Students explore how numbers are assigned to objects, as well as think about more, less, or equal values. They describe, compare, and classify plants.

Students investigate the relationship between children and parents by reading a book about owls.  In this story analysis lesson, students read the book Owl Babies and participate in a role play based on one of the characters....

Young learners listen to a read aloud of Gail Gibbons book, Apples and the story A Red House With No Windows and No Doors. They compare characteristics of a number of kinds of apples, graph them and create a apple print picture. Learners...

Primary geometers create a picture using tangrams. In this geometry lesson plan, students read Grandfather Tang: A Tale Told with Tangrams, cut out their own tangrams, and choose a character from the story to make using their tangram...

Students experiment with carrying eggs to simulate a mother crocodile's gentle grip as she carries her eggs/young. They compare different modern tools to the jaws of a crocodile.

Students explore heat conductors. In this instructional activity on heat, students examine how heat passes through different conductors and how different materials contain heat.

Primary learners participate in activities that help them explain how different things are measured. They create their own access number chart.

Students use the Internet to research the author Leo Lionni, then rewrite and illustrate one of his stories.

Young scholars identify days, dates, and month on a calendar. In this calendar lesson, students use a blank calendar page and fill in the days of the month. Young scholars recall what they learned on specific days and record that...

Students use Powerpoint templates to practice sequencing terms. They match words such as before and after with appropriate slides. Students explain why each picture is matched with the word and print their activities for mine books.

Students listen to the book, "The Grouchy Ladybug" by Eric Carle and sequence the events in the story. Using a graph, they draw and color the animals that the ladybug meets next to the corresponding time from the story, and conduct...

Students solve problems using various strategies. In this problem solving lesson, students read the book Swimmy by Leo Lionni. Students make fish swimming patterns, measure how many goldfish crackers it takes to make a handprint and...

Students classify and compare plants using specific information, observations, and numbers. In this mathematical inquiry lesson, students use plant characteristics to describe, compare, and classify them. They attempt to develop a system...

Students engage in a lesson which involves role-play and the use of manipulatives to solve subtraction problems. After a lecture/demo, students utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain subtraction practice. They get to eat the...

Students play a game in which they name geometric shapes. In this geometric shape lesson, students ask "yes and no" questions to determine which shape one of their classmates has chosen. They ask questions that lead them to the name of...

Students explore how ice cream is made in a factory and at home. They help make ice cream in the classroom. They measure out the ingredients. Students share the ice cream when it is done.

Students play logic and strategy games with pennies. In this pennies worksheet, students play one game called 'From counting to arithmetic', and one called 'Counting and mental math'.

Students explore tools. In this tool lesson, students see how tools and machines were invented to help people work easier. They see different types of simple machines such as wheel and axle, lever, and wedge. 

Students listen to a read aloud about African animals as they access a watering hole. They discuss the characteristics of Africa such as the temperature, it distance from the students, and lifestyle of the animals. They talk about how...

Students exercise the basic use of numbers in their everyday lives. In this numerical exercise, students discover the many ways numbers are used in everyday life. The students draw pictures showing examples of a time they have used...

Learners work in groups to describe plants using numbers. In this number instructional activity, students use numbers to define plants and then use numbers to write descