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Holiday Greeting Cards: A Graphing Activity
Students examine statistics about the popular type of greeting cards and create pie or bar chart using an online tool. They illustrate the sales statistics for the greeting cards before making the charts.
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Valentine's Day Memory Game
In this memory game worksheet, students cut apart 8 sets of Valentine cards. Students place the 16 cards face down on a table and play a memory game, trying to match up the pairs.
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Print-Making Card Designs
Young scholars explore print making. In this art and print making lesson, students listen to biographical information about Leonardo da Vinci, then define "mirror image" as a technique used by this artist. Young scholars cut out magazine...
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Valentine's Kindness
Learners learn about kindness. In this kindness lesson plan, students bring a stuffed animal from home and discuss times they have felt sad and what they have done to cheer up others. Learners discuss why it is important to be kind. ...
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Healthy Heart
Students discover the power of their heart and provide an opportunity to talk about ways to maintain good health. In this early childhood heart lesson, students diagram a human heart, identify exercises that promote a healthy heart, and...
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Valentine Shop
Learners use Coin Critters software to practice coin recognition. Students complete a printing project for the cover of Valentine cards and use monthly calendars or a hundreds chart to count by 5's and 10's. Learners use KidPix to create...
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Holiday Paper Projects for Kids
No matter what time of year it is, there's a holiday craft to make! Kindergartners construct several holiday craft projects in a series of holiday art lesson. They complete several paper projects such as 4th of July flags, Thanksgiving...
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Love Bug Bag
Students create "love bug bags" using pink pipe cleaners, construction paper, glue, glitter or sand, and a lunch sack in this Art lesson for the early-elementary classroom. This can be used in the Springtime or as a Valentine's Day...
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Love Birds
Students create birds using construction paper, pencils, scissors, glue, and heart shapes in this Art lesson plan for the elementary classroom. The lesson plan could be used for a Valentine's Day activity or for a special art project...
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Writing Poetry with Rebus and Rhyme
Young scholars write rhyming poems using rebus. With pictures instead of words, authors create original work about things they love.
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Valentine City
Young scholars construct a small city on a table in the classroom. Each student is given a lot to develop. They give directions from one location to another, and write letters with correct addresses to their classmates.
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Government and Community Resources
Adult learners, with the assistance of flash/picture cards, explore a variety of United States holidays and social customs: Labor Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, and more. In addition, they draw pictures illustrating...
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Internet Project - Project Groundhog
Young scholars share weather and community information with other students across the continents. In groups, young scholars collect details, pictures, and drawings about their community, its weather patterns, and school. They predict if...
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Read It, Write It, Count It!
Here is a good instructional activity which has learners solve addition and subtraction problems. In this computation instructional activity, problems are solved, then a sentence or word story about the problem is written.
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Introduction to Psychology and Sigmund Freud
Students learn about psychology. In this unconscious mind lesson, students examine the life and theories of Sigmund Freud. Students define psychoanalysis, the conscious mind, the unconscious mind, Freudian slips, the ego, the id, the...
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Resolving Conflicts
Students practice conflict resolution skills. In this personal health lesson, students share incidents of verbal harassment, exclusion, gossip, and unwanted physical contact. Students discuss how to handle the situations and role play...
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Pick A Number
Elementary schoolers find out which month has the most class birthdays (mode) and which birthday represents the middle point of all the birthdays (median). They gather and organize data to find one number that fairly represents the whole...
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Sticky Hearts
Young scholars create "sticky hearts" in this early elementary lesson that explores the use of different media in works of art. The lesson suggests using white posterboard, constructions paper, corn syrup, food coloring and lots of...
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Broken Heart Station Warm Up
Students are divided into six groups which be your six stations for this activity. On the teachers signal, students work together to assemble a heart puzzle that is scattered on the floor.
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Health Grade 5
Fifth graders understand conflict and how to solve them. In this instructional activity about conflict resolution, 5th graders explore different factors that cause conflict. Students are put into groups and develop a list of examples for...