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First Day of Elementary School Activities
The first day of school can be daunting, especially for younger scholars. Instead, make the first day of school happy with these ice breakers, games, activities, and more designed to brighten your elementary learners' day!
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First Week of School Grades Pre-K-5
Nothing is more exhilarating and exhausting than the first week of school. Make those five days meaningful and rewarding for you and your scholars with a collection that offers informative reads, lessons, activities, and icebreakers that...
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Elementary School Ice Breakers
Break the ice with a collection of icebreakers for Kindergarten through fifth grade. Scholars get to know their new friends through various activities such as quilt design, personal interviews, cootie catchers, singing, a game of "Would...
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First Day of School Grades Pre-K-5
It's hard to believe that summer is coming to an end! Start the new school year with a collection equipped with a planning template, welcome and get-to-know-you activities, reading comprehension lessons, writing prompts, a rules...
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Back-to-School Grades Pre-K-5
Be prepared for a new school year with a back-to-school collection equipped with various resources to create a warm welcome for your incoming scholars. Gain perspective, tips, and recommendations, with an assortment of informative...
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Lions Quest SEL Mindfulness Resources: Grades Pre-K-2
Mindfulness, self-awareness, and self-management are the focus of a 10-activity collection for social-emotional learning. Young scholars practice breathing techniques to stay calm, identify their feelings, control impulses, build...
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Social & Emotional Learning in Elementary School: Self-Management
Instill the importance of self-motivation with a collection of curated units, lesson plans, graphic organizers, handouts, printables, and activities that encourage kindergarteners through fifth graders to be their best selves. Resource...
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Tools for Supporting Emotional Well-Being: Younger Children and Their Parents
A six-video series explores coping skills designed to boost social-emotional development in self-awareness, self-management, and mindfulness. Young scholars view informative videos that detail belly breathing, how to calm their minds,...
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SEL Mood Meters
Check in on how your students are feeling today with this mood meters collection.
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KidsHealth in the Classroom: Personal Health Grades K-2
21 lessons make up a personal health series for kindergarten through second-grade learners. Topics covered include fitness and fun (e.g. fitness, safe and healthy summer, screen time, and sportsmanship), hygiene (e.g. germs and head...
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Presidential Portraits - Library of Congress
Free to Use and Reuse: Presidential Portraits from Library of Congress.
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Rockin' English Lessons: ABC's and Numbers
Get ready to sing loud and proud! Three versions of the alphabet song and two counting songs make up a collection created to assist young scholars learn their ABCs and 1,2,3's.
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1st Grade Reading Comprehension
A series of worksheets make up a collection that develops young learners' reading comprehension skills. With each practice page, children read a text and then complete a series of short answer questions. The included passages are of a...
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Reading Fluency and Decoding Worksheets
Sixteen reading worksheets, organized by vowel sounds, help instructors teach reading decoding and fluency. The activities, aligned with Common Core standards, are designed to develop the awareness skills needed to detect the vowel...
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Animated Fables and Beginning Readers
Practice reading with children with a series of animated versions of a few of Aesop’s most famous fables: The Grasshopper and the Ants; Big Bug and Little Bug; A Toy for Spot; The Lion and the Mouse; and Ham with Jam?
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Let's Go To Space! - SciShow Kids
Take a journey to outer space with a collection of 18 captivating videos by SciShow Kids. Videos cover a variety of topics related to space and astronomy, and showcase key terms and real-world images. The host, Jessi, and her cartoon...
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Informative & Expository Writing Prompts
Good writing prompts are hard to find, especially those for informative writing such as research reports, how-to instructions, and letters. The colorfully illustrated templates in a seven-prompt collection include lines to write on, as...
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Narrative & Creative Writing Prompts
Narrative writing prompts challenge young writers to create stories. Along the way, they learn how to stretch their imagination, draw on personal experiences, organize the elements of a story, and add sensory details. The 11 prompts are...
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Upper and Lowercase Letters Worksheets
Youngsters develop their motor skills as they practice writing the letters of the alphabet with the help of worksheets. Each page lets learners first trace letters, then practice writing them independently. Each of the 26 worksheets in...
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Practical Money Skills Grades Pre-K–2
Youngsters begin to develop knowledge about money management through a collection of activities and games. They learn the names of coins and their relative values, learn about earning money through jobs and chores, develop spending...
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Classic Children's Songs from ABCmouse.com
Children's songs make learning fun. The eight classic songs in this collection teach children about counting and rhyming, animals and insects, clapping and dancing, and expressing feelings. Perfect for brain breaks and remote learning...
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ABC Mouse Alphabet Songs
Add a captivating musical element to alphabet instruction with a collection of music videos by ABC Mouse. Each video features a different letter sung to a variety of musical styles.
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Story Lessons for Pre-K and Kindergarten
This collection of story and rhyme lessons is perfect for young learners, and includes companion story and song recommendations. Find a fun combination of folklore, fairytales, and songs to add variety and whimsy in your classroom....