Squirrel School

This bundle includes two engaging lessons inspired by The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires, designed to help students in Grades 3–6 build perseverance, problem-solving skills, and a growth mindset through discussion, STEM thinking, and reflection. Perfect for the beginning of the school year, a New Year reset, or revisiting goals throughout the year, these lessons work together or independently to support SEL, literacy, and math/STEM learning. Teachers love this bundle because it is:

Bring STEM, SEL, and growth mindset together with this engaging design-and-build lesson inspired by The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires. Designed for Grades 3–6, this hands-on lesson invites students to think like engineers as they plan, design, and (optionally) build their own “magnificent thing.” Students explore perseverance, problem-solving, and managing frustration while applying math concepts such as geometry, measurement, and spatial reasoning. This lesson works beautifully at t

Bring winter fun and meaningful math talk into your classroom with this engaging barrier game! Inspired by Snowmen at Night, students imagine the snowmen building secret snow forts and use linking cubes to recreate them through careful listening and precise language. In this hands-on partner activity, one student builds a snow fort behind a barrier while the other listens to verbal clues and tries to build the same structure. Students practice using spatial and positional language such as on t