Explore different materials and their properties with this engaging unit. Activities and printables for the Foundation and Prep Year chemistry strand.
Long list of free Montessori materials found online; perfect resource for classroom teachers and homeschoolers; free materials for a variety of levels, especially preschoolers through early elementary!
Persistence activities to help kids and families learn about the power of perserverance. Includes a free printable activity guide!
South America learning activities and free printables for kids.
Use STEM engineering activities in elementary school as a fun, engaging, and meaningful way to tackle the Next Generation Science Standards.
This Australia Lapbook contains lots of fun and interesting elements as well as hands-on activity for children to learn about this unique country.
Enjoy Montessori continent learning activities that include the sandpaper globe, colored globe, 3-part cards, song, continent map, and extension exercises.
Free Printable Haircut Scissor Skills Worksheets, Have fine motor fun with these haircut scissor skill activity Worksheets.
Looking for esl task cards to use with your english language learners? Try these picture cards that are perfect for quick and effective language practice!
Of all the art and science projects that I have done, lemon and watercolor science has been my #1 fave for YEARS! Let's get started.
Phonological and phonemic awareness games and activities for your kindergarten and first-grade students! Ideas for each skill.
Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!
ABA therapy is Applied Behavioral Analysis.It is a type of therapy that helps Autistic children and adults in some cases learn appropriate behaviors and life skills.
A free, printable Preschool Cutting Workbook full of various cutting activities, straight line and wavy line cutting, shape cutting, and cut and paste.
Searching for the best printable activities for kids? This collection of printables for kids is for kids ages 3-10 and includes activities like coloring pages, printable crafts, learning activities, game and more!
Aphasia is a communication disorder that results from damage or injury to the brain. A person with aphasia may have trouble understanding, speaking, reading, or writing. In this article we cover: Types of Aphasia 10 Communication Strategies for Activity Staff Aphasia Activity Ideas for Activity Coordinators Printable Activities
Dot marker printables and dot sticker sheets are such a fun and easy activity to do with toddlers and preschoolers. There are over 100 pages to grab!
"It was like herding cats!" That was my answer to my husband the other day when he asked how my day had gone. Seriously, the days I have first and second graders are just hard - fun, but exhausting. That is until I found the SECRET to STEM and the littles! Are you ready for
Find the volume of these cubes! This math worksheet shows your child how to calculate cubic volume, then gives your child a series of shapes to practice finding volume.
Welcome to our Zoo Animals Printable Crafts! Are you and your children animal lovers? Do you enjoy trips to the zoo? With this craft set, your child can bring
That's something I've heard a lot in speech and language groups lately. Let's face it, sometimes keeping kids engaged with you when you are a picture on their
Complete STEM activities based on a famous landmarks AROUND the WORLD! Students travel through Australia, France, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Egypt and America earning passport stamps as they complete their challenges. This is a fantastic resource for team building activities. Click HERE to SAVE over 20% with our Travel the World STEM Bundle. These task cards allow flexibility with the teacher to either grab and go or build further lessons around each challenge. They lend themselves to Geography, Science, History and Inquiry subjects. Students will learn how to identify key elements of information how to build and design with constraints such as materials how to reflect on their own learning facts about the Ocean and the environmental affect. Included ➞ 7 STEM CHALLENGE CARDS ➞ STUDENT PASSPORT BOOKLET ➞ INFORMATION PAGE PER LOCATION ➞ STAMPS (CUT-OUTS) FOR STUDENT PASSPORTS CHALLENGES ➤ Italy - Leaning Tower of Pisa ➤ France - Eiffel Tower ➤ Australia - Sydney Harbour Bridge ➤ Sweden - Viking Catapult ➤ America - Basketball Hoop ➤ Egypt - Pyramids ➤ Russia - Rockets and Airplanes SUPPLIES/MATERIALS -Straws -Craft Sticks -Newspaper -Tin Foil -Paper STUDENT PASSPORT -one STAMP for completing the challenge -one STAMP for answering design questions INFORMATION FACT SHEET ➞ Includes key information about each location Teacher guide includes way to enhance the activity or challenge students NOTE: Imperial and metric versions (this only applies to one task in this set of challenges) Target Grades: These cards best suit grades 3 to 6 With guidance they can be used for younger grades and with more time restrictions they can be used for older grades also. The design is repeated for all task cards to make it easier for students The design questions are the same for each task card, allowing students to build on how they analyze and evaluate their own designs. =============================================================== For STEM Task Cards AROUND the WORLD Check activities here For STEM Task Cards around ASIA Check activities here Follow at my store - CURIOSITY and the HUNGRY MIND
All you need to know about Language Development with Montessori. Your essential Guide to Montessori Language Activities & Materials for Kids aged 0-6yrs
Make word study fun and engaging for your students.
