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...

If you're using an apple theme in your pre-school or kindergarten class, then this project is perfect. Little ones make hand print apples in order to create art while exploring a tactile sensation. 

Stamp, slap, and clap! Emergent readers demonstrate their awareness of the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds in spoken, short vowel, single-syllable words with a stamp/slap/clap activity. After identifying the letters and sounds of...

Spruce up a class reading of the children's book Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback with this fun series of activities. Starting with a list of reading comprehension questions and key vocabulary to address during a teacher...

This only has three problems, so consider simply projecting it and doing it with the whole class. First, they examine two baseball bats and circle the shorter one. Then, they consider which of two containers will hold more. Finally,...

Students associate a hydria with Greek myths. In this Greek art and mythology lesson, students examine a scene on a hydria, then choose a Greek myth to illustrate on their own painting.

In this Guinea Pig themed activity, learners hear the story, Guinea Pigs Add UP! and then engage in several themed learning activities. Each activity fosters skills in letter/number recognition, art, math or writing.  

Learners research information about whales. In this early childhood lesson plan, students create an illustration of a whale to display in a sea scene in the classroom. Learners then use the library and internet to research a whale of...

Students practice counting, measuring, and predicting. For this early childhood lesson plan, students identify numbers 1-101, rhyming words, and repetitive words using Long Train by Sam Williams. Students build their recall skills by...

Caring for a newborn is harder than it looks! Elementary pupils learn more about taking care of babies with an age-appropriate lesson that addresses how babies grow inside their mothers, what they need to grow, and how members...

Students pour bubble solution in pans and add different colors of food coloring to each pan. In this art lesson, students dip their bubble wand into the pan and blow bubbles onto the paper. Students use all of the colors making a...

Children create a Father's Day card. In this art lesson, students paint and decorate a card. Students make their hand print on paper, let it dry and decorate.

Students discover pictures are worth a thousand smiles. In this early childhood language arts instructional activity, students use their growing powers of observation and language skills to get to know their classmates.

Students create a photo story.  In this visual arts activity, students choose a sentence about a specific topic, create a picture to go with their sentence, and take a digital photo of their picture.  The teacher compiles all...

Students demonstrate ways to mix primary colors. In this visual arts lesson, students use gelatin and food coloring to create various color mixtures. Students also use tempra paint to mix colors together.

Students cut up tissue paper into squares a pumpkin. In this art lesson, students twist the tissue paper around the end of the eraser part of a pencil and dip it in glue. Students place it on the pumpkin so it is standing up. Continue...

Students choose a new letter to work on and write upper and lower case letter on a piece of paper. In this art lesson, students look through old magazines to find pictures that begin with that letter, cut them out and glue them on the...

Students study apples. In this art lesson, students cut an apple and a basket out of paper, write their name and birthday on the apple, and display the apples in the baskets on a bulletin board.

Students write their names on pieces of cardboard. In this art lesson, students outline the letters with glue and place beans on the glue.

Students make bookmarks by cutting cardboard into strips about 5 inches long by 1 1/2-2 inces wide. In this art lesson, students then glue their pictures on the strip.

Students create a paper chain link out of the red, green and white strips of paper. In this art lesson, students staple or tape the rings. Students also staple a square on each link with the numbers 1-24 written on the squares. Students...

Students color a picture with bright crayons. In this art lesson, students brush a thin coat of water color paint over the picture with the paint only sticking to the uncolored areas.

Students create an Easter Basket stuffer. In this holiday art lesson, students melt crayons together over a small cooking pot and pour the melted crayons into a candy mold. Students let them dry and are able to color with the...