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Cinderella Centers
Josepha shows file folder centers for telling time, designed to go with your Cinderella unit. Continue reading
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Fairy Tale Lesson Plans
Fairy tales share information about human cultures, about human emotions, and about the nature of the world. They’re also fun to read for all ages. Here are some of our folk and fairy tale lesson plans: Rapunzel Sleeping Beauty Foolish Jack Jack and the Beanstalk Pinocchio Goldilocks and the Three… Continue reading
Pinocchio Lesson Plans
Carlo Collodi (pen name of Carlo Lorenzini) wrote his Adventures of Pinocchio in 1883. The book told the story of a wooden puppet who dreamed of being a real boy. American students usually are more familiar with Walt Disney’s 1940 animated film version of Pinocchio. In either version, the… Continue reading
The Frog Prince Lesson Plans
The Frog Prince is another classic fairy tale written down by the Brothers Grimm. In the story, a princess is playing near a pond, and drops her golden ball in the water. A frog offers to get the ball for her, but only if she will let him live… Continue reading
First grade physics with a toy car
Introduce a study of force and motion. Give each group of students a toy car and some other objects, such as a magnet, a rubber band, or a fan. Challenge the kids to find different to make the toy car move. As you learn more about force and motion, use… Continue reading
Butterfly Classroom Theme
Butterflies are a common symbol of growth and change — a great classroom theme! There are some ready-made items for your bulletin board: Scholastic’s clever 3-D Butterflies! Bulletin Board Mini Bulletin Boards- Butterflies & Moths from North Star You can also make butterflies from circular coffee filters. Have students… Continue reading
Insect Body Parts
“Head, thorax, abdomen, Abdomen! Head, thorax, abdomen, Abdomen! One, two, three, four, five, six legs, Head, thorax, abdomen, Abdomen!” Continue reading
The Ant and the Grasshopper
In Aesop’s fable of The Ant and the Grasshopper, the ant works hard all summer while the grasshopper plays. Not only does the grasshopper play, but he actually taunts the hardworking ant. Come winter, the ant has plenty to eat and the grasshopper dies. The moral is clear: work hard… Continue reading
Insects and Humans: Lesson Plans
The national science standards mandate a set of topics for all studies of organisms: Their morphology — that is, their form, body parts, and other physical characteristics. Their lifecycles. Their habitats. Their relationships with humans. What are the relationships among insects and humans? When you think of insect interactions… Continue reading
Bees Lesson Plans
The honeybee is our state insect, but it’s a great theme even if you don’t have that connection. A bee theme lets you be Busy Bees or The Bee’s Knees, to ask What’s the Buzz? or to Bee All you Can Bee, and to have Bee-Attitudes. You can get your room… Continue reading
