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Students with Special Needs and Music: Three Ways it Helps

LauraLMSW
Categories : Inclusion strategies for mainstreamed classrooms

Music can be a transformative intervention for children with special needs building connections and fostering development. Research supports the use …

Summer Preschool Crafts: A Few Clever Ideas to Keep Kids Crafting During the Summer

Tracey Bleakley
Categories : Summer learning

Get your students in the mood for summer! Preschool crafts are a fun way to celebrate this favorite season. Use crafts to extend a read aloud, …

Therapeutic Positioning and Activity Ideas to Improve Muscle Tone in Children with Hypotonia

Barbara Smith
Categories : Parenting a special education student

Hypotonia impacts a baby’s postural control and motor learning. Therapeutic positioning and activities can help babies and toddlers with low …

Tie Analysis of Agamemnon to Modern Life in this Lesson Plan

Peter Boysen
Categories : High school english lesson plans grades 9 12

Use this lesson plan to communicate an introductory summary of Agamemnon and connect the story to modern figures that your students are interested in.

Writing Mini Lessons and Owl Moon

Patricia Gable
Categories : Lesson plans & worksheets for grades 1 & 2

The classic book, Owl Moon, is beautifully written and contains stunning illustrations. Not only that, it is a perfect book to use for mini lessons …

Books that High School Students Love: Suggestions from an English Teacher

Nicole Borkoski
Categories : Summer reading lists for grades k 12

As an avid reader and high school English teacher, I can promise you that high school students will enjoy the following books! Encouraging them to …

Creating a Systematic Art Thematic Unit Plan on Perspective Drawing With 2 Vanishing Points

Lila S. Kallstrom
Categories : The arts in high school

You’ve shown how to draw using single point perspective; now you can take the lesson further with this two-point-perspective drawing lesson. …

Ender's Game: A Lesson Plan About the Characters

Margo Dill
Categories : High school english lesson plans grades 9 12

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card is a popular science-fiction book with many important characters. Although Ender is by far the most important …

Five Fun Art Activities for Preschoolers: Greek Culture

Sonal Panse
Categories : Preschool crafts and activities for hands on learning

Art activities for preschool that has to do with Greece are a fun way of introducing a new culture to preschoolers. They will enjoy hearing Greek …

Pre-K Classroom Year-End Party Ideas for Teachers

Shiketa
Categories : Preschool crafts and activities for hands on learning

When planning an end of the year party, you should consider everything from decorations to gifts to fun activities. Incorporate all the ideas provided …