Celebrating Women - Past, Present, and Future

Putting a twist on Women’s History Month, SPI this year challenges students to create an oral history of a woman who they admire.

Grades 4-12Mary KuechenmeisterMarch 1, 2023Literacy, History, Women's History

Larger Than Life and Forever Controversial

Listen to SPI’s recording about Mt. Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum and then this February 22nd, make your students Gutzon Borglum for the Day. Ask them to design their own Mount Rushmore.

Grades 9-12Mary KuechenmeisterFebruary 16, 2023American History, Above and Beyond

A Celebration of Story, Language, and Culture

SPI’s K-3 Storytelling Learning Lab introduces young people to timeless tales designed to instill in them a love of story, which translates to a love of language and reading!

K-3 LiteracyMary KuechenmeisterFebruary 1, 2023Literacy, Culture, Folklore

Women Who Changed Science: Elizabeth Blackburn

Dr. Blackburn’s work offers students a unique opportunity to learn about the human body through the lens of aging.

Grades 9-12Mary KuechenmeisterDecember 9, 2022Human Biology, Science, Women's History

November is National Native American Heritage Month

This Native American Heritage Month, introduce young ones to the legendary Dovie Thomason.

Project Series, K-3 LiteracyMary KuechenmeisterNovember 8, 2022K-3, Literacy, SEL

New for 2023 - SPI's TRADE Project

SPI's Trades project aims to foster interest in technical, mechanical, building, and traditional trades and inspire students to explore career opportunities.

Grades 9-12, Project SeriesMary KuechenmeisterOctober 30, 2022Trades, Career Opportunities

The Legend of Auntie Po

The Legend of Auntie Po is an extraordinary graphic novel, beautifully and creatively imagined. The story gives voice to a little-known chapter of American History.

Grades 7-10Mary KuechenmeisterOctober 5, 2022Graphic Novel, Comics, Historical Fiction

Human Biology: Why We Age

SPI has added the oral history of David Sinclair, Ph.D. to its Science/ Human Biology collection. Dr. Sinclair is the co-director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for Biology of Aging Research at Harvard Medical School. Grades 9-12.

Grades 9-12Mary KuechenmeisterSeptember 12, 2022New for 2022, Science, Human Biology

Stories as a Springboard to Deeper and More Engaged Learning

SPI has developed a unique approach to student engagement and activity-based learning. It all begins with a story - and then we add the perfect touch of magic.

Grades 4-12Mary KuechenmeisterSeptember 1, 2022Engagement, PD, Above and Beyond

SPI's New K-3 Learning Lab Website Has Launched!

Check out SPI’s newly redesigned K-3 Storytelling Learning Lab project. New look, new stories, and activities that engage and enchant the youngest among us.

K-3 LiteracyMary KuechenmeisterAugust 16, 2022New for 2022

The Singing Life of Birds: Understanding The Natural World

SPI’s primary source recording of ornithologist Don Kroodsma (grades 7-12) reveals stunning details about bird communication and the evolution of birdsong.

Project Series, Grades 4-12Mary KuechenmeisterMay 1, 2022Science, Earth and Environment

Celebrate Nat’l Poetry Month with SPI’s Poet Series, Grades 4-12

With original first-person stories of world-renowned poets and projects that engage young people in grades 4-12, Story Preservation provides a host of unique resources to celebrate National Poetry Month.

Project Series, Grades 4-12Mary KuechenmeisterApril 7, 2022Poetry

Calling All K-3 Artists ~ Send Us Your Pictures!

SPI encourages kids to draw characters or scenes from stories on our K-3 Learning Lab site, and we’d love to see yours!

K-3 LiteracyMary KuechenmeisterMarch 4, 2022Art, Pre-K and K, Literacy

Women's History - Meet Annie Jump Cannon

Known is as the “census taker of the sky,” Annie was one of a team of brilliant women employed by the Harvard Observatory to map the night sky. Their contribution to our understanding of the universe and their laying out of fundamental assumptions of astronomy still hold today.

Grades 4-12Mary KuechenmeisterFebruary 28, 2022History, Women's History

Fables and Folktales in the PreK - 3 Classroom

Fables and folktales are timeless treasures that offer teachers and parents a fun and engaging way to transmit essential life lessons to young people.

K-3 LiteracyMary KuechenmeisterJanuary 25, 2022SEL

History in the Raw: Veteran's Primary Source Accounts from WWII and Vietnam

SPI’s Veterans’ Collection contains the personal narratives of veterans who served at Los Alamos, Iwo Jima, and in Vietnam (1964 - 1968). The stories are uploaded to its 4-12 Learning Lab site and are appropriate for students grades 7-12.

Project SeriesMary KuechenmeisterOctober 21, 2021US History, Veterans

Dayna Baumeister – Looking to Nature for Sustainable Design

Biomimicry is an approach to innovation that seeks sustainable solutions to human challenges by emulating nature’s time-tested patterns and strategies.

Project SeriesMary KuechenmeisterSeptember 10, 2021Earth and Environment, STEM

SPI K-3 Literacy Project For Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children

SPI’s ASL project was developed for young deaf and hard-of-hearing children to promote language acquisition and foster ASL proficiency as well as social and emotional learning. Great for all ages.

Project SeriesMary KuechenmeisterAugust 31, 2021K-3, Literacy

Opening the Conversation: Folktale as a Metaphor for Covid-19

As schools open their doors for the new academic year, teachers may be looking for ways to initiate conversation with their students about the ongoing challenges of Covid-19. Vidaga’s Horn is a Story Preservation Initiative original folktale that was written as a metaphor for Covid-19.

Project SeriesMary KuechenmeisterAugust 23, 2021COVID-19

Iwo Jima and the Post-War Occupation of Japan

98-year-old WWII Marine Corps veteran John Robinson shares his personal remembrances of the Battle of Iwo Jima and the post-war occupation of Japan with SPI, grades 7-12.

Project SeriesMary KuechenmeisterAugust 2, 2021History