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Infant and Toddler Gross Motor Skill Activities

Donna Cosmato
Categories : Understanding infant development & learning

Here are creative curriculum ideas for infants and toddlers who need to develop or improve gross motor skills like running, walking, or crawling. …

Is ADHD a Learning Disability? Information for Parents and Educators

Elizabeth Wistrom
Categories : Teaching students with neurological disorders

ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Many of its symptoms can interfere with learning–but is ADHD a learning disability? …

Lesson Plan on China: Teach the Class Directional Words That Influence Chinese Culture

davidmakofsky
Categories : Chinese lesson plans for secondary grades 6 12

When studying Chinese, we can learn culture as we learn language. This lesson plan incorporates the language used when we need directions, including …

Math Activities for Cinco de Mayo

Patricia Gable
Categories : Fun activities & crafts for grade school

The Cinco de Mayo celebration is a wonderful way to do cross-curriculum teaching. Include map skills, history, and reading and comprehension skills. …

Math Pattern Activities for Young Students to Create or Copy

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

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 …

My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother Lesson Plans

Margo Dill
Categories : Lesson plans & worksheets for grades 3 to 5

My Rotten Redheaded older brother is another story of Patricia Polacco’s childhood. This time, she writes of sibling rivalry and how siblings …

Reading Poetry Without Bias Lesson Plan: Using Music Lyrics to Teach Poetry

Jessica Cook
Categories : High school english lesson plans grades 9 12

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 …

Snowflake Elementary Artwork: A Lesson on Snow Globe Painting and Snowflake Scenes

Lila S. Kallstrom
Categories : Lesson plans & worksheets for grades 3 to 5

This easy watercolor painting lesson will produce a scene with snowflakes or a scene in a snow globe using simple watercolor painting techniques. All …

Unit Study on Patricia Polacco

Margo Dill
Categories : Lesson plans & worksheets for grades 3 to 5

Patricia Polacco has written close to 50 books for children–many based on her own experiences or her family’s stories. She writes and …

What Is Environmental Print: Find Environmental Print Activities for the Pre-K or Preschool Student

Andrea Coventry
Categories : Preschool crafts and activities for hands on learning

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 …