Google has a fantastic program that prepares the world for major events involving Mother Nature, and it has set up a crisis map for people on the East Coast preparing for Hurricane Sandy.
Weather Wiz Kids is a fun and safe website for kids about all the weather info they need to know. It contains tools for weather education, including weather games, activities, experiments, photos, a glossary and educational teaching materials for the classroom.
Are you studying the weather, natural disasters, or hurricanes in your homeschool? If you are, then this Hurricanes mini unit study is the perfect resource
Brr! It’s been cold here in sunny Florida! Nothing like seeing our little sunshine babies all bundled up because it’s 55 degrees outside! To help my seconds get in the “cold” spirit, we started in on an Arctic Thematic Unit. This unit took us a better part of two weeks to get through so I’ve […]
The beginning of kindergarten is fast approaching and all I can think about is how hard those first weeks (and months) can be. For a teacher it feels like holding 25 corks under the water all at once—all day long. For a kindergartner, it is a scary time. A time to adjust to new sp
Here is a peek inside my Thanksgiving Thematic Unit and Craft Pack . Let’s Celebrate Thanksgiving is full of 89 pages of supplemental mat...
Kids love to talk about their families; of course they do! Families are the most important thing in our lives. A family is the community in which all of us grow and thrive. I like to begin this unit with some great books about families. Here are some of my favorites, with my affiliate link
[ad_1] Pizza, Pizza! This is a super fun unit that preschoolers will love! This unit has everything you need to set-up the ultimate pizza classroom! Tons of hands on and engaging activities all about pizza! Included: -My favorite pizza books -Pizza toppings color sorting -Pizza ten frame count it -Pizza number tracing -Shape pizzas math game -Pizza toppings counting -Pizza size sorting -Pizza roll and cover -Pizza number cover-up -Pizza number write it -Pizza shape cover-up -Pizza shape puzzles -Build-A-Pizza recipe cards/mats -Pizza toppings butcher paper math activity -Pizza tracing (lines/shapes) -Pizza fine motor activities (cutting, hole punching, lacing) -Pizza cut and paste activity -Pizza alphabet match (upper/lowercase) -Pizza rhymes -Pizza alphabet tracing cards -Pizza letter s
I absolutely love bringing dinosaurs into the classroom! Because, face it, all kids love dinosaurs! Through thematic teaching, all activities across the curriculum work together to deepen all levels of academic understanding.
With a summer coming to a quick end, I skipped ahead in our letter learning to do the letter W, so we could hit the theme of Watermelons. P...
This set of lesson plans and educational materials will help your students identify and practice the Golden Rule.
Our decorations for the Louisiana Guidebook Unit: Hurricanes
Farming and Agriculture for Littles: A Complete Thematic Unit to Teach about Farming and Where Our Food Comes FromThis is the perfect accompaniment for Journeys Grade One, Lesson 18 OR can be used alone to teach students all about agriculture.The bulk of this product consists of NO PREP PRINTABLE pa...
Ideas for a farm thematic unit with literacy, math, and science centers and activities for kindergarten and first grade classrooms. Learning through play.
Groundhog Day crafts and activities
Embrace the fall season in your classroom with autumn-themed décor, lessons, and activities! Developing your fall reading instruction around a thematic study unit such as owls is a great way to introduce cross-curricular topics and project-based learning into your curriculum. Plus, whooo doesn’t...
Homeschool unit studies can be the perfect curriculum option. A giant list of unit study curriculum reviews, instructions and links to more!
So let’s dive into the second week of our Arctic Thematic Unit! Didn’t get a chance to read about our first week? Check it out here! So after my students had a solid foundation of how harsh the Arctic climate can be, we began to study different animals that can not only live in these […]
