A Fun Lesson Plan on Map Skills: Creating a Map Scale
Map skills lesson plans tend to be dry and boring – which is completely inexcusable! Mapmakers have the fascinating job of exploring the world around …
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Top 10 Crafty Father's Day Gift Ideas of Art- Part 2
Father’s Day is just around the corner! Celebrate Dad with these thoughtful arts and crafts projects. Here are ideas 5-10 of our top 10 …
Continue ReadingUsing Cards in a Team Game to Learn the Basic Types of Angles: Up to Grade 7
This differentiated team activity is suitable for students of mixed ability up to Grade 7. We have some great free downloads to encourage learning …
Continue ReadingTop 10 Father's Day Inexpensive Gift Ideas of Art - Part One
Part One of a series, this article covers projects 1-4 of easy art projects for Father’s Day gifts. These arts and crafts projects are ideal for …
Continue ReadingActivities for Summer Fun: Learn How to Plant an Indoor Garden
Summer is a great time to bring nature indoors for fun classroom activities. Activities for summer fun include growing an indoor garden for students …
Continue ReadingAn Activity Teaching Diversity and Self Discovery in Elementary School Children
It is important that children begin to learn about diversity at a young age. This lesson incorporates a variety of activities that will encourage …
Continue ReadingElementary Art Activity With The Lorax: Using Recycled Materials
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss sends a message to children about how important it is to take care of the environment. In this elementary art lesson, students …
Continue ReadingSocial Studies Test for Elementary Kids Review Ideas
If you teach social studies to elementary students, then you probably have a test review day before the unit test. You can play learning games to make …
Continue ReadingReader's Theater Language Arts Lesson Plan
This language arts lesson involves all students in a class taking part in simple plays that can be staged without the need for props, costumes or sets …
Continue Reading10 Unique Back-to-School Creative Writing Prompts That Kids in Grades 1-6 Will Enjoy
Writing prompts are great ways to get your students’ creative juices flowing. Start out the year on the right foot with a creative writing …
Continue ReadingThree Games for Vocabulary Which are Both Fun and Memorable!
Learning vocabulary is very boring and dry for most students and teachers! Students retain more when they are having fun. So let’s take a look …
Continue ReadingTeaching Storytelling Elements Through Storytelling with Comic Strips
Teach visual literacy to elementary school students through comics. This lesson plan shares how you can tie-in storytelling elements (beginning, …
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