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Bring Your Classroom to Life with Educational Songs

Picture this: You're walking past a classroom as musical notes float through the air, and you catch a glimpse of class members happily singing; captivated not only by the music, but the utter joy for the learning process. Music is a powerful medium for conveying and basking in varying shades of e...

Van Gogh Sunflowers

Invigorate and Inspire with Van Gogh's Bold Colors

March 30th marks the 159th anniversary of Vincent Van Gogh's birth. Although he only lived to be 37 years old, and received little professional recognition during his life, his prolific contributions to the Impressionist movement gave him a well-earned place in art history. Utilizing a dynamic bl...

Integrating Art into Other Content Areas

Integrating Art Into Other Content Areas

With so many standards to teach, high-stakes testing, and pressure to make sure that there is “no child left behind,” it’s no wonder that the arts get lost in the midst of the busy school day. Here are some ideas to help bring art back into your classroom. Combining Art and Math In kindergarten, ...

Conferences With Parents Who Don't Get Along

Conferences With Parents Who Don't Get Along

In my teaching experience, I've found that children come from a variety of backgrounds. Some have traditional families, others non traditional, and still others might have parents who are divorced. Within the group of divorced parents, I have encountered ones who did not get along with each othe...

Special Education Student in the Maintstream Classroom

Special Education Students in the Mainstream Classroom

In many schools, there are mainstream classrooms and a number of special education classrooms. These special education classrooms include rooms for students with learning disabilities, speech issues, mental disabilities, and emotional disabilities. While some with disabilities may look and act li...

Valentine's Day Art Activities

Valentine's Day Art Activities

Valentine’s Day is a day filled with friendship and fun. Students love to bring in Valentine’s for their friends and teachers, eat sweets, and participate in art projects. There are many ways to celebrate Valentine's Day, but one of the best is with art projects. Here are some ideas for activitie...

winter art activties

Winter Art Activities

As teachers we often design our art activities to coincide with the current season or upcoming holiday. Since we are in winter, it's a great time to think of some fun and different winter art activities for your students. Here are a few to try with your class. The first a...

secret santa

Classroom Secret Santa

Having a Secret Santa gift exchange in the classroom is a fun way to celebrate the season. Students love trying to guess the name of their "secret santa." Here's how it works. Students are given the name of a student in the class to give a gift to, but everyone has to keep their recipient a secre...

kwanzaa

Kwanzaa in the Classroom

During the holiday season, people not only celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah, but participate in a celebration called Kwanzaa. It is a holiday that is celebrated by African Americans, and focuses on the first harvest of crops. If you have a student who celebrates Kwanzaa, it is especially im...

holiday activities for everyone

Holiday Activities for Everyone

As teachers, we usually think of creative and fun activities to do during the holidays, mostly involving Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa. However, once in a while, you will have a student in your class that does not celebrate the holidays, or may celebrate a holiday you don't normally cover in cl...

Hanukkah lessons and activities

A Day of Hanukkah

Even though Hanukkah is a holiday that people celebrate around the world, many students may not be familiar with its history. During the time leading up to the holidays, teachers can provide students with activities related to Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and any other celebrations they would li...

Telling Time

Teaching Students to Tell Time

Whether you are a person who likes to schedule their time carefully, or someone who goes with the flow, we all have to be aware of the time. Getting to work, school, athletic practice, or bed on time is a necessity. That is why it is important for students to learn at an early age how to tell tim...

Holiday Break Lessons

Keeping Students Focused During the Holiday Season

While the day before a holiday break can be fun and exciting, it can also be nerve wracking for teachers. On these days students are often focused on the upcoming vacation, not on school. Here are some ways to make the day before a break fun and structured at the same time. There are easy ways to...

autobiographical art lessons

Getting to Know Me: Adventures in Self-Expression

The one subject students know more about than any other is themselves. They know their favorite foods, music, activities, and clothing. They know their own family and their friends. Kids are the experts on the subject of “me”, which is why doing autobiographical projects creates a level playing f...

Beadwork Lesson Plans

Beadwork: Creativity Booster and Stress Reliever

Besides being fun to make and wear, beads also offer connections to history and culture. Making beads is an old craft. Beads and pendants created by ancient cultures give us a glimpse of the belief systems and materials available in different times and places. Beads have been used in monetary sys...
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