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Early Childhood Education

Christmas Lesson Plan: Gross Motor & Fine Motor Skills

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Practice gross and fine motor skills with fun Christmas- and holiday-themed activities. These holiday lessons include songs, games, and other engaging activities for both gross and fine motor skills. Kids will love pinning the nose...
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Curated OER

Everybody Is Unique: A Lesson in Respect for Others' Differences

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners of all ages talk about the meaning of the word "unique," and draw a truly unique person, one part at a time. They create a totally unique person, with a head drawn by one student, a torso drawn by another student, and lower body...
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Mary Pope Osborne, Classroom Adventures Program

Dinosaurs Before Dark

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
Young readers travel back to the time of the dinosaurs in this literature unit based on the story Dinosaurs Before Dark. Intended for use with upper-elementary special education students, this resource provides reading...
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Fun Music Company

Substitute Lesson Ideas For The Music Teacher

For Teachers K - 5th
Have to sub for a music class on short notice? Or have some extra time to play with? Never fear! Help is here in the form of 20 sure-fire music activities and worksheets tested and submitted by music teachers. A great resource to add to...
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Curriculum Corner

ELA Common Core Checklists for K-6

For Teachers K - 6th
In the hustle and bustle of life in the classroom, it's easy for teachers to lose track of the standards they have taught, and those that still need to be addressed. This Common Core checklist provides educators with an easy-to-use...
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Curated OER

Rotating Table Art

For Teachers K - 12th
Students use a variety of art media to create a picture.  In this mixed media lesson plan, students choose media as they move from one table to another.  At each table they add to their picture from the media at that...
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Curated OER

Recycled Materials

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine the properties and uses of recyclable materials. In this recycled materials lesson, students are introduced to the idea that some materials can be recycled. They investigate the types of materials that can be reused,...
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Curated OER

Butterfly Lesson 2 - Monarch Caterpillar

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study the Monarch Butterfly life cycle. In this Monarch Butterfly lesson plan, students examine what happens prior to a caterpillar hatching, how often it sheds its skin, and what the caterpillar goes through when it...
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Curated OER

Art of Japan - Textiles - Kimonos

For Teachers K - 5th
Students examine and discuss the role of the Kimono in Japanese culture. They create Kimono Paper Weavings, Kimono Scratch Art, and Kimono Clay Sculptures.
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Curated OER

What's Outside the Window

For Teachers K - 2nd
What do your students see when they look outside the window? This project lets their imagination go wild, and lets you see what kind of daydreaming they do best. They each draw, paint, and color an image of what they imagine as they are...
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Curated OER

Paper Bag Butterfly Puppets

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Whether you're using it to tell stories, explore the letter b, or during a life science instructional activity, these butterfly puppets will be a hit. Youngsters use crayons, tissue paper, and paper bags to create butterfly puppets.
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Curated OER

Middle-East Reflections

For Teachers K - 12th
Practice symmetry and patterns with this Mid-Eastern art project. Your class will create beautiful, reflective mosaics that will brighten up the classroom! A list of necessary materials is included.
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Dick Blick Art Materials

“Gawu” — African-influenced Tapestry

For Teachers K - 12th
Here's a great way to combine environmental science with art. Kids use recycled materials to create their own Gawu, a tapestry made of discards. Although designed for special education classrooms, the activity is sure to engage all...
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All for KIDZ

Giraffes Can’t Dance Concepts: Giraffes Can't Dance

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th Standards
Teach young children that with a little perseverance and the help of a good friend, anything is possible. This two-part lesson series based on the book Giraffe's Can't Dance starts with a shared reading about Gerald and...
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Haiku Society of American

Haiku: Lesson Plan for Teachers

For Teachers 1st - 9th
After examining winning entries to the Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial Haiku Competition, young poets try their hand at this fixed form.
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Memorial Art Gallery

Art Alive! - Beach at Blue Point

For Teachers 1st - 12th
And then what happened? Class members engage in a series of activities that model for them how to read the story in a painting. Participants respond to questions that ask them to closely examine the elements in William Glackens'...
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Memorial Art Gallery

Art Alive! - Towing a Boat, Honfleur

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Color, light and shadow, the placement and size of objects. These are some of the tools artists used to tell their stories. Model for learners how to read a painting by closely examining these features. The richly detailed packet...
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Curated OER

What’s in a Word?

For Teachers K - 5th
A black raku tea bowl inspires a lesson on descriptive writing and the power of choosing words carefully to become stronger writers. The class inspects several images of a Japanese tea bowl, and then they use their imaginations to think...
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Curated OER

Drama: Learn A Lesson from the Lion

For Teachers 1st
Reading is reading, whether it's for drama or English class. Boost reading fluency, accuracy, intonation, and comprehension while fostering creative acting skills. Kids read the provided tale of "The Lion and the Mouse" several times in...
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Curated OER

Log Cabin in a Thunderstorm Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students work on a K-W-L chart about electrical storms, lightening, and thunder. They discuss how meteorologists forecast storms and research their answers which are shared in a whole class setting. Using art supplies, they draw dwelling...
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Curated OER

Pop Art People

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students research art history by creating an illustration in class. In this popular art instructional activity, students identify Keith Haring by researching information on the web. Students draw people in different athletic poses and...
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Curated OER

Art Is More Than Just a Pretty Picture

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students create unique art piece from litter. In this visual art lesson, students learn the importance of recycling and create a unique art piece. Students construct collages.
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Curated OER

The Very Busy Spider Art Project

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students listen to the story The Very Busy Spider  and participate in an art activity related to the book. In this story inspired art lesson, students use a Very Busy Spider printable and cut out the spider's body  and connect...
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Curated OER

Toothpick Art

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students review primary colors and practice making straight lines. In this visual arts lesson, students paint simple shapes as large as a toothpick, using specific primary colors. During the construction of the shapes students are...

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