Students develop their vocabulary skills. In this vocabulary and language lesson, students practice naming everyday objects as they take part in 3 classroom activities that require them to note attributes of everyday objects their...

Students discuss giving and receiving presents at a birthday party. In this social skills lesson, students practice using manners when giving and receiving gifts. This lesson also has other interdisciplinary activities that can be used...

Students learn about kindness. In this kindness lesson, students bring a stuffed animal from home and discuss times they have felt sad and what they have done to cheer up others. Students discuss why it is important to be kind. An...

Students explore basic shapes concepts. In this math lesson, students examine circles, triangles, squares, and rectangles as they draw the figures they see on worksheets.

Students read If You Give A Pig A Party and participate in visual arts activities based on the book. In this visual arts lesson plan, students read the given book and do visual arts activities that include matching words to pictures,...

Students listen to a story and are encouraged to read.  In this reading activity students share tips on reading and complete a group activity.

Students create a sugar cube igloo. In this art activity, students use sugar cubes to create an igloo. Students glue the cubes together, dust with sugar and allow the project to dry.

Learners sit in a circle and repeat the names and sounds of the first letter of their first names. Next, they trace their name once on the practice paper and then practice writing their name on the other lines. Then they observe the...

Students add a new angle to block play with this spatial challenge. In this early childhood math lesson plan, students use creative-thinking, patterning, visual-spatial, and fine-motor skills to explore the different shapes that can be...

Students cut out red, white, and blue stars and create different patterns with them. For this patterns lesson, students can make stamp patterns, number patterns, color patterns, and more!

Students participate in tactile and visual exploration. In this tactile and visual exploration lesson, students listen to John Archambault's, Grandmother's Garden, and sing the song, "Friends Are Like Flowers." They participate in ice...

Students discover new vocabulary words. In this language development lesson, students reach into a box of themed items and identify the object. They discuss the attributes of the object as well. 

Students read books, learn about the letter c, and eat with clown noses on to learn about clowns. In this clowns lesson plan, students also have a parade where they dress like clowns.

Students answer a question in the same tone of voice that you ask it in. In this tone lesson plan, students respond to the volume and expression of the teacher's voice.

Students answer short answer questions, state their likes and dislikes, say what roles they have, and more about themselves. In this all about me lesson plan, students read books about how we are all different and the same.

Students read Where the Wild Things Are. In this language arts lesson, students read the story and retell the story. Students tell a version of the story in which they turn themselves into wild things.

Pre schoolers use art to build observational skills and eye-hand coordination. They squeeze art into a ribbon like shape on their paper, then sprinkle cornmeal and powder paint over it. They watch as water is sprayed on top of the...

Students explore air pollution. In this ecology lesson, students participate in an experiment in which 5 numbered jar lids are placed outside. Students bring one lid a day in until all jars are inside. Dirt specks are counted, observed,...

Students count and recognize numbers to 10. In this math lesson students play a CD-ROM game Mouse in the House: Blast Off. Support worksheets are also included.

Students identify five basic geometric shapes by naming them according to their defining characteristics. They draw the shapes and identify food with similar shapes.

Students explore the concept of cooperation. In this literature lesson plan, students read Clifford's Busy Week and discuss teamwork as they create "Lost and Found" journals and build paper trains.

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