Some of the oldest known art may hint at the beginning of language development, while later examples portray narratives with human and animal figures. What does the oldest known art in the world tell us about the people who created it?...

10 valuable critical thinking exercises ranging in subject matter. Includes questions and exercises regarding biological development, language usage, morals, values and ethics, and thought cycles.

This is a very large collection of PowerPoint presentations for teachers to use for teaching Language Arts. They cover early reading, novel studies, vocabulary development, spelling, writing technique, to mention just a few topics.

For this lesson, students examine early civilizations and the evolution of written language, at different early methods used to record information in writing, how these methods evolved, and at the impact of books on societies.

This is a research-based article concerning how to best teach academic vocabulary. Research finds that most teachers assign and mention vocabulary, but to be effective, instruction must be direct and meaningful. Recommendations for...

This article from Lauren Lowry, a Hanen Certified SLP, provides an understanding of how using children's interests can assist with speech and language development.

Site offers information on several aspects of self-esteem. Talks about discipline, positive language to use, and offering choices to children. Includes response to questions from parents.

Relevant resource links and ideas for lessons to teach Native American Literature also come with information on specific units, suggested lists of books, and Native American Poetry.

A publication entitled Teaching Our Youngest: A Guide for Preschool Teachers and Child Care and Family Providers created under the direction of the Early Childhood-Head Start Task Force. Available in html or PDF format, the publication...

Principle 6, published in 2008 by Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, provides updates to the 1991 Multicultural Principles for Head Start Programs.

Principle 8, published in 2008 by Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, provides updates to the 1991 Multicultural Principles for Head Start Programs.

These teacher practices correlate with the Common Core English Language ArtsLiteracy State Standards for Kindergarten and are intended to give teachers guidance as they carefully, and systematically plan for language arts literacy...

Early childhood students will develop their understanding of language, letters, numbers, sequencing, print concepts, and phonics. Students will investigate assorted tubs that are filled with items and picture books associated with names,...

Explore history, culture, adventures, spies, secret codes, and mysteries through this collection literary activities and resources. Includes poems, clip art, and ideas for crafts.

The Routes of English is a series of four six-week features on the development of English as a language, presented on BBC Channel 4 by host Melvyn Bragg. In addition, there are three special programs which deal with the language of the...

Major Resource Kits link academic majors to career alternatives by providing information on career paths, sample job titles, and a short bibliography of Career Resource Center materials available to students in a particular major....

Reading skills development program for children from 1 to 14 years old. Children can find short stories, poems, art work, games, pictures, everything divided by age range. Also are useful links for parents and teachers.

This series of activities for early elementary students focuses on peace education. Emphasis is on our behavior and how it impacts peace.

Designed by American Memory Fellows Linda Hamel and Linda Hedrirck, this site explores the settlements of French Canadians in New England in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It provides teachers complete lesson plans for 8...

Some 150,000 Americans have served in the Peace Corps since it was formed in 1961. Peace Corps volunteers live and work for two years in communities in the developing world. They must learn the languages of the people they serve. They...

Help the Sesame Street characters while completing various early learning tasks. Students will develop language, reasoning skills, and independence as they play the games provided.

A game in which students are given a word and must hunt around the classroom for a word that rhymes with it.

In this teacher-led activity on this site, students work together in the classroom creating a book full of rhymes.

A game of "Memory" where the students flip over two cards at a time to try and match rhyming words. This site includes links to Rhyming Pictures to use to make the Memory cards.