Hands-on Learning With Books: Activities for the Early Childhood Class
Appreciate literature in your classroom. It is one of the best ways to motivate your students to take an interest in written as well as a spoken …
Continue ReadingFind hundreds of free lesson plans for fun, hands-on, creative learning in your pre-kindergarten or kindergarten classroom. Experienced teachers and education professionals share their favorite ways to teach their young students new concepts, including circle time and group activities, craft projects, seasonal and thematic units, and more. Most lesson plans come with step-by-step instructions on how to pull together the materials and present the activities to students in a way that is sure to engage their young minds as they discover and explore new topics and subjects. You are sure to find some fun and unique ideas for teaching socialization, vocabulary, reading, writing, early math, science and much, much more. And, many of the activities may also indicate that they work equally well for first or second grade, depending on the unit you are studying and the pace of your class. Have a question? Post it in the comments section, and start a conversation with other elementary education teachers who regularly visit Bright Hub Education.
Appreciate literature in your classroom. It is one of the best ways to motivate your students to take an interest in written as well as a spoken …
Continue ReadingTechnically speaking, a circle is a closed plane curve of which all points (edges) are at an equal distance from the center. Talk about circles and …
Continue ReadingWhat is a Triangle? Display a large triangle in the classroom. It could be cardboard or three pencils forming a pyramid. Show the children that this …
Continue ReadingOctober is Apple Month and time to celebrate a child’s most popular fruit. Bite into any of these hand-picked apple theme classroom ideas to stimulate …
Continue ReadingPut your hands together to celebrate the hand – these incredible machines that enable us to do a multitude of things. Teachers can use these …
Continue ReadingLearn all about squares with fun and games as you celebrate this traditional shape.
Continue ReadingCelebrate the spirit of America and honor the “stars and stripes.” Make it a red, white, and blue day as you pay tribute to our country with simple …
Continue ReadingIt’s the merry month of May and full of marvelous activities to celebrate. Here are a few activities to get your students into the spring spirit and …
Continue ReadingHas spring fever attacked your classroom? Are the kids getting restless as the end of school is near? Why not use a baseball theme to challenge your …
Continue ReadingWhen crafting with STEAM, students use recycled and simple materials to solve a problem and proceed in open-ended exploration. The STEAM approach …
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