It can be awfully hard teaching young children how to read, but this phonics resource will make the job a little easier. Focusing on the au and aw vowel digraphs, this collection of engaging activities teaches beginning...

Young scholars make a weather turtle puppet and use it to respond to weather-related questions. They manipulate the turtle to show basic weather vocabulary such as: sunny, windy, rainy, snowy, etc.

Counting is the theme of this compilation of ESL lessons. Through listening, speaking, and moving, your young learners take part in a variety of activities to enhance their English proficiency such as making menus and books,...

Learners practice counting the number of sounds in names and words through the use of a ninja puppet that chops the sounds. The emphasis is on the breaking up of the names with the use of karate chops to increase student participation.

Mico the puppet offers a phoneme challenge for emerging readers: can they find the object with the middle sound they hear? Use the fantastic set of full-color picture cards to play this game with small groups or even the whole class....

Playing pretend with real objects or concepts is a wonderful way for learners to make object-to-action connections, as well as practice daily living skills. Learners with visual and intellectual disabilities use a wide variety of real...

Students discuss communication skills. For this language arts lesson, students use hand puppets to discuss a specific topic with a partner.

Students listen to The Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and use a teacher created puppet for a listening activity.  In this Hungry Caterpillar lesson, students recall the order of events in the story with the puppet and cards of the...

Students explore animal lifestyles by illustrating images. For this pet care lesson, students discuss their own pets and the conditions animals need to survive in both nature or a home. Students draw snakes and complete an activity sheet...

Second graders analyze the dangers of using tobacco products. In this health lesson plan, 2nd graders learn about the dangers of tobacco products as they watch a teacher-led puppet show and sing a new song.

Students participate in activities that begin with the letter "T". They also expand their vocabulary.

Students explore the concept of counting using music.  In this counting lesson plan, students use the song "Five Little Frogs" and the felt board set to discover one to one counting.  Students repeat the song as they watch and...

Learners use music to study concepts in math. In this music math lesson, students sing songs, read books, and learn counting skills in frog themed activities.

Students recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, students discriminate the short vowel e from the long vowel o. They associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...