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Group Turkey Wreath

For Teachers K
Students use cutting skills and pencil rolling to create paper curls.
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Sunflower Jigsaw

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students recognize and name the main parts of a flower. In this life science lesson, the teacher leads a discussion about the parts of a plant, then students color and cut out the parts of a planet, then glue the parts together...
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Valentine's Day Fun

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Students choose various shapes and colors to create a Valentine's 'person'.  In this Valentine's Day lesson, students design collages, make prints and mosaic pictures.  More advanced students create a Tessellation using geometric shapes.
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Collaborative Drawings

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students create a collaborative drawing. In this cooperation skills lesson, students are divided into small groups and are given art supplies. Students decide on a topic for their illustration and create the drawing on large paper....
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Preschool Lesson: Guinea Pigs

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this Guinea Pig themed lesson, students hear the story, Guinea Pigs Add UP! and then engage in several themed learning activities. Each activity fosters skills in letter/number recognition, art, math or writing.  
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Insect Camouflage

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate insect camouflage and mimicry. In this animal science lesson, students discuss how camouflage helps an insect survive. Additionally, students use the included template to color and cut illustrations of insects....
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The Little Red House

For Teachers K - 1st
Students develop the first developmental skill in Gross Motor Coordination, Fine Motor Coordination, Auditory, Language, and Visual areas using the story "The Little Red House."
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Activity Plan 3-4: Scrumptious Shapes

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students discover together that shapes are everywhere - even in the food we eat. For this early childhood math and art lesson, students read about shapes, identify foods that match geometric shapes, and create a class book.
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Dolphins

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore sea life. In this cross curriculum fine arts, science, and P.E. "dolphins" lesson, students sing songs and play games about dolphins, perform water experiments, create mosaics, and use their five senses to explore sand...
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Origami

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students, through active participation in Japanese origami, demonstrate their skills in this cultural art form and develop an appreciation for other cultures.
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Color the Tree

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In these color the trees and designated numbers of apples worksheets, students count, cut, and paste according to the directions. Students count apples 0-6 on ten worksheets
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Picture Dictionary

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create picture dictionaries to encourage the development of letter-sound recognition. In this alphabet project, students cut out pictures from magazines and glue them onto tagboard, and then write the name of the picture below...
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Symmetrical Journals

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine the concept of symmetry by studying the symmetry of symbols in a wall painting and creating journals with a symmetrical design. After a class review of symmetry and identifying the line of symmetry in several objects in...
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Sunflowers

For Teachers K
Students create a portrait of sunflowers using construction paper and tempera paint. They complete an assessment in which they pick out a sunflower from a field of flowers.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Read the story, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and complete activities from multiple subjects. Make a mural, create a class graph, discuss the life cycle of a butterfly, research information about butterflies on the Internet and make a...
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There Was An Old Lady That Swallowed a Fly

For Teachers K
Students complete activities with the book There Was An Old Lady That Swallowed a Fly.  For this literature lesson, students hear the story and recognize the animals. They create fly soup and discuss healthy foods and junk foods. 
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Rock Around the Clock Math

For Teachers K - 2nd
An engaging and fun lesson on telling time is here for you. In it, young time-tellers listen to the song, "Rock Around the Clock," then use Judy Clocks to practice telling time to the hour and half hour. Finally, using paper plates, each...
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An Apple a Day

For Teachers Pre-K
Students sort and compare apples before making apple prints. In this apple lesson, students use a painting to inspire art prints made with apple halves. Students compare and sort apples.
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Red Circle, Red Circle, What Do You See?

For Teachers K - 1st
Young learners explore shapes and colors. They listen to Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. and use the same language pattern to create a color and shape book of their own. After that, with the leftover magazine...
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Dyspraxia Presentation

For Teachers Higher Ed
Not really a resource for use in the classroom - this file is a PowerPoint presentation which gives information about Dyspraxia. It is a very interesting presentation because it shares many signs to look for in a person who may be...
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Celebrate With Silhouettes

For Teachers K - 8th
Students explore history of silhouettes, and help create keepsake silhouettes, frame them, or use them to make a special Mother's Day card.
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Mandalas, Polygons and Symmetry

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students create a geometric pattern using mandalas, polygons and symmetry. In this geometry lesson, students analyze the mathematics involved in making the mandalas, including the shapes and symmetry. Students create their own mandalas...
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Where is Kansas?

For Teachers K
Students explore U.S. Geography by analyzing a map. In this state vs. country lesson, students utilize a U.S. map and locate the state of Kansas before researching the history and customs of the state. Students collaborate as a class to...
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Camping/Catching Fireflies

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create glow in the dark simulated lightning bug jars after reading stories about fireflies.