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Farm Lesson Plans: Learn About a Farmer's Market!

ARobin
Categories : Lesson plans for pre k and k

This is the second installment in a farm series of lesson plans created for the kindergarten classroom. In this lesson, children will learn about …

Fighting for Native Rights - Whaling, for the Makah, Is Part of Their Spiritual Heritage

Lamar Stonecypher
Categories : Social studies help cultures, governments & more

Can America condone a culture that participates in whaling? What if the tribe involved has a legal treaty to do so and the whale is not an endangered …

How Do You Say "Ago" in Spanish? "Hacer" to Form Time Clauses

Eric W. Vogt
Categories : Spanish language guides & study tips

If you look in any bilingual Spanish-English dictionary, you’ll discover there is no one-word translation for the English word …

How to Run Conversation Class in a Foreign Language

Eric W. Vogt
Categories : Teaching tips for foreign language instructors

Wouldn’t it be great if all language professors had ideal sized classes? They’d be fewer in number than the 20, 25 or even 30 or more …

How to Speak About Color in Spanish: Beyond the Basics

Eric W. Vogt
Categories : Spanish language guides & study tips

This article takes you beyond being able to speak about color in Spanish than simply knowing the names of the three primary and three secondary …

Language Development: Why Do Young Children Talk to Themselves and Inanimate Objects?

Lamar Stonecypher
Categories : Parenting preschoolers & toddlers

Little Jenny is capable of carrying along a happy conversation with herself - and inanimate objects - when not directly supervised. What purpose, if …

Poder, Querer, Saber and Conocer in the Preterite

Eric W. Vogt
Categories : Spanish language guides & study tips

Poder, querer, saber and conocer – four high-frequency verbs which, when used in the preterite, do not mean what they normally mean. Better yet: …

The Walrus Lesson and Activities for Kindergarten

Willa
Categories : Lesson plans for pre k and k

This lesson is part of a series of Arctic Animals for Kindergarten through first grade. Focusing on the walrus, the children will learn by listening …

Create Your Own Food Chain: A Project for Young Students

Alicia
Categories : Lesson plans for pre k and k

Teach your young class about the food chain. Students will learn why the food chain is so important and then create their own model.

Create Your Own Fossil: Fun Project for 1st or 2nd Grade Students

Alicia
Categories : Lesson plans & worksheets for grades 1 & 2

This hands on project shows students how fossils are formed and allows students to create their own fossils. Good for 1st or 2nd grade students.