I'm sharing creative ways to use Stretchy Bands in the classroom. In fact, I know you can stretch learning with Stretchy Bands.
It's World Hello Day! And what better way to celebrate than to explore all the ways people can say hello! Below is a free printable that you can use in your classroom/homeschool room. It is formatted to be printed up to size 11x14.
What I love about teachers is their creativity. In this tour shares about her classroom which has portable walls and is in a gym. It's great to learn from Montessori Teachers around the world. To see more classrooms in our classroom tour series click here ---- Hello! I am Elizabeth Stead and I teach Lower Elementary a
Elementary world decor will open the world to your students with this amazing and comprehensive Elementary Classroom Decor Bundle using a world theme. It's packed with graphics from 18 countries and comes with a fun "Hello" game to learn how to say hello in a foreign language.
Hello World – A Global STEM Initiative Our world is badly in need of our help – as the human race continues to deplete the planet’s resources and destroy it’s ecosystems, there’s a growing demand for talented engineering and science professionals. Despite this, the number of students entering these professions is still well below requirements; … Wizkids Club’s Initiative To Spread STEAM Globally Read More »
Hello blogging world art teacher friends!!! For some of you, the summer is coming to the close and the fresh smell of empty rooms and blank planners is near!!! I am in need of some great beginning of school activities. I have posted below my all time favorite first week of school activity for you!!! It was easy to set up, mess free, and made a BEAUTIFUL display (great way to start out the year) I would LOVE now, for you to post YOUR beginning of the year activities for inspiration!!! I love reading all of your blogs and use so many of your fabulous ideas!!! If your blog is not on my blog roll PLEASE comment or e-mail it to me so I can add you!! Ok, the lesson below is the one i was talking about. It didn’t publish earlier so here it is. I posted this last year but here it is again! This was my first day of school project this year. It was a great way to learn their names and talk about how special and different everyone is! I did this with grades kinder through fifth and they ALL loved it! Since the students are learning the color wheel I thought it would introduce color relationships in a fun way. Each table had a different color . One color. Red table had red, blue tables had blue, yellow had yellow, and so on. Since they had markers, pencils, and crayons, it allowed for various shades and hues of the same color. The 4th and fifth graders could use 2 colors; one color and one analogus color to make the intermediate color transitions in the mural from one color to the next. For the border I put butcher paper on each table and let kinder and first draw and paint different kinds of lines with their lines and color lesson, then cut it into strips to use for border. I glued all the index cardstogether on a looooooong piece of butcher paper in color order to create the mural. We talked first about drawing your face. Oval head, then ears in the middle, then hairline from one ear to the next, line for the part of the hair if its a girl, eyes where the ears are in the middle, then nose half way b/w eyes and chin, and lips half way b/w nose and chin. We looked at many different hairstyles and how to draw them from the hair line.
