You'll find hundreds of resources here, including printables and hands-on activities, for a Montessori-inspired weather unit.
Making learning fun is important for older kids too! No one wants to sit around doing flash cards and worksheets all day. These hands-on activities for elementary-aged students are a great way to get kids excited about learning!
Engaging STEM Activities, Math resources, and Escape Rooms will help fill up your month of March! As teachers, we know the longest month of the year is March. I know many of you think it is January or May. But I think it's March. March often brings Spring Break, which is typically the
Ready for an outdoor spring activity? Kite crafts for kids are perfect. Have fun decorating and building your own special kite and run in the outdoors
Inside Out Lesson Plans & FREE Inside Out Classroom Feeling Chart
Need a little beginning of the week inspiration today? It's a mix of shamrocks and basketball in my speech room this week. I wanted to show you two more basketball ideas! A free app plus
Michaelangelo is an incredible artist that children study at school or as part of a homeschool curriculum. We spent all our art lessons in the month of March this year...
Pinay Homeschooler is a blog that shares homeschool and afterschool activity of kids from babies to elementary level.
Spring Process Art- Great collection of 20 ideas for spring process art for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, and elementary kids. You'll find painting, stamping, collages, sculpture, and more. Make flowers, bugs, rainbows, and butterflies!
Creative Dramatics Lessons for Elementary Grades by an Award Winning Drama Teacher Hello! Today, I wanted to blog about Creative Dramatics Lessons for Elementary Grades by an Award Winning Drama Teacher. You may not know me or be familiar with my work. I'm Deborah Baldwin (but my friends call me Deb.) I am a recently
Have fun learning in this Inclined Planes Simple Machines Lesson filled with free worksheets and science experiments for elementary age kids.
Flower Names – Name Building Practice Printable is a fun, hands-on activity that will have your students building their name in no time.
Circuit Flowers explore circuit science in an easy way for elementary to teens. Learn art, chromatography, diffusion, engineering and more.
Looking for hands-on, seasonal activities in March? Try these math, reading, and science resources!
This skittles rainbow science activity is so easy to do and incredibly fun! It even comes with free recording sheets to add to your science lesson plans!
Get ready for some amazing March Madness reading ideas! March Madness isn't just reserved for basketball fans; it's the perfect time to add some excitement into your upper elementary classroom with a literary twist! This season, let's score big on reading fun and engagement with our March Madness Reading Activities for 4th grade. We've curated a slam-dunk list of 25 March Madness reading ideas that will turn your classroom into a literary arena, where books compete for the top spot, characters take center stage, and creativity soars.
Sail into a fun history lesson about the vikings for kids with this explorer lesson with a DIY Viking boat, activites, & free printables.
Grow a rainbow as a fun science experiment or STEM project and use the product as a fun decoration for springtime.
What is Dot Day? Dot Day is celebrated September 15th-ish. This fun day focuses on Peter Reynold’s book – The Dot. The Dot is a fantastic read aloud that focuses on the importance of growth mindset! I love doing a mini room transformation to celebrate! Check out what I do below… Decorations Please note Amazon affiliate links are included in this post for your convenience. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. I keep decorations very simple for this day! I created a little sign that I hang in the hall (which you can grab for FREE>>> HERE) and then I also use a few dot items from Amazon. I grab a few of these tablecloths (in picture) to hang on bulletin boards and then use the sticker dots all around the room (the set I had did easily come off the wall – but always check before using!). The Dot – Discussion Questions After reading The Dot to your students, here are a few ideas for discussion questions or writing prompts… -How did Vashti change from the beginning to the end of the story? -How did Vashti inspire the little boy? -How can you make your mark […]
Weather themed learning ideas for elementary aged students. Ideas for including science, math, art, geography, history, language arts, videos and book lists into your weather unit study.
