Paws Along the Trail with Wonderful Volunteers People have asked me, “What was your biggest surprise on the Iditarod Trail?” My answer is the volunteers.  I

Paws Along the Trail with Fractions  The Iditarod lends itself to teaching fraction concepts and computation in many ways.  For fraction concepts, see the musher

Paws Along the Trail with Resilience and Respect Resilience:  the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. Christina traveled all the way from the UK

Paws Along the Trail with Returned Dogs Mushers began the Iditarod race with a maximum of 16 dogs before 2019, now they start with 14.

Paws Along the Trail with Puppies Musher Meredith Mapes completed her rookie Iditarod race in March 2018.  As did many mushers, Meredith parked her sled

The Iditarod race crosses 1,049 miles of Alaska, so the mushers and their dogs travel through varied terrain.  This gives music teachers or classroom teachers

Paws Along the Trail with Warning Signs This time of year, teachers are reviewing reading and test-taking skills in anticipation or dread of the annual

Paws Along the Trail and Watch Sled Dogs Spending five weeks in Alaska gave me ample opportunities to observe sled dogs.  I want to answer

Paws Along the Trail with a River Ice Break-up Rivers flow, yet freeze throughout Alaskan winters.  Airplanes use the solid rivers as runways.  Snow machines