wonderland
Challenge your students with fun activities in your classroom Maker Space or your elementary science classroom with this Alice in Wonderland STEM/STEAM resource. This resource contains activity challenge task cards, posters, a journal, and borders for your bulletin board. Storybook STEAM invites students to think about their favorite classic storybook tales in a new and stimulating way. What is STEAM? It’s STEM plus Art. The study of STEM or STEAM is really an integrative approach to teaching an
3rd - 5th
Engineering, English Language Arts, Science
Also included in: Storybook STEM/STEAM/Maker Space Bundle
STEAM Challenge Activity Posters, SCAMPER Posters, and Scaffolded Journal
Perfect for Back to School! The invention strategy and the STEAM activity posters in this resource can be used as whole class or small group introductions to STEAM and the engineering process. Stepping into STEAM is the perfect way to get your students started as makers! They can also be posted and used at a center or carried out easily by a substitute teacher. The SCAMPER through Inventions posters will challenge your students to think creatively and flexibly. They make great beginning of clas
3rd - 6th
Engineering, Science
Storybook STEM/STEAM Jack and the Beanstalk
Perfect Spring and Earth Day Maker Space fun! Also great for your Sub Tub! Add some fun and whimsy to your classroom Maker Space or to your elementary science classroom with this Jack and the Beanstalk STEM/STEAM resource. Storybook STEAM invites students to think about their favorite classic storybook tales in a new and stimulating way. What is STEAM? It’s STEM plus Art. The study of STEM or STEAM is really an integrative approach to teaching and learning. A STEAM project invites kids to think
3rd - 5th
Engineering, English Language Arts, Science
Also included in: Storybook STEM/STEAM/Maker Space Bundle
Halloween STEM/STEAM Project Posters and Journal
Project Based Learning for Halloween inventing! This Halloween STEM/STEAM collection of project mini-posters and journal will challenge your young inventors and makers to use their imaginations to develop a new way of celebrating Halloween. Also perfect for displaying on a bulletin board or portable display board, these posters and mini-posters will inspire your students to think outside the box as they use prompts connected to school activities to develop new creations. The mini-posters will al
3rd - 6th
Science
Also included in: STEM/STEAM Through the Year Bundle
School STEM/STEAM
Project Based Learning for school time inventing! This School STEM/STEAM will challenge your young inventors and makers to use their imaginations to develop a better way of doing some of their everyday school activities. Also perfect for displaying on a bulletin board or portable display board, these posters and mini-posters will inspire your students to think outside the box as they use prompts connected to school activities to develop new creations. The mini-posters will also be a great additi
3rd - 6th
Science
Also included in: STEM/STEAM Through the Year Bundle
Maker Task: Imagine a Maker Space
Are you and your students part of the Maker movement already, or about to embark on a journey as makers? Inviting them to Imagine a Maker Space of their own will make your space even more special! I am so excited to add this new task to my Maker Space School Theme Kit bundle! The “Imagine a Maker Space” Maker Task challenges students to dream of a perfect place in their own classroom or school for makers to imagine, dream, create, and problem solve. All aspects of STEAM should be used in the pl
3rd - 6th
Engineering, Physical Science, Science
Also included in: Maker Space School Theme Kit Bundle
Summer STEM/STEAM
Project Based Learning for Summer school or summer fun! This Summer STEM/STEAM will challenge your young inventors and makers to use their thoughts of Summer on new and exciting projects. Perfect for home schooling and family summer fun! Also perfect for displaying on a bulletin board or portable display board, these posters and mini-posters will inspire your students to think outside the box as they use prompts connected to fun summer activities to develop new creations. The mini-posters will a
3rd - 6th
Science
Also included in: STEM/STEAM Through the Year Bundle
Spring STEM/STEAM
Project Based Learning for Spring! This Spring STEM/STEAM will challenge your young inventors and makers to use their thoughts of Spring on new and exciting projects. This resource is also part of my STEAM Through the Year Bundle. Perfect for displaying on a bulletin board or portable display board, these posters and mini-posters will inspire your students to think outside the box as they use prompts connected to fun spring activities to develop new creations. The mini-posters will also be a gr
3rd - 6th
Science
Also included in: STEM/STEAM Through the Year Bundle
Winter STEM/STEAM
Project Based Learning for winter, and perfect for Christmas stem activities! This Winter STEM/STEAM resource is also part of my STEAM Through the Year Bundle. Winter makes us think warm, cozy holiday thoughts as well as thoughts of outdoor fun! If we live in a snowy area, visions of snow days and more outdoor fun often dance in our heads. But What if? This is the question that a STEM/STEAM challenge takes on. What if there is a better practical solution to a real-world problem? What if we cou
3rd - 6th
Science
Also included in: STEM/STEAM Through the Year Bundle
STEM/STEAM Through the Year Bundle
Project Based Learning - STEM - STEAM for the whole year! This STEM/STEAM bundle goes beyond the typical STEM challenges, taking the engineering process into hands on project based learning. The challenge prompts are a perfect way to keep your students growing as researchers, dreamers, learners, and creators throughout the year! Your classroom Maker Space is the perfect place for your young dreamers to plan and work on these projects. Perfect for displaying on a bulletin board or portable displ
3rd - 6th
Science, Social Studies
Thanksgiving STEAM Sample Activity
