Illustrative Mathematics
Make Your Own Puzzle
Puzzling over what geometry activity to teach next? Look no further. This simple activity teaches young mathematicians how shapes can be decomposed into smaller figures, and how smaller figures can be assembled into larger shapes. To...
Marine Institute
Bubble Art – Learning About Paint and Color
To gain an understanding of color mixing theory and the color wheel, young artists draw a picture, mix up a batch of secondary colors to which they add dish soap, and using straws, bubble up the paint....
K12 Reader
Color the Christmas Adjectives
'Tis the season to be joyful, merry, beautiful, and red! Test young learners' knowledge of parts of speech with a festive coloring worksheet. As they identify which words are nouns and which words are adjectives, they color each part of...
K12 Reader
Color the Halloween Adjectives
Halloween is a great time to review some dark, spooky, and fun describing words! A holiday scene containing a black cat, grinning jack-o-lantern, and foggy sky comes forth when class members color the sections with adjectives yellow.
Curated OER
Soak in the Fun with Rainy Day Activities
Rain-themed crafts and activities that will engage and enthrall little learners.
Teacher's Guide
Addition Odd or Even Valentine's Day
Get in the Valentine's Day spirit with an addition worksheet. Scholars solve problems and color answers different colors depending on whether they are even or odd.
California Academy of Science
Color Vision Genetics Evolution Simulation
At one point, all mammals carried only two color receptors, but now most humans carry three. An informative presentation and hands-on activity demonstrate how this evolved through genetics. By participating in the activity, pupils...
Resources for Educators
Math & Science Connection
Whether you're using a collection of Dr. Seuss books to teach basic math skills like counting, adding, and subtracting, or exploring the different states of matter by melting a crayon with a hairdryer, a series...
Curated OER
Color the Right Shapes
I remember doing this activity when I was little. Learners color each shape the color indicated at the top of the page. Squares are blue, cubes are red, circles are green and so on. There are 30 shapes to identify and color.
Curated OER
Match Shapes in Compositions
Third graders draw shapes that are congruent with each other and identify other congruent shapes. In this congruency lesson plan, 3rd graders also apply specific colors from the color wheel in their shapes.
Curated OER
Matching the Shapes
Which of these blocks match? As they learn about shape attributes and the term same, scholars draw lines from block formations on the left to the same shapes on the right. The eight starting shapes are split into two sections to...
Curated OER
Great Shapes Alive!
Compare two- and three-dimensional shapes and construct three dimensional models from two-dimensional shapes. Diagram the shapes and reflect about the process in writing.
Twiggle Magazine
Preschool Color Fun and Activities
I can't stress enough the importance of songs and rhyming chants to the development of early literacy skills. To reinforce color recognition, little ones sing, count, move, and create. All you have to do is choose which of these great...
Curated OER
Applied Science: Exploring Shapes in Nature
Explore geometry with your young mathematicians! First, have them color in different two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes. Then take them on a walk around the classroom. Can they identify different shapes using the target...
Illustrative Mathematics
Overlapping Rectangle
Challenge young mathematicians' ability to compose and decompose shapes with this fun geometry puzzle. The goal is simple, locate all of the rectangles shown in a picture of three overlapping rectangles. Perform this activity as a whole...
SEN Teacher
Nets (3D Models)
Let your learners pick and create a fun shape from this custom template. Shapes range from complex geometric figures to the more common cube and prism. Each page can be labeled with your personal directions. Additional printable listed...
Curated OER
Shape Collage Pizza
Students identify shapes. For this geometry lesson, students cut out various shapes and create a "Shape Collage Pizza." Students glue their shapes onto a pizza template.
Curated OER
Where Do I Belong? Shape Activity
In this shape worksheet, students color shapes that belong with a group, and write an X on shapes that do not. A variety of shapes are used, 6 sets total.
Curated OER
Literacy Activity: Mouse Shapes
Students listen to the book Mouse Shapes and identify the shapes in the book as it is being read. In this shapes lesson, students identify the shapes in the book, and then play with cut out shapes that they can hold in their hands.
Curated OER
Variation in Human Skin Color
Students explore factors that control variation in human skin color and the implications of this information for human society. They understand that skin color is no longer considered a credible scientific standard by which to classify...
Curated OER
Shapes Sally Snake Can Make Story Book
Young scholars listen to the book Shapes Sally Snake Can Make while they hold their own snake made out of a pipe cleaner. In this shapes instructional activity, students develop their listening skills while the book is read to them, and...
K12 Reader
Color the St. Patrick’s Day Adjectives
Who needs luck when you've got grammar skills? Celebrate St. Patrick's Day in language arts class with a fun coloring activity that prompts young readers to color all adjective sections green.
Kelly's Kindergarten
March Daily Activities
There's a pot of gold at the end of the school year! Use a month's worth of reading, writing, and counting activities to keep kids learning through the month of March.
Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds
Valentine’s Counting and Color Sorting Activity
Reinforce the concept of one-to-one correspondence with a Valentine's Day-themed counting and color sorting activity. Scholars sort foam hearts by color—red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple—then count and place them on a number...