Infant and Toddler Gross Motor Skill Activities
Here are creative curriculum ideas for infants and toddlers who need to develop or improve gross motor skills like running, walking, or crawling. …
Continue ReadingIs ADHD a Learning Disability? Information for Parents and Educators
ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Many of its symptoms can interfere with learning–but is ADHD a learning disability? …
Continue ReadingLesson Plan on China: Teach the Class Directional Words That Influence Chinese Culture
When studying Chinese, we can learn culture as we learn language. This lesson plan incorporates the language used when we need directions, including …
Continue ReadingMath Activities for Cinco de Mayo
The Cinco de Mayo celebration is a wonderful way to do cross-curriculum teaching. Include map skills, history, and reading and comprehension skills. …
Continue ReadingMath Pattern Activities for Young Students to Create or Copy
Did you ever stop to think that patterns can be comforting? When a child knows that everyday he will have lunch at 11:30 followed by recess, he feels …
Continue ReadingMy Rotten Redheaded Older Brother Lesson Plans
My Rotten Redheaded older brother is another story of Patricia Polacco’s childhood. This time, she writes of sibling rivalry and how siblings …
Continue ReadingReading Poetry Without Bias Lesson Plan: Using Music Lyrics to Teach Poetry
Teach your students to read poetry using this high school English lesson plan about eliminating reader bias from the act of reading poetry. Use music …
Continue ReadingSnowflake Elementary Artwork: A Lesson on Snow Globe Painting and Snowflake Scenes
This easy watercolor painting lesson will produce a scene with snowflakes or a scene in a snow globe using simple watercolor painting techniques. All …
Continue ReadingUnit Study on Patricia Polacco
Patricia Polacco has written close to 50 books for children–many based on her own experiences or her family’s stories. She writes and …
Continue ReadingWhat Is Environmental Print: Find Environmental Print Activities for the Pre-K or Preschool Student
Environmental print for Pre-K or preschool can be used to harness an interest in reading and build reading readiness skills. Teach children to look …
Continue ReadingYearbook Photographers: Manage a High School Yearbook Staff
For high school yearbook advisers and journalism teachers: learn how to teach and manage photography students. Managing a high school yearbook staff …
Continue ReadingCreating a Watercolor a Winter Window Scene Art Lesson: Art Class Grades 4-8
This easy watercolor lesson will produce a frosted window of a winter scene using watercolor techniques for a sky, tree branches and window ledge. …
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