Project Based Learning - STEM - STEAM Perfect for displaying on a bulletin board or portable display board, these posters and mini-posters will inspire your students to think outside the box as they use prompts based on the first Thanksgiving to develop new creations. The mini-posters will also be a great addition to your sub binder for the whole class to use as writing/drawing prompts with no extra materials needed. Two project prompts will give you and your students a sampling of the project
3rd - 6th
Science, Social Studies
Also included in: STEM/STEAM Through the Year Bundle
Thanksgiving STEM/STEAM
Project Based Learning - STEM - STEAM This Thanksgiving STEM/STEAM resource is also part of my STEAM Through the Year Bundle. Perfect for displaying on a bulletin board or portable display board, these posters and mini-posters will inspire your students to think outside the box as they use prompts based on the first Thanksgiving to develop new creations. The mini-posters will also be a great addition to your sub binder for the whole class to use as writing/drawing prompts with no extra material
3rd - 6th
Science, Social Studies
Also included in: STEM/STEAM Through the Year Bundle
Halloween STEAM Sample Activity
This Halloween STEAM resource includes two fun challenges for your students, incorporating all aspects of STEM plus Art. STEAM! Find the full resource here: Halloween STEAMThis resource is also part of my STEAM Through the Year BundleHalloween typically arrives at a very uncertain time of the year weather-wise. Depending on your climate, the big trick-or-treating night could roll out in the rain, snow, wind, or heat. Most kids have very definite ideas of what they want their costume to look li
3rd - 5th
Engineering, Performing Arts
Also included in: STEM/STEAM Through the Year Bundle
Storybook STEAM: Goldilocks
This resource is also the seventh in a Growing Bundle of Storybook STEAM resources! Buy the bundle and save!
Storybook STEAM: Growing Bundle
Add some fun and whimsy to your classroom Maker Space or to your elementary science classroom! Storybook STEAM invites students to think about their favorite classic storybook tales in a new and stimulating way.
What is STEAM? It’s STEM plus Art. The study of STEM or STEAM is really an integrative approach to teaching and learning. A STEAM project invites
3rd - 5th
Engineering, English Language Arts, Science
Eight Science and Engineering Practices: Bright Stars version
Buy the Bundle and save! Maker Space School Theme Kit
The new science standards (NGSS) require students to use eight essential practices of science and engineering as they demonstrate knowledge of core scientific concepts and engineering design. Using these practices with your students will help them to understand the processes of science and of engineering as they investigate the world around them. Based on the work that actual scientists and engineers do, these practices are found throughout
4th - 6th
Engineering, Science
Also included in: Maker Space School Theme Kit Bundle
STEAM Journal for any STEAM challenge activity
Buy the Bundle and save! Maker Space School Theme KitPerfect for back to school and throughout the year! Engineering now plays a new, stronger role in the science standards. Students in all grades are expected to identify and solve real world problems in situations that people would like to change or improve, in addition to the traditional science challenges of asking questions and figuring out how our world works. The engineering process is now considered to be a life skill, not just a set of
3rd - 6th
Engineering, Performing Arts, Science
Also included in: Maker Space School Theme Kit Bundle
Maker Task: Create a Cafeteria
Great collaborative activity as you head back to school, or anytime during the year! The “Create a Cafeteria” Maker Task challenges students to dream of ways that a cafeteria in their school could be the ultimate spot for refueling and relaxing with friends. Students are asked to plan and construct a model cafeteria that would meets the needs of all students, and be a welcoming and fun place to visit and interact. All aspects of STEAM should be used in the planning and building of the cafeteria
3rd - 6th
Engineering, Physical Science, Science
Also included in: Maker Space School Theme Kit Bundle
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About the store
Experience
Make some upper elementary magic with resources from Rainbow City Learning, all based on the magic created in my own award-winning classroom! Try the Super Bundle of the month to thematically take your students to the next level of independence as learners and leaders. Along the way, you will be building more collaborative and kinder humans!
Teaching style
I have taught grades 2-5, and elementary art for grades k-6 in private and public schools, inner city and suburban settings. I have been a public school teacher for 28 years, focusing on grades 2-5. I am a recently retired 4th grade teacher.
My style encourages leadership in my students. My classroom is run in the style of "Mini-Society", with students playing a major role in decision making and assuming responsibility for their own learning.
I enjoy combining art with all subjects whenever possible. I am so excited right now about introducing Maker Space resources to the elementary classroom!
Awards & shining teacher moments
I was the Farmington Public Schools Elementary Teacher of the Year in 1998, and also the WDIV/Newsweek Oakland County, Michigan's Elementary Educator of the Year in 1998.
In 1999, I was a nominee for the Disney Teaching Awards.
I was selected as The Great Lake Scholars Teacher of the Year in
2008. This honor is awarded to one teacher fom the Great Lakes Region including Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.
I have been trained as an INTEL Teach to the Future teacher trainer, and have been a frequent presenter at Michigan Reading Association and Michigan Association of Computer Users in Learning conferences.
I was also a member of the first cohort group in the Galileo Leadership Academy of Michigan.
I also trained as a Science Leader in my district, preparing to roll out the NGSS to teachers.
My own education history
I earned both BA and MAT degrees from the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania.
Additional biographical information
I am married, and have two daughters, and seven amazing grandchildren!
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