Watching earthworms is a great addition to any gardening theme in the classroom. Earthworms provide a necessary service to gardeners and this classroom project is an enjoyable way to show children what they do and why it is important.
This nature-based, springtime classroom project lets you plant grass in adorably decorated eggshell plant containers. Your students can use their artistic talents to decorate the shells and their science and nature brains to observe the growth of the seeds. Save up those eggshells!
Young elementary school children will learn about the layers of rock and soil in the Earth’s crust with this 3-D art project. It is fun and informative. Find out how to do this activity in your classroom.
Here, we review the book The Singing Snake, written by Stefan Czernecki and illustrated by Timothy Rhodes. Along with an overview of the story, teachers will learn an activity for their elementary students aged four to seven.
This Dr. Seuss lesson will look at the story “Horton Hears a Who” while teaching children to use their creativity. Students will work on an art project while using their imagination and write about a person they admire.
This lesson will help teach students about the importance of sleep. The teacher will use Dr. Seuss’ Sleep Book to look at various ways other creatures may sleep, opening up the eyes of students and allowing them to see various sleep patterns in humans and animals.
If you were taking a long voyage to a new land, what family treasure would you bring with you? Use this question to get students thinking about American immigrant’s trip to Ellis Island.
The remarkable dolphins are the feature in this lesson plan for kindergarten through third grade. It is part of the series on ocean life, using the dolphin in art, literature and math activities.
Information about the book, The Little House, by Virginia Lee Burton and several lesson plans for the primary teacher’s repertoire are provided. Teachers and students alike will enjoy reading this children’s classic piece of literature over and over again.
This is a lesson plan for kindergarten through third grade that is part of the series on ocean life. The study of the sea turtle will be incorporated in literature, art and science observations.
