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High-quality  dry erase painted walls  foster creative thinking and free expression among students in many ways. Creativity is an essential quality for children to gain at an early age, as it aids in developing their cognitive and emotional intelligence, helps them innovate and develop better problem-solving skills, and even allows them to feel more confident in expressing their ideas, opinions, and decisions throughout life. The following are some fun classroom exercises that can inspire your students to tap into their creative potential and learn new subject matter in the process. The “Wild Wednesday” Assignment Expands Children’s Empathy and Worldview Every “Wild Wednesday” during the school year, write a thought-provoking question for your students on the classroom’s dry erase wall. The question needs to be one that prompts the students to use their imaginations and visualizing skills while searching for an answer, and they’ll need to be prepared to share it with others as well. Fo...

May: The Month of Memorial Day, Motherhood and Merriment According to the western or Gregorian calendar, the month of May is named after Maia, the ancient Greek and Roman goddess of youth, life, growth, rebirth, love, and nursing mothers. She was also considered the goddess of plants and the spring season. In earlier times, when the gentle warmth of May caused flowers to bloom and crops to sprout, people danced, children made garlands of greenery, and joyful celebrations were held on May Day, the first day of the month. The spirit of May-time merrymaking continues to this day, as May Day is still an established spring holiday in many European countries. In May, people in the US also remember the country’s wartime heroes on Memorial Day, the 30 th of the month, when the country celebrates the freedom that their sacrifices made possible. Another major holiday is Mother’s Day, celebrated in the US on the second Sunday of May. It’s appropriate that May was chosen as the mont...

APRIL: A MONTH OF RENEWAL AND REBIRTH April is a time of transition, a period of renewal and rebirth in the world of nature, coming when winter has just ended and spring is just beginning. For many writers, the month is a symbol of youth, freshness, and promise. However, for others, April brings back old memories and triggers nostalgia about the past. April is also an action-packed month, starting with the prankster’s holiday, All Fools’ Day followed by the moveable feast of Easter, and the major annual event known as Earth Day, which is celebrated worldwide on April 22 to show support for environmental conservation. What’s more, April is the month when spring really starts to gain momentum in many places – and for most people, that’s reason enough to be happy. One way to welcome the arrival of spring is to post uplifting quotes about April on your whiteboard-coated wall. Doing so can provide you with constant reminders of the season’s refreshing weather and the rebirth of plant and an...

Introduction The manufacturer’s instructions that come with most standard types of paint, such as interior and exterior latex house paint, state that it’s necessary to apply at least two coats of their products to a substrate to obtain the optimal results; namely, a completely opaque, uniformly colored, durable, and cleanable surface. Similarly, many dry-erase coating companies advise applying two layers of their products to get the best effect; that is, a long-lasting surface that is easily written on with dry-erase markers and readily erased with standard dry-erase erasers or cloths. However, with ReMARKable dry erase paint, only one coat is required to obtain a highly resilient, impermeable, and easily written on and erased dry-erase surface that will last for ten or more years of regular use before needing to be replaced. ONE COAT OF STANDARD PAINT IS INSUFFICIENT FOR ADEQUATE COVERAGE In contrast, depending on the hue and condition of the surface to be painted, one coat of any sta...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently updated K–12 school guidelines to reflect the latest research on the practice of physical distancing among students in classroom settings. The CDC now advises that the use of masks should remain universal and that elementary school students should maintain a safe distance of at least three feet from one another in the classroom, whether the COVID-19 transmission rate in their area is low, moderate, substantial, or high. In middle and high schools, the CDC recommends the same amount of distancing in classrooms with universal mask use, where community transmission is low, moderate, or substantial. SOCIAL DISTANCING WHEN WRITING IN FRONT OF CLASS IS EASY WITH WHITEBOARD WALLS The CDC’s updated strategy is an important element in the agency’s attempt to help schools open and remain open for in-person instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the use of whiteboard coated walls is one practical way to help in this effor...