First Grade Reading Lesson Plan: Characters, Settings and Events
Today’s standards in education call for students to practice purposeful reading in both fiction and informational text. Learning how to dig deeper …
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First Grade Social Studies Lesson Plan: How People Adapt to Environments
Most first graders have only been exposed to the small community around them. Their food, clothing and homes are similar to everyone else’s. The first …
Continue ReadingFirst Grade Reading Lesson Plan: Use Feeling Words to Excite Young Readers
First grade is an exciting time when learning to read is a big focus. Pinpointing words that appeal to the senses or suggest feelings can instill …
Continue ReadingBack to School Tips for Parents: Your Child and Mobile Devices in the Classroom
Schools have begun viewing mobile devices as tools to increase learning rather than hinder it. Educators allow students to bring their own devices to …
Continue ReadingNew School Year Tips for Parents: How to Help Your Child Start on the Right Foot
Of course you want your child to start the school year off well. The beginning of the school year often indicates how the rest of the year will go. …
Continue ReadingTips to Help Parents Build Positive Relationships with Teachers and Other School Staff
Developing a relationship should be the primary goal of meetings and interactions with teachers and school staff. People are more receptive to those …
Continue ReadingBack to School Tips for Parents: Help Your Child Attain Success in the New School Year
As a parent, you are optimistic that this will be the best school year ever for their child. How can you ensure it? One of the best things you can do …
Continue ReadingTeaching Social Skills: How to Help Your 6 - 9 Year Old Host a Tea Party
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 …
Continue ReadingSocial Studies Fun for 3rd and 4th Grade Students: Fun Projects, Games & Ideas
Social Studies lessons can mean a time for “Ooohs and ahhhs” or a time for yawns depending on how lessons are presented. Making the subject relevant …
Continue ReadingFun Summer Graph Project Ideas for Grades 1 and 2
As children explore their environments in the summertime, it is easy to incorporate some math, but not the typical addition and subtraction. Instead, …
Continue ReadingPreparing Elementary-Aged Kids for September: Free Math and Science Review Worksheet Downloads
Tick-tock, tick-tock! As the clock counts down the days of August, parents may become concerned that all those essential math skills taught from …
Continue ReadingPreschool Full Immersion STEM Lesson Printables with Nick Jr's Blaze and the Monster Machines
STEM-based lessons help you bring science, technology, engineering and math to life for your preschool kids, and teaching tools are everywhere you …
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