Elementary Classroom decor and classroom organization in a fun around the world theme. This huge set of materials includes Children from around the world, hello words, flags and classroom organization tools including posters, games, charts, cards, organization, calendar, for all of the (primary) elementary classroom needs. Around the world theme is a great way to include everyone around the world in your classroom culture and conversations. This set of around the world posters, cards and bulletin board designs is packed with materials that represent 23 countries with flags, hello words, and children. Say HELLO and make friends around the world with this huge bundle of materials. RESOURCE INCLUDES: PDF and a Power Point Files (Editable using TEXT BOXES only) 110 pages of Classroom Decor “Hello Children of the World” Posters- 18 Countries and their "HELLO" words *Framed Blank Children of the World Poster-Editable “Friends Around the World” Poster and Bulletin Board Example Children cards with Country and Hello word 4x6 (18 countries) Children and Flag cards 4x6 Country Flag cards 4x6 (23) Country poster size sets of Children and Flag and Children and Hello word. (23) Country Flag Poster Size World with children graphic World on one page and ½ of World for BULLETIN BOARD Children of the world images Letter and words for bulletin board 23 FLAGS REPRESENTING THESE COUNTRIES: CHILDREN OF THE WORLD POSTERS CHILDREN OF THE WORLD POSTERS WITH FLAGS CHILDREN OF THE WORLD Flash Card Sizes of both sets. Flags-Poster and Flash Card Size: Countries: Australia Mexico Cuba Germany Jamaica Brazil Canada China Egypt France India Iran Israel Italy Japan Netherlands Mexico Russia Spain Turkey United Kingdom United States of America Zimbabwe This is an incredible resource that can help you bring the world into your classroom. Use for teaching hello words around the world. Decorate using world themed decor. Build Classroom community, World language and culture awareness. ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM RESOURCES: BUNDLE OF LITERACY SONGS, POEMS, READERS THEATER AND WRITING ACTIVITIES for Holidays throughout the school year. Morning Meeting Hello Song "Everybody Say Hello" Actions & Literacy Activities *********************** ABOUT SING PLAY CREATE LLC. All products and works are copyrighted by Sing Play Create LLC. Buyers may get Free store credit by going to "my purchases" and click on "Provide Feedback". Ratings and helpful feedback are welcomed. Want a Freebie every month? Subscribe to my Website Newsletter. SING PLAY CREATE NEWSLETTER QUESTIONS? Please use the "Ask a Question" section of my TpT store. Or, you can email me at [email protected] CONNECT WITH ME HERE: Sing Play Create YouTube Channel Sing Play Create Blog Sing Play Create on Instagram Sing Play Create on Facebook Sing Play Create on Pinterest Let's Move and Learn with Music! Sandra
Hello again friends, it’s Jen Bengel from Out of This World Literacy! I hope you all are having a wonderful October so far with your students. I wanted to talk with you all today about getting star
We live globally today, so teachers need to work at creating global connections in meaningful ways for students by...
I love introducing young children to foreign language and other cultures. There is so much wonderful music from around the world to teach children about. The song Hello, Bonjour, Buenos Dias by Wee Sing is a perfect song to teach children how to say hello in new languages. I use the just the chorus of ... Read More about Song: Hello, Bonjour, Buenos Dias
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Hello fellow teachers! Today I want to give you some ideas for brain breaks and “sponge activities” - activities we use to “soak up” extra time. I always try to have my plans cover every bit of time to maximize content covered, but sometimes the kids - or the teacher! - get too squirrely, and you need a break! Or, as a sub, I find that I sometimes have a bit of extra time. I like to hold that over my students’ heads as a reward for excellent behavior. Anywho, here are a few of my favorite brain breaks and sponge activities! Around the World Time needed: 5-10 minutes Supplies: Flash cards, BrainQuest questions, or you can just make up questions as you go! Grade level: Any Around the World is a pretty simple, whole class activity that gives you a chance to practice facts with your students. I usually use math facts - addition with younger students, multiplication with older students - but you can use whatever problems or questions you want. Here’s how you play: You have two students stand up at their seats, next to each other. Show/ask the students a problem. The two students who are up will try to come up with the answer quickest. Whichever one calls the correct answer first goes on to the next student. If the traveling student gets the answer wrong, the other student will take his place and the wrong student will take his seat. This keeps going until one