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Technology that Makes Phonics Fun
Students discover the Internet by participating in on-line educational activities. In this educational technology lesson, students utilize interactive story books, podcasts, and games to help expand an understanding of phonics....
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The Hello Goodbye Window: Visual Art
Students create a portrait of themselves with a grandparent. In this visual art lesson, students read the book entitled The Hello Goodbye Window and discuss the events. Students then draw a portrait of themselves and their...
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Colored Sand Art
Students try different mediums to create works of art. Have students then decide what colors to put onto the glue. The colored sand can be sprinkles on by hand of shaken on by using salt or pepper shakers.
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Beeswax Flower Candle
Students create "Beeswax flower candles" in this early-elementary classroom Art lesson. Materials needed include foam pieces, straw, a glue gun, clay pots, beeswax, and popsicle sticks. This activity is ideal for the students to create...
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Sticky Hearts
Students create "sticky hearts" in this early elementary lesson that explores the use of different media in works of art. The lesson suggests using white posterboard, constructions paper, corn syrup, food coloring and lots of wipes for...
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Toilet Paper Tube Turkey
Students create "toilet paper tube" turkeys in this Thanksgiving Day art lesson for the early elementary classroom. The lesson suggests using toilet paper tubes, construction paper, googly eyes, scissors, and glue to create each turkey.
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EarTwiggle
In this counting leaves worksheet, learners assist EarTwiggle in counting all the leaves found within a piece of art and then place their answer in the box provided at the lower right hand corner.
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We're All The Same on the Inside
Students discuss prejudice around the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. They use brown and white eggs to discover that they are both the same on the inside even though they look different on the outside.
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Animals That Fly or Do Not Fly
Students classify animals according to if they can or cannot fly.
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Dreamcatchers
After reading a Native American legend about dreamcatchers, why not make some. This resource provides several good links that explain the legend of the dreamcatcher and step-by-step instructions for making them with the class. Tip: If...
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Fall Cubism Collage
Fall is an amazing season and leaves are fantastic subjects for artists to examine. Young artists use leaves to create fall collages using the rubbing technique.
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Paper Flowers
Here is a great art project to use at the onset of spring. Little ones use paper towels, tempera paint, and glue to create free-form flowers. Tip: Use this idea to make the front of a Mother's Day card.
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Tissue Paper Puzzle Art
Get creative and use a tissue paper collage to make wonderful window hangings for the classroom. You'll find the materials list, objectives, and instructions needed to complete this fun activity. This project encourages eye-hand...
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Bounce to Spell
Learners are in their own personal space with a playground ball and a partner. They are given a spelling word from their classroom or shoolwide list. They bounce the ball to their partner saying a letter as they pass the ball.
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Primera Escuela: First School
A diverse variety of fun activities for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarteners. Among other subjects you'll find: alphabet, animals, holidays and events, coloring pages (for fairy tales, holidays, vocabulary, etc.) crafts and more....