Cowden-Herrick Schools
Six Steps for Substitute Success
Here's a switch--a lesson plan designed for prepare class members for a substitute! The plan highlights six behaviors that demonstrate respect and responsibility.
American Psychological Association
Developing Adolescents
Why to young people act the way they do? Scholars investigate the stages of adolescent development incorporating high school psychology techniques. Using research from the American Psychological Association, they uncover the five areas...
Edutopia
Edutopia: Innovative Practice: 5 Strategies for the Early Learning Classroom
Project- and play-based learning are essential in the early grades to develop creative learning dispositions during the brain's most active period of synaptic growth. Here are five strategies that can be implemented in early learning...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Kindness in the Classroom: Kindness Curriculum: Social & Emotional Learning Competencies
The Kindness Curriculum addresses the Social Emotional Learning Competencies from the Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards in the areas of Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Focus Attention, Social Awareness, and Relationship Skills....
Other
Early Learning Services: Challenge and Risk in Children's Play
Risky play can be defined as a thrilling and exciting activity that involves a risk of physical injury, and play that provides opportunities for challenge, testing limits, exploring boundaries and learning about injury risk. This article...
Utah State Office of Education
Utah's Early Childhood Core Standards
This comprehensive site provides a scope and sequence for preschool learning experiences. Teaching strategies and preschool learning activities are provided.
Other
Interest Based Learning Everyday
This resource from Carol M. Trivette, PhD, Orelena Hawks Puckett Institute, provides multiple examples of ways to incorporate "interests" in guiding learning activities for young children.
Edutopia
Edutopia: Longer Recess, Stronger Child Development
With an hour-long recess, elementary schools can help children develop through increased creative play, authentic SEL, and adequate physical regulation. This article explains the benefit of active play.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: English: Pre A1 Level Activities for Children
This site has multiple activities for early language learners. Students can Sing and Learn- At the Zoo, Read and learn the names of different animals, Look at the letters and make words about the body with them, Read and learn new words...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Activity: Claim Testing: Collective Learning
An exercise where students will make determinations about whether claims about collective learning are true or false using the claim-testing procedure.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Teach Your Way: September
Stay organized this school year using this editable teacher planner from PBS KIDS including:A monthly calendar with timely resources aligned to early learning themes and skills for PreK-2 students. A weekly planning page to schedule...
Other
Learning Activities: Peace Education
This series of activities for early elementary students focuses on peace education. Emphasis is on our behavior and how it impacts peace.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Ready to Learn 2015 2020 Initiative
Through the Ready To Learn (RTL) Initiative, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), PBS, and local PBS stations provide free, evidence-based educational resources that help teachers, caregivers, and parents build early science...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Young F. Scott Fitzgerald
In this video [6:35] from the American Masters film F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams, students learn about the early life of F. Scott Fitzgerald. The accompanying activity asks students to examine the events of Fitzgerald's youth and...
Huntington Library
Early English Exploration and Settlement of the Colony of Virginia
In this lesson, 5th graders learn about the individuals and groups who first founded the different colonies in America and what their motivations were. Students participate in a reader's theater activity, create a poster that would...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Huac and Hollywood
This video and support materials detail the Hollywood blacklist and House Un-American Activities Committee, chronicling the fear of Communism and resulting blacklist based on political ideology. The video is from the American Masters...
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Storyplace: Children's Digital Learning Library
This site is a real find for teachers working with ELL students and all students who want to read great books! The Bookhive presents 100's of reviews of books recommended by librarians associated with the public libraries in Charlotte,...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Birds
This site from Enchanted Learning can answer your questions about birds. What type of scientist studies birds? What is the fastest running bird? Which bird lays the largest birds' eggs? Come and find out the answer to these questions and...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Ridgely Learning Community: A Century of Pride
Ten different lesson plans around the concept of community aimed toward early elementary young scholars can be found here. Each lesson plan contains an introductory activity, contains an assessment rubric and correlates state standards...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Huac: Backlash and Implications
These videos and support materials explore the intense division experienced by those who testified before and blacklisted by HUAC during the Cold War, focusing on the testimony of Elia Kazan. The videos are from American Masters None...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab: Every Picture Has a Story
Smithsonian Education presents "Every Picture Has a Story". Teachers can download this comprehensive teaching package in which students examine some of the millions of photographs in the Smithsonian. This amazing teaching package comes...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Early Engineering With Ready Jet Go!: Pbs Kids Self Paced Learning
With real-life materials and exciting tools to touch and explore, engineering activities are a natural draw for many young children. In this professional development experience with Ready, Jet, Go!, we'll look at teacher practices for...
Other
We Are Teachers: The Most Important Skills We Teach in the Early Years ...
In this article, importance of social emotional skills in the early years is stressed.
PBS
Pbs Parents: Early Math
Help nurture the development of early math skills -- from infant to grade 2. Site provide information about math literacy and developmental stages. For each age range, you will find several online games and printable activities for core...