In March, it's tournament time. If you live in the same type of home that I do, there is no doubt you are aware of this. Our television is flipping from one tournament game to
Hello darlings! It's Amy from That Teaching Spark and I am honored to be an author here at All About 3rd Grade! Keep coming back for more valuable posts specifically for 3rd grade teachers! I have 15 days left of school! How about you? These seem to be the most tiring and trying days of the year. Kiddos are getting rambunctious and we have tons of testing, grading, packing, and surviving to do! But I don't want to just survive the end of the year! I want to enjoy my last days with my kiddos! Every few days I try to throw in a fun and engaging STEM activity. FINALLY science is getting its due and districts are now pushing STEM, when it used to be the subject that wasn't paid much attention. I LOVE science and am so glad there is finally a push for it in elementary schools! STEM activities are meant to be inquiry based activities. Students must work together to solve a real world problem. These kinds of hands-on investigations are open ended and require students to work towards a solution or a product in their own way. And guess what? This kind of learning opens up all kinds of higher level questioning and thinking strategies. And the best part? The teacher is just an observer and occasional guide. That's right. Your kiddos are the ones taking charge of their own learning! So what can you do to keep your kiddo engaged the rest of the school year? All you have to do is... 1. Gather the following materials. 2. Give your kids the problem to solve. 3. Give them a time limit (20-25 mins. average) 4.Watch their little minds catch fire! Kite Construction Problem Construct a kite that will rise and stay up in the air the longest. Materials: (just ideas) different weight and sizes of paper tissue paper plastic bags Popsicle sticks string tape glue Smores Oven Problem Create an oven that will melt the chocolate to create Smores. Materials: zipped locked bag foil marshmallows graham crackers chocolate (outside location that can be monitored throughout the hour or day) Water Cycle Problem Create a water puddle that takes the longest to evaporate. Materials: (just ideas) cups water (same amount of water for each group) chalk to mark the start timer Parachutes Problem Construct a parachute that will stay in the air the longest. Materials: (just ideas) different weight and sizes of paper tissue paper plastic bags string tape glue hole puncher paper clips (for weight) Spaghetti Tower Problem Create the tallest structure. Materials: spaghetti marshmallows (make it a challenge with different sizes of marshmallows) Learning Happens in the MESS! There you have it folks! A few tried and true STEM activities to keep your little rascals learning right up until the very last second of school! All you have to do is gather the materials and watch their investigating minds. Don't freak out if things get a little messy. Learning happens in the mess. They can clean it up later! Do you have any tried and true STEM activities? We'd love for you to share in the comments!
I'm always looking for some fun activities to keep my kids busy during the day that doesn't involve technology. Magnets are so much fun and can keep kids busy for hours.
If your kids are working on identifying and ordering numbers up to 20, you'll love these cute build a farm fence number ordering mats! There are four mats
STEM building challenges are a great way to incorporate STEM skills into the classroom. Use them to learn about science, technology, engineering, and math in a lesson for the entire class, or use them as early finisher tasks. STEM building challenges are perfect extensions for students who finish work early.
From simple science experiments to STEAM investigations, these spring themed science activities are sure to be a hit with your kids.
FREE printable Paper Hats that kids can color and wear when learning about community helpers, occupations, or when doing dramatic and pretend play. Great for preschool and kindergarten!
All the BEST Fox in Socks activities are right here! Find printables, worksheets, crafts, and hands-on learning activities for elementary aged children.
A collaborative blog where two friends share great ideas, activities, and resources about teaching, coaching, and tutoring in the primary grades!
Free STEM challenges with a zoo theme. Fun for preschool or elementary aged kids.
Challenge your preschoolers to design, engineer and build with these fun STEM projects that are perfect for 3-6 year olds.
This is a fun and messy piece of process art that the kids will love. Turn up the music and then drum and splatter and paint away.
See how we incorporated hands-on butterfly math activities for measurement, data, and graphing during our life cycle study. Get FREE printables too!
This tornado in a bottle is a quick and easy weather science experiment. Learn how to make a tornado in a bottle with a few simple materials.
Get a free game and sorting cards to assist you in teaching your living vs non living unit. There are other activities, such as emergent readers available too.
Community Helpers activities and centers for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. Plus FREE community signs & fire finger painting printable.
Explore STEM activities related to favorite kids movies like Harry Potter, Disney themed Frozen & BigHero 6, Star Wars and more fun family films!