student makes it all the way “Around the World” and gets the correct answer against every other student, or until you’re out of time. 2. Silent Ball Time needed: 10+ Minutes Supplies: Playground ball Grade level: Any Silent Ball is lots of fun. It’s not really educational, but it’s a good way to get the wiggles out and get a bit of quiet. It can be played inside the classroom or outside and all you need is a somewhat soft ball. Gameplay is simple. If we’re playing inside, I have students sit on top of their desks facing the middle of the room. Outside, I’ll have the students form a circle. Students pass the ball back and forth without it landing on the floor. If the student who throws it makes a bad throw and as a result, the catcher couldn’t catch it, then the thrower is out. If it was a fair throw but the catcher didn’t catch it, then the catcher is out. And, most importantly, if you make ANY noise, you are out. Depending on the class, I find that to be the hardest rule for the students to follow. If I have plenty of time, I’ll let the students play until the last person gets out and there is only one winner left. I always give that student a prize from my prize box. If I’m shorter on time, I’ll play until there are 5 students left in play. You can make the game a little more complicated by adding more rules. Sometimes I’ll tell the students the ball has to go boy-girl-boy-girl, because it makes them pay more attention. Overall, it’s a fun game, a good reward, and a bonus is it is a quiet activity. 3. Guess Who Time needed: 5-10 minutes Supplies: Premade name cards Grade level: Any This game is sort of like the games Headbands, Heads Up, or Taboo. It’s easy to alter for any age or grade level, and any subject. I often play this game with characters from a book, but you could also do historical figures, numbers, or really any concept. It’s very easily adapted for different purposes. Before playing, you will need to do a bit of setup. Grab some index cards and think of a topic. Write down the name of a character (historical figure, number, etc) on each card. For example, if I as making cards for the book Maniac Magee, I would write one name on each card: Jeffrey, Amanda, Mrs. Beale, Bow-Wow, Mars Bar, Russel, Piper, Hands Down. Once you have the cards prepared, you’re ready to play. Give each student a card, face down so the student can’t see his character. Instruct the students to hold the card up against their forehead, so that the people looking at him can read the card. Give students a few minutes to wander around and help each other guess which character they have. For example, if the student has the “Amanda” card, you would go up and give the student clues like “This character lives in the East End. This character lets Jeffrey borrow a book. This character has a brother named Lester.” After a few minutes, have the students gather around in a circle and ask each one if they figured out their character! I love this game because it’s fun, quick, and pretty easy to set up, plus it’s curriculum related and can be a way to develop content knowledge in a fun and interesting way. And, as I said, it can be adapted to suit any need. You could give each student a number, and the other students have to use clues like “It is a composite number. It is a multiple of 6.” to guess. Or in social studies. “This person led three ships across the Atlantic Ocean. He was sent by the King and Queen of Spain. He landed in the Caribbean in the year 1492.” And so on. The possibilities are endless! So these are a few of my favorite sponge activities or brain breaks! What brain breaks do you like to use in your classroom? Feel free to comment below!
SHARE HELLO WORDS: U.S.A.: HELLO HAWAII: ALOHA FRANCE: BON JOUR SPAIN: BUENOS DIAS JAPAN: KONNICHIWA CHINA: NIHAU INDIA: NAMASTE MEXICO: HOLA and the list continues! There’s so many ways to say “HELLO”! As part of my concerts I like to share the “hello” words from the different countries and languages we are learning. I have […]
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Use the online platform Zoom to teach your Kindergartners during distance learning. How to use it and what to do to make the best use of your time.
Free multicultural songs celebrating diversity and inclusion; character education resources for a variety of ages!
What I love about teachers is their creativity. In this tour shares about her classroom which has portable walls and is in a gym. It's great to learn from Montessori Teachers around the world. To see more classrooms in our classroom tour series click here ---- Hello! I am Elizabeth Stead and I teach Lower Elementary a
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Learn how to say hello in 22 different languages with this challenging word search puzzle. Free for you to print for your own or classroom use.
Explore the world with these books about cultures, myths and countries, along with mapping activities for elementary & middle school students.
