📚 Kicking Off 2025 With Joy

Lesson Plan #16

January 13, 2025

Happy Monday!

Welcome back, and Happy New Year! 🎉 🥳 We hope your holiday season was as relaxing as a cat snoozing in a sunbeam. As we kick off 2025, let’s tackle the new year with the enthusiasm of a puppy chasing its tail and the positivity of a motivational poster!

This week in Goodable in the Classroom, we're serving up a delightful buffet of stories and activities that are guaranteed to tickle your curiosity, and maybe even make you do a little happy dance. Whether it's a tale of mind-blowing discovery or jaw-dropping innovation, these nuggets of goodness are here to remind you and your students that the world is a pretty wonderful place.

Here's to a bright new year of learning, laughter, and heartwarming stories. Together, let's make this year truly unforgettable!

📖 STORIES OF THE WEEK

You’ve probably invented a few things in your life. Maybe it's a story to spook your friends or a new game to keep your siblings occupied. But what if your invention ended up in the hands of engineers who turned it into a real-life device? That’s what happens in this story of an 8-year-old inventor in the UK.

Dinosaur bones can tell us how big a dinosaur was and even what it looked like. But the tracks they left behind millions of years ago can tell us an entirely different story.

Many of us start off a new year by making resolutions. If you need some inspiration, here’s a fun fact: studies show that making kindness a regular part of our lives can actually boost both our mental and physical health.

WATCH: How Kindness can have positive effects on your brain! 👇🏼