Do you and I run in the same circles? Doubt it. Although we do share at least one circle: teaching. Right? And if you and I ha...
Empower ELL newcomers with essential classroom English phrases using this resource pack designed for beginners. Perfect for mastering survival English skills.
DIY Song Cubes to help children learn music "old favorites" and practice finding and keeping the beat; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.
I've run an afterschool makers club at my school for the past two years. Here I share tips on creating norms, balancing guided projects & free time, & more.
Learn about five different biomes as you color and read key facts about with free printable Biome Coloring Pages for Prek-4th graders.
Try out this super easy homemade flubber recipe. It only takes five minutes to prepare but will delight your kids for hours.
Looking for a free comprehensive K-12 technology curriculum, scope & sequence, or framework? Tasked with creating your school or district technology & computer science curriculum guide? This round up includes a clickable list of various curriculum frameworks, lessons, checklists, etc. for for integrating technology into the classroom. Technology Curriculum Guides Many Teach With Tech Facebook Group discussions and questions revolve around tech curriculum. What curriculum are you using? What standards are you following? Do you have a scope & sequence of tech skills? What lessons are you doing with which grade levels and when? Because many educators have been tasked
Looking for a free comprehensive K-12 technology curriculum, scope & sequence, or framework? Tasked with creating your school or district technology & computer science curriculum guide? This round up includes a clickable list of various curriculum frameworks, lessons, checklists, etc. for for integrating technology into the classroom. Technology Curriculum Guides Many Teach With Tech Facebook Group discussions and questions revolve around tech curriculum. What curriculum are you using? What standards are you following? Do you have a scope & sequence of tech skills? What lessons are you doing with which grade levels and when? Because many educators have been tasked
Hi friends!! I’m super excited to be linking up with Doodle Bugs for Five for Friday. I haven’t done one in a long time!! But I’m not feeling too well […]
In this Bible object lesson, children create rainbows to illustrate the fruits of the spirit! Equipped with the fruits, God's love can shine through us.
Build preschoolers' visual skills with these fun visual perception activities, which are important for reading and writing.
These assessment forms for Pre-K can be used to record children's progress as you work with them during learning activities or observing them through
FREE Science printables for kids to learn about the organs inside our bodies. Hands-on learning with puzzles and matching, perfect for young kids, even preschool or kindergarten!
10 inexpensive rewards to use in your middle school class.
Kids will have fun reviewing the names of Jesus' disciples with this fun, FREE 12 Disciples Memory Game. Perfect for Sunday school lessons.
Have you ever had a class that just tried your patience day after day? Have you ever felt like you could walk away from teaching forever tom...
Help the after school time with your kids go smoothly using these 80 amazing ideas!
Learn how to make a kaleidoscope in this fun STEM/science activity and craft for kids. It’s such a fun way to explore light, reflections, and symmetry! Follow our Science for Kids Pinterest board! *This post was originally published 2/2/16 and has since been updated. Last week I made these super fun kaleidoscopes with my …
Warhol soup cans art project with easy step-by-step drawing guide. Your kids will love making their own Warhol soup cans!
Learn about fingerprinting for kids & play detective! Fun ideas for a CSI or spy party or science activity for preschool & elementary ages!
Make a life-size printable human skeleton with kids! The printable skeleton template comes as a PDF file, which is easy to cut and assemble.
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Credit- Raymondsanti Students in grades K-4 began the Lion King unit this Monday during Arts Enrichment time. Arts Enrichment is an extra music/art time a week taught by the Art teacher Mrs. Divis and the music teacher Ms. Moon. Photo Credit The Lion King on Broadway Trailer For the next two Mondays students will be learning a fun dance to "The Circle of Life" and making African necklaces. Students will wear the necklaces while showcasing "The Circle of Life" dance at an upcoming school assembly. Photo by: Swiss.frog After those two weeks students will explore The Lion King theme more through various art projects and music activities. Some of the music activity videos are shown below: Hakuna Matata: The Lion Sleeps Tonight Music Video Lion Sleeps Tonight- Just Dance 2 Video I made two different arrangements of Lion Sleeps Tonight (and found the ukulele online) for grades 2-4, to align with what instruments they are learning in general music class. Grade 2 will learn the song on boomwhackers, grade 3 on the barred instruments, and grade 4 on the ukulele. I will also give a brief description of some common African instruments and add appropriate percussion parts (likely only one or two per grade of the percussion parts listed below). Below is a video from a 2nd grade class of students playing the boomwhacker part and some African instruments. Here is a 3rd grade class practicing the mallet accompaniment to "Lions Sleeps Tonight". Although the Lion King takes place in Kenya, the theme of the unit opens up the wonderful opportunity to explore musical activities from all parts of Africa. Obwisana is a folk song from Ghana. Students will play a rock passing game while singing the song. The words of the song mean "The rock has crushed my hand, grandma." I found this description in a book I have: "A child singing this song is repeatedly receiving a message of security and comfort, even in the context of a phrase and game which tells of injury. The injured child can take comfort in the fact that he or she can turn to "Nana" for sympathy and assistance- the ever-present circle of relatives supports Ghanaian children and adults during times of misfortune and celebration both." Che Che Koolay is also a folk song from Ghana. The words have been said by some to be nonsense words. But the movements to the song lean toward this translation: Hands on your head Hands on your shoulders Hands on your waist Hands on your knees Hands on your ankles Hands on your ankles Hands on your ankles, hey! Notation found here Students will learn a dance similar to the popular American song, "Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" to Che Che Koolay.
Learning about the human anotomy is fun and easy for kids with My First Anatomy game. Identify, match, and learn! We are fearfully and wonderfully made!
Hands-on learning! Show your child how interesting - and fun - science can be with our 3 favorite science worksheets for kindergartners through fifth graders.
Have you ever had a class with so many difficult, disruptive students that you felt that you could barely even teach? What can you do to get past it? In this post, I am going to address this problem with my best advice, and some advice from others as well.
Study the human body anatomy with kids by making an anatomy model with these free printable life-size human body organs!
The Wisdom Of Solomon Bible Mazes
Credit- Raymondsanti Students in grades K-4 began the Lion King unit this Monday during Arts Enrichment time. Arts Enrichment is an extra music/art time a week taught by the Art teacher Mrs. Divis and the music teacher Ms. Moon. Photo Credit The Lion King on Broadway Trailer For the next two Mondays students will be learning a fun dance to "The Circle of Life" and making African necklaces. Students will wear the necklaces while showcasing "The Circle of Life" dance at an upcoming school assembly. Photo by: Swiss.frog After those two weeks students will explore The Lion King theme more through various art projects and music activities. Some of the music activity videos are shown below: Hakuna Matata: The Lion Sleeps Tonight Music Video Lion Sleeps Tonight- Just Dance 2 Video I made two different arrangements of Lion Sleeps Tonight (and found the ukulele online) for grades 2-4, to align with what instruments they are learning in general music class. Grade 2 will learn the song on boomwhackers, grade 3 on the barred instruments, and grade 4 on the ukulele. I will also give a brief description of some common African instruments and add appropriate percussion parts (likely only one or two per grade of the percussion parts listed below). Below is a video from a 2nd grade class of students playing the boomwhacker part and some African instruments. Here is a 3rd grade class practicing the mallet accompaniment to "Lions Sleeps Tonight". Although the Lion King takes place in Kenya, the theme of the unit opens up the wonderful opportunity to explore musical activities from all parts of Africa. Obwisana is a folk song from Ghana. Students will play a rock passing game while singing the song. The words of the song mean "The rock has crushed my hand, grandma." I found this description in a book I have: "A child singing this song is repeatedly receiving a message of security and comfort, even in the context of a phrase and game which tells of injury. The injured child can take comfort in the fact that he or she can turn to "Nana" for sympathy and assistance- the ever-present circle of relatives supports Ghanaian children and adults during times of misfortune and celebration both." Che Che Koolay is also a folk song from Ghana. The words have been said by some to be nonsense words. But the movements to the song lean toward this translation: Hands on your head Hands on your shoulders Hands on your waist Hands on your knees Hands on your ankles Hands on your ankles Hands on your ankles, hey! Notation found here Students will learn a dance similar to the popular American song, "Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" to Che Che Koolay.
Make your own emoji agamograph with your students. Great for teachers, families and anyone interested in making their own agamograph.
Learning how to wear our authority as parents and parent-teachers is oh so important, which is why Charlotte Mason spends an entire chapter discussing it.
Georgia O'Keeffe projects for kids. A collection of fun and easy ideas to help you teach about this famous artist. From Art with Jenny K.
Are you looking for tips and tricks for working with partners in the classroom classroom? Read on to learn all the hacks!
Free Ten Commandment Bible Printables for K-5. Students learn their ten commandments with our free printable coloring pages, bookmakrs, crafts, flashcards and more.
My kids are obsessed with Harry potter and want to learn all they can about the author who created him. That's how our J.K. Rowling Unit Study came to be.
Print these free symmetry worksheets and activity pages to use with your students. Learn about the line of symmetry with these fun pattern challenge worksheets. Students must use logic, reasoning, and spatial skills to draw the reflected pattern across the line of symmetry.
Experiment #1 What will happen when I put raisins in a cup of sprite? After you do the experiment, you will find out that the raisins DANCE! My students L.O.V.E this experiment and think that it is hilarious that the raisins dance up and down in the Sprite! Click {here} for the raisin experiment Experiment #2 What does our heart do for us? We talked about the heart and it's purpose! Then, we observed our own pulse using a marshmallow and toothpick. What a great time to learn about the heart (Valentine's Day)! Click {here} for the heart experiment Experiment #3 Which object lets the most light through from our flashlight? Using a flashlight, we determined which objects (dollar, black paper, net, plastic wrap, and tin foil) let through the most light. Click {here} for the light experiment clipart and/or fonts by DJ Inkers. www.djinkers.com Is your school heading to the land of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) or STEAM (Same, but add art)? Last year, our school committed to becoming a STEM+A (plus Art) school. So far- I'm loving it!!! It has really got me thinking outside of the box for sure. I'm excited to share with you some ideas that I have with STEM in the future. For now, I've got some posters that I made for our 1st grade STEM+A Intro Day! For our STEM+A Intro Day, we rotated all of the first graders (split into 5 groups) through our classrooms. Each teacher took on one of the letters and taught the students about the meaning of that letter and how we use it in every day life. We want our students to know that STEM is everywhere! Then, we did an activity based on the letter we had. I had Math and we played Pokemon Go Addition (totally made the game up...haha). These posters are great for my students to refer back to. Click {here} to check these posters out!
Share & Help Me GrowWelcome to Lesson Nine of Science Saturday as we study the Nervous System with Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy and Physiology and The Homeschool Scientist. This week, I sat scratching my head and considering ways I could make the nervous system fun. I imagined creating messenger system within our living room where […]
Human body activities and free printables for kids.
Kusama Art Projects! These Yayoi Kusama art projects for kids are perfect for the classroom or the art room.
I know I am not alone when I say that I struggle to sit through staff meetings without doodling on my paper, shifting in my seat, getting up to use the bathroom and occasionally whispering with my teacher friend next to me. Now, these are every other week, and only for an hour. Every time I leave, I […]
For each of the 13 potential outcomes of project-based learning, I added a tip to help increase the chance that this potential is realized.