Hello blogging world art teacher friends!!! For some of you, the summer is coming to the close and the fresh smell of empty rooms and blank planners is near!!! I am in need of some great beginning of school activities. I have posted below my all time favorite first week of school activity for you!!! It was easy to set up, mess free, and made a BEAUTIFUL display (great way to start out the year) I would LOVE now, for you to post YOUR beginning of the year activities for inspiration!!! I love reading all of your blogs and use so many of your fabulous ideas!!! If your blog is not on my blog roll PLEASE comment or e-mail it to me so I can add you!! Ok, the lesson below is the one i was talking about. It didn’t publish earlier so here it is. I posted this last year but here it is again! This was my first day of school project this year. It was a great way to learn their names and talk about how special and different everyone is! I did this with grades kinder through fifth and they ALL loved it! Since the students are learning the color wheel I thought it would introduce color relationships in a fun way. Each table had a different color . One color. Red table had red, blue tables had blue, yellow had yellow, and so on. Since they had markers, pencils, and crayons, it allowed for various shades and hues of the same color. The 4th and fifth graders could use 2 colors; one color and one analogus color to make the intermediate color transitions in the mural from one color to the next. For the border I put butcher paper on each table and let kinder and first draw and paint different kinds of lines with their lines and color lesson, then cut it into strips to use for border. I glued all the index cardstogether on a looooooong piece of butcher paper in color order to create the mural. We talked first about drawing your face. Oval head, then ears in the middle, then hairline from one ear to the next, line for the part of the hair if its a girl, eyes where the ears are in the middle, then nose half way b/w eyes and chin, and lips half way b/w nose and chin. We looked at many different hairstyles and how to draw them from the hair line.
I love introducing young children to foreign language and other cultures. There is so much wonderful music from around the world to teach children about. The song Hello, Bonjour, Buenos Dias by Wee Sing is a perfect song to teach children how to say hello in new languages. I use the just the chorus of ... Read More about Song: Hello, Bonjour, Buenos Dias
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For the past few art classes, 5th grade has been working on their printmaking project, and learning about the Mexican holiday, Dia de los muertos. Calaveras, or skulls, are one of the many symbols of this meaningful holiday, and will be the subject matter for this project! We will be learning about the customs of this time and how it celebrates the memory of loved ones, no longer here. There are a lot of colorful decorations such as, candles, flowers, food, photographs, that decorate the "ofrendas" of their loved ones. You will see many calaveras that are covered in designs and color, in the decor, and that is where we're getting our inspiration from. We're also learning about another country's culture in the process, which is one of our art standards! Here is a great website that further describes the customs of this day Dia De los Muertos facts Here is the process by which these artworks are created! Supplies: You need Sax foam printing plates (we used 4x6"), 4x6" drawing paper, Tru-Ray construction paper pencil, tray, Speedball printing ink, a brayer, and protective paper for your tables (because this can get messy!) Day 1: Talk about Dia de los Muertos and start our calavera drawing. The students will draw their skulls on their 4x6" piece of paper, with the teacher. After they draw their outline, they will add details, such as flowers, hearts, vines, lines, and shapes. I have printouts of sugar skulls for the students to look at. There are so many different designs you can add to your drawing! This sketch will be placed on top of the foam and the students will go over their drawing, to create an imprint onto the foam. Here are some super skulls drawn by Mrs. Roger's 5th grade class! Day 2: Trace the drawing on the foam again, because your marks must be good and deep for them to show up! Once their printmaking foam is ready, they are ready to print. There will be a printing set up on each table, and the students will pull their own prints. Once they get a good one, we'll trim off the edges of the paper, and glue it to a background that they can decorate. Here's some awesome student examples! Mrs. Stacey is so proud of y'all! Here are some great examples from Mrs. Sisco's class!
What I love about teachers is their creativity. In this tour shares about her classroom which has portable walls and is in a gym. It's great to learn from Montessori Teachers around the world. To see more classrooms in our classroom tour series click here ---- Hello! I am Elizabeth Stead and I teach Lower Elementary a
Hello Again Friends! This is Jen Bengel from Out of This World Literacy. I hope everyone is staying warm and enjoying the first few wee...
Project based learning is an instructional model that has a variety of benefits for students and teachers. In this blog post, I will discuss 5 of the ways