These following direction activities are directionality activities that can help kids learn directions or spatial concepts such as left, right, up, down, and compass directions (north, south, east, and west) with a motor component. This hands-on learning activity really gets the kiddos moving and learning! We’ve shared directionality activities before that help kids navigate and ... Read more
Looking for some fun middle school activities to incorporate in your math lessons? Trying to come up with fun ideas that fit your curriculum? Here are 20 great activities and project ideas! There are three main themes to the activities listed below: real life, food (perfect for those hungry pre-teens!), and creativity. The instructions for all activities can be easily modified for students in Grade 6, Grade 7, and Grade 8. If your child is home-schooled, or you are just looking for additional home learning tasks, then these activities are perfect for you! All of the materials can easily be found in your home.
Five Fun Activities for Teaching Prepositions. Teaching prepositions through playing games & enjoyable activities for children to learn while having fun.
Use letter activities like alphabet collages or letter mats to help kids learn letter recognition and to reinforce letter-sound associations. Here are over 200 material ideas that you can use for your
Are you planning an All About Me theme for your preschooler? These fun All About Me activities covering science, literacy, math, art, and sensory play will be great additions to any unit! With these hands-on activities, preschoolers will playfully learn about their body, their name and age, their family, their interests, and their emotions. All
This oil and water painting is a science-based process art activity. Add this water art for kids to your science activities or water preschool theme.
Last summer I added Mo Willems' The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! to my classroom library. Of course, this addition was a no-brainer. Willems' books are always super popular, especially Pigeon books. Just as predicted, my students loved this book. It is the perfect length for the beginning of the year, when attention spans are extra short and students need a little break from all the procedural training they are receiving. Since I knew this book would be a hit, I decided to make it the centerpiece of back to school. I created some basic "Pigeon themed" math and literacy activities, as well as a simple craft. I used these activities intermittently during the first week and was able to glean some great info about my new students' basic math and literacy skills, as well as their fine motor skills and listening skills. One of the Pigeon themed activities was a number/number word/counting mini book. Students traced and wrote the numbers 1-10, as well as the number words 1-10. Then students illustrated a picture to go with each number. We broke this activity up over a couple of days. Students took part in a listening activity. Students had to complete a picture according to a series of questions/statements that I read aloud. (If you've every made a glyph with your students, this activity feels really similar.) Students also put together their first puzzler for the year. This puzzler focused on number representations. Students cut and glued the puzzler pieces to tell what number is represented in the box. By the end, students have a completed picture that they can color. I use various puzzlers throughout the year. This the Pigeon puzzler is a great introduction to how to complete a puzzler. Students loved making their simple, one-page craft Pigeons. All that was required was the Pigeon pattern (I used white card stock), scissors, and glue. The class Pigeons made a really quick and cute back to school bulletin board. In addition to these activities, students worked on counting/cardinality, geometry, place value, number bonds, handwriting, the alphabet, rhyming words, sight words, and more. The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! is a perfect springboard for a variety of skills. For a math freebie (from the printables featured above), click on the picture below. This freebie provides practice with ten frames, counting, and number identification. If you have not added, The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! to your classroom library, I highly recommend it. There are so many directions you can go with this book. More importantly, your students will love it and be totally engaged. What a great way to start the year, by reading a book that students truly enjoy. :) For more details about the all of the Pigeon inspired activities I used with my students, be sure to click on the picture below. Of course (like most), I'm not certain what this year's back to school days will look like. Whatever the setup, I know I'll be using The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! to help me kick off the year. Thanks for stopping by. School Is a Happy Place is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associated Program, an affiliate program that allows this site to earn advertising fees. Please know that all of the recommendations on this site are authentic and come from personal experience.
Thank you Elmer’s for sponsoring this post. All opinions expressed are my own. Today we're experimenting with salt, glue, and watercolors to create some colorful ocean art. You'll only need a few materials to create
Dot to Dot is a fun way to follow your way to solving a mystery! By connecting the dots, number by number, a picture forms before your very eyes. It’s a great way for young children to reinforce their numbers and counting memory, plus hand eye coordination and fine motor skills and writing preparation. All […]
Looking for a fun and enagaging way to teach linear measurement? Check out these monster themed measurement activities that make learning fun
Here are some great grammar games, ideas, and activities that will help early/middle elementary aged kids enjoy grammar just a bit.
Use phenol red to observe plant photosynthesis. As plants consume carbon, the indicator will change from yellow to red. Materials are easy!
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What's better than a FREE 55 page Holidays Around the World Passport? Links to all the songs, videos and brain breaks you need for your entire holiday unit!
These are my favorite 50 free short art activities I have used over the past 20 years when I just need a quick and simple art activity.
