Students play the Raindrop Game to reinforce math skills. In this addition and subtraction lesson, students explore the concept of more and less as they play a weather-themed card game.

Students examine and discuss nineteenth century clothing and compare it to contemporary styles. After writing paragraphs describing the clothing styles, they play games from the period. For homework, they create their own games to play...

In this "When the Saints Come Marching In" sheet music worksheet, students read the sheet music while playing their selected instrument.

In this music worksheet, 2nd graders write the notes that are used in the song, "When the Saints Come Marching In." They fill in the blanks on the sheet music after becoming confident playing the piece.

In this "Ten Little Fingers" sheet music worksheet, students read the sheet music while playing their selected instrument.

In this "Bingo" sheet music worksheet, students read the sheet music while playing their selected instrument. Students should follow the finger numbers provided.

In this "Old McDonald Had a Farm" sheet music learning exercise, students read the sheet music while playing their selected instrument. Students should follow the finger numbers provided.

Students discover different uses of water. They discuss what lives in water and what does not. They match numbers 1-5 with objects of correct amount and recognize 5 different colors. They pick from pictures of different ways water...

Young scholars create homes for fairytale characters. In this early childhood lesson plan, students develop literacy, language, and problem-solving concepts as they create block structures related to specific fairy tales.

Students discover that the possibilities are limitless in this block-building activity. In this early childhood, problem solving instructional activity, students develop social, problem-solving, math, and language skills using a specific...

Students use funnels and create tunnels. In this early childhood lesson plan, students begin to understand science and math concepts such as flow, force, gravity, and volume and develop skills in areas such as problem solving and...

Third graders examine different types of non-fiction texts. In this non fiction lesson plan, 3rd graders use different types of texts to gather information. Students work in groups to analyze the texts for author's purpose,...

Students work with big boxes to connect big ideas. In this early childhood problem solving activity, students develop social, language, math, creative-thinking, and problem-solving skills as they work together to plan and design a...

Learners expand their thinking while investigating shape and design. For this early childhood lesson plan, students transform a geometric shape into another shape or design to develop math and creative-thinking skills.

Students use their creativity to build character homes. In this early childhood lesson plan, students develop creative-thinking, social, language, math, and motor skills as they work together to create buildings for characters from...

Fourth graders assume the roles of characters in familiar fairy tales and participate in a panel discussion using a talk show format.

Students use appropriate skills to design and conduct scientific investigation. They sort and classify various ingredients and analyze their investigation. Finally, students describe the observable states of matter, bot solids and liquids.

First graders shop for a bag of cookies using toy money. In teams, they choose which variety to buy and decides which bills and coins are necessary to buy the bag of cookies and a cashier makes change. They tally the cookies purchased...

Students illustrate pages of a book.  In this famous historical icon lesson, students are read a story about Mohandas Gandhi, illustrate the pages in small groups, assemble a class book to read to younger students, and act out a...

Second graders engage in a literature study that is concerned with transmitting new knowledge about modern technology. They identify different forms of technology and how it is used in everyday society. The instructional activity...

Third graders explore why food chains are important. In this food chain instructional activity, 3rd graders break into small groups to represent parts of the food chain. Different amounts of food are given to each group and any...

Everything a bee does serves a purpose. Learners in grades one through five explore the behaviors of bees through reading and dramatic puppet play. First children will create honey bee puppets, then they will discuss how bees dance to...

In this verbs activity, students analyze a detailed picture of 15 children who are playing in a tree. Students write a sentence with a vivid verb to describe what each child in the picture is doing.

In this decision-making worksheet, students choose 1 out of 6 toys for a young boy. Students match 7 vocabulary terms to their proper definitions. Students fill in 3 blanks in 2 sentences. Students complete a variety of assignments about...