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FreshPlans offers free educational resources for plugged-in parents and teachers, from early childhood education through 12th grade.

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We believe that fresh ideas for classrooms and home learning can help plugged-in teachers and parents prepare our kids for the rest of the 21st century, even when time is short and resources get stretched. We've gone all over the web finding great resources so you don't have to. Our lesson plans and many of our reproducibles are completely free for you to use and share. We also offer downloadable reproducible units at a modest price so we can cover the costs of our artists' time. Please enjoy exploring this website!
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FreshPlans Visits the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art

  By hadensites art, featured, field trips, social studies

The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art at the Fenster/Sanditen Cultural Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is a lesser-known gem of an art museum in a town with a surprising wealth of art museums. The Sherwin Miller specializes in Jewish art, with a wide range of exhibits. Art works in multiple… Continue reading

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Mummies Lesson Plans

  By RebeccaHaden science, social studies
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We met this mummy at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. We appreciate their giving us permission to take and use these photos. Read more about this mummy on the Nelson-Atkins website. Mummifying the bodies of people when they died was a way that the ancient Egyptians showed… Continue reading

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Rumpelstiltskin Lesson Plans

  By RebeccaHaden character education, english, fairy tales, math, science

Rumpelstiltskin is a story from the Brothers Grimm. In the story, a miller claims that his daughter can spin straw into gold. The king demands that she prove it. She is locked in a room full of straw, despairing, when a funny little man comes in and offers to do… Continue reading

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Studying Columbus

  By hadensites books, Lesson Plans, social studies

Do you observe Columbus Day on October 12 at your school? Some schools, cities, and even states have replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day. We’d say that you still need to study Columbus in your American history lessons, even if you don’t observe Columbus Day. Whether you consider Christopher… Continue reading

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Fresh Plans Visits the Nelson Atkins Art Museum

  By hadensites field trips, visual arts

The Nelson Atkins Museum is a beautiful art museum in Kansas City, Missouri. We had the opportunity to visit their Lunar New Year Celebration for the Year of the Dragon.  There was plenty of music and dancing, tasty food, and art exhibits. We enjoyed the sculpture. This lion was a… Continue reading

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FreshPlans Visits the Toy and Miniature Museum

  By hadensites Uncategorized

Kansas City’s National Toy and Miniature Museum has a collection of 51,000 toys. There’s a wide range, from delicate miniatures that certainly were never intended to play with, to well-worn toys visitors remember from their own childhoods. One of the most impressive items is a dollhouse almost big enough to… Continue reading

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