Hands-on, engaged learning through activities and fun crafts is a staple of grade school classrooms everywhere. This age-appropriate collection of fun ideas, written and vetted by teachers and education professionals, spans the entire school year, including summer. You’ll find activities, games and crafts for kindergarten (and Pre-K) through fifth grade including seasonal and holiday-themed crafts, indoor and outdoor games and activities, classroom decorating ideas, gift ideas and more. In addition to being fun, these educational ideas are always focused on learning too, but don’t tell the kids, as they will be enjoying these creative teaching moments so much, they may not even notice!
“Run, run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me, I’m the gingerbread man!” Do you remember this cute story? Role-play this tale and bring spice to your classroom without baking. Make easy gingerbread crafts together to enlighten your students. Paper Plate Gingerbread Man You will need: 2 Small paper plates (not plastic or …
During the holiday season, it’s fun to make unique crafts/toys and learn the history behind them. This weekend I had the opportunity to make vintage crafts at our local historical museum. There were a variety of hands-on projects to enlighten children of all ages – adults too! Here are a few that I felt were …
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Focus on fun as you spotlight one of the season’s favorite animals – the reindeer. Children hear about the famous Rudolph during Christmas and wonder if reindeer can really fly. Teach your students about this animal through reindeer games and other movement activities. Handprint Reindeer Hats Prior to the movement games, invite the children to …
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It’s hard for kids to get back into the swing of school after spring break, mostly because they know that summer vacation is fast approaching. Keep the skills sharp for that final stretch of school with this downloadable reading workbook.
It is easy to become a bit distracted in school during those few weeks between when spring break ends and summer vacation begins. However, history and social studies skills can be honed during spring break using this quick and easy workbook!
The second in a series of two, these worksheets are designed for use in the classroom, for home-schooled students, and for any parent who wishes to reinforce skills at home with their child.
The first in a series of two, these worksheets are designed for use in the classroom, for home-schooled students, and for any parent who wishes to reinforce skills at home with their child.
Here are a few ideas on how to incorporate and use technology to design cool crafts for kids to make during the holiday seasons for school or home.
Get your students in the mood for learning with these seasonal worksheets! Math and science were never so much fun.
Get your students excited about school with these fun seasonal workbooks. This fall-themed workbook includes reading exercises and a social studies lesson about the history of Jack-O-Lanterns.
Are you looking for something special to do with your children? Host a tea party! This will break up their normal routine and at the same time, they may learn important social skills.
In the midst of all of the balloon-giving, candy, and hearts, it might be easy to forget how Valentine’s Day started. It is good to examine the history of Valentine’s Day so that kids can understand where it came from, and how it has influenced our culture.
Kids can have fun celebrating Valentine’s Day with their friends by sending digital Valentine’s or engaging in other creative projects. Here are some ideas.
Many teachers have an interactive white board, but don’t know quite how to use it successfully in the classroom. Here are some suggestions to start off your morning using interactive activities with your white board.
Not only are vegetables good for nutrition but they can also become tools used to design interesting art projects. Introduce your budding artists to a new way of creating art. As an added bonus, young children will be learning about the vegetables they use. Here are four activities to try.
Delight your students with the most “boo”tiful season ever using this array of crafts to make in the classroom. Take the iconic symbols of Halloween and create art projects that are sure to please the children as they wait so impatiently for October 31.
Children will likely choose to participate and enjoy playing a game that helps them with learning. This creates a positive attitude, which is essential to learning. Games provide opportunities for students to reduce the fear of failure and error, as well.
There are numerous resources available to make learning math successfully more fun. Children in our technological society will embrace using the internet to encourage math practice as well as mastering new concepts.
As the weather cools down, you will see symbols that show this new season. These objects signal the beginning of a new season: fall, also known as autumn. Bring out the art materials and challenge your children to create some of the symbolic sights they see this time of year.
Everyone’s a little bit Irish on St. Patrick’s Day! This is a great time to engage the entire classroom in learning activities that celebrate the traditions of Ireland. Try these festive, hands-on activities for some educational fun that will seem more like playing than learning.
