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Are you an educator or parent who wants to raise compassionate, curious, and critical thinkers? At LB Educational Publishing, we are here to help you inspire children to become well-rounded, informed, and engaged learners through resources designed to supplement the school curriculum.
We believe:
1) Every Child Deserves to See Themselves in Education:
We provide materials highlighting the contributions of people from all backgrounds, ensuring diversity in education.
2) Learning Should Be Inclusive and Empowering:
Education is under attack in many parts of the world. Inclusive and compassionate approaches are being censored, but we remain committed to standing up for diversity, equity, and culturally responsive teaching.
3) The World Needs Critical Thinkers and Change-Makers:
Our content encourages students to think critically, ask questions, and develop their own informed perspectives.
4) Climate Change Awareness Is Essential:
We acknowledge anthropogenic climate change and emphasize environmental education, empowering children to take an active role in regenerating our planet.
We will publish bi-monthly including a sneak peek of products, links to important research, and reading excerpts.
February Products
The February 2025 Calendars are here! We offer digital downloads of poster-sized calendars that can be printed up to 18" x 23.25". These calendars are perfect for the classroom, your homeschool room, bulletin board, science room, or library. Additionally, we will give you a blank matching poster-sized calendar.
I posted these calendars in my STEM area, and students always stopped to look at the facts for that month. It's a colorful way to enhance your learning space. Currently, we release calendars monthly but plan to have a bundle for the 2025 - 2026 school year.
Links
Promoting Identity and Equity in STEM: Messages from the Learning Environment
Cate Heroman (founder of Knock Knock Children’s Museum in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) discusses the importance of equitable STEM education in early childhood settings which ensures all children see themselves, their families, and their communities meaningfully reflected in learning environments. She highlights how hands-on, inclusive STEM activities that integrate children's identities, cultures, and experiences foster a sense of belonging, confidence, and persistence, helping children view themselves as capable learners and future innovators. Heroman also provides actionable strategies for educators and parents to create diverse, engaging STEM spaces through culturally responsive materials, collaborative learning opportunities, and family partnerships to support children’s development and potential.
Free STEAM resources and activities for pK-12 classrooms from MIT
Looking for some great STEAM resources? MIT has some amazing links for students from 5 through 18 and they are free. Some of our favorites are the Scratch program (which one of us taught for at least a decade) and the AI resources. This extensive compilation by Katherine Ouellette of MIT Open Learning will help you provide your children or students with many options to exercise their curiosity and creativity in AI, climate change, and coding.
Cultivating Black liberatory spaces in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education: What does it take?
This excerpt encapsulates why we do what we do.
“In his most recent book entitled STEM, STEAM Make a Dream, Dr. Christopher Emdin argues that we are not preparing today’s youth for the STEM careers of tomorrow given that schools remove the context, emotions, and play that is needed to foster innovation within STEM careers (Emdin, 2022). This removal is a form of both epistemological and in the assumption that technology is a vessel for culture, rather than being acultural or neutral in nature (Burbanks et al.,2020).”
Quote of the Week
Lastly, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, we present this quote. In light of what is going on with our world’s leaders (and oligarchical influences) it seemed appropriate.
“We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only power of concentration, but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate. The broad education will, therefore, transmit to one not only the accumulated knowledge of the race but also the accumulated experience of social living.”
― Martin Luther King, Jr. from “The Purpose of Education”, 1947
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