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Set Up a Remote Learning Schedule for PreK-K Teachers
Get a 2-week planner and planning template! This collection is designed to give you ideas for teaching primary students with a remote learning schedule. We will share a variety of resources to explore.
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Sanitation
Many diseases and conditions can be prevented or controlled through appropriate personal hygiene and by frequently washing parts of the body and hair with soap and clean, running water (if available). Good body washing practices can...
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Nutrition - PreK - 1st
Whether it's about the food groups or how food is grown, children can have fun while learning about nutrition.
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Anatomy - PreK - 1st Grade
Anatomy starts at the microscopic level with cells, which are the basic units of living things. Cells combine to make tissues, tissues combine to make organs, and organs combine to make organ systems.
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What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
It's never too early to think about our future! Boost enthusiasm about careers and occupations with a collection created for kindergarten through second-grade learners. Young minds discover future possibilities, such as becoming a...
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Nature of Teaching: Informal Curricula
The Nature of Teaching curriculum provides activity-focused resources designed for nature centers, field days, and 4-H clubs. Young scholars study and identify birds, build feeders for local birds, create exploding seed balls that they...
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Words That Heal: Using Children's Literature to Address Bullying
Books can create empathy. Books can build self-esteem. Books can offer insight and coping strategies. Books can encourage anti-bullying. Books can heal. The five discussion guides in the "Words That Heal: Using Children's Literature to...
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First Day of Elementary School Activities
The first day of school can be daunting, especially for younger scholars. Instead, make the first day of school happy with these ice breakers, games, activities, and more designed to brighten your elementary learners' day!
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Elementary School Ice Breakers
Break the ice with a collection of icebreakers for Kindergarten through fifth grade. Scholars get to know their new friends through various activities such as quilt design, personal interviews, cootie catchers, singing, a game of "Would...
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Back-to-School Grades Pre-K-5
Be prepared for a new school year with a back-to-school collection equipped with various resources to create a warm welcome for your incoming scholars. Gain perspective, tips, and recommendations, with an assortment of informative...
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Lions Quest SEL Mindfulness Resources: Grades Pre-K-2
Mindfulness, self-awareness, and self-management are the focus of a 10-activity collection for social-emotional learning. Young scholars practice breathing techniques to stay calm, identify their feelings, control impulses, build...
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Rockets Educator Guide
The 17 resources in NASA’s Rockets Educator Guide allow young scientists and engineers to engage in experiments as they examine images of more than 2,00 years of rockets. Scholars then read articles that provide an overview of the next...
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Core Competencies of SEL
Six short videos detail six competencies of Social-Emotional Learning—social awareness, self-awareness, self-management, relationship skills, responsible decision making, and future self. Videos stress the importance of social and...
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Classroom PE Games
If you're stuck inside on a rainy day for PE or want to give your class a brain break, try out these fun games and activities. Games include Lave Field, Animal Escape, Alphabet Aerobics, and many more. Each of the 20 activities in the...
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TeachEngineering: Earthquakes Living Lab
Seven activities make up the TeachEngineering: Earthquakes Living Lab Collection. Activities designed for grades K-8 include “Geology and the 1906 San Francisco Quake,” “Designing for Disaster,” and “The Theory of Plate Tectonics.”...
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Adventures in Chemistry: Experiments
Twenty-one Inquiry-based lessons provide young scientists with an opportunity to experiment with a variety of chemical reactions. Classroom investigators make observations, develop basic lab skills, and follow step-by-step instructions...
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Rockin' English Lessons: ABC's and Numbers
Get ready to sing loud and proud! Three versions of the alphabet song and two counting songs make up a collection created to assist young scholars learn their ABCs and 1,2,3's.
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Animated Fables and Beginning Readers
Practice reading with children with a series of animated versions of a few of Aesop’s most famous fables: The Grasshopper and the Ants; Big Bug and Little Bug; A Toy for Spot; The Lion and the Mouse; and Ham with Jam?
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Moon Munchies: Human Exploration Project and Engineering Design Challenge
NASA and the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association, or ITEEA, present young scientists with a challenge: design and build lunar plant growth chambers so that astronauts can grow edible plants on the moon. Class...
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Upper and Lowercase Letters Worksheets
Youngsters develop their motor skills as they practice writing the letters of the alphabet with the help of worksheets. Each page lets learners first trace letters, then practice writing them independently. Each of the 26 worksheets in...
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Basic Spanish Skills
Audio prompts and self-assessment checklists, help language learners master basic Spanish skills. The 11 lessons in the collection cover common greetings, manners and etiquette, everyday Spanish phrases and terms, transportation and...
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Practical Money Skills Grades Pre-K–2
Youngsters begin to develop knowledge about money management through a collection of activities and games. They learn the names of coins and their relative values, learn about earning money through jobs and chores, develop spending...
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End of year Activities K-5
Use this collection of digital and print resources to wrap up the school year. Activites include resources to use in the virtual classroom!
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Classic Children's Songs from ABCmouse.com
Children's songs make learning fun. The eight classic songs in this collection teach children about counting and rhyming, animals and insects, clapping and dancing, and expressing feelings. Perfect for brain breaks and remote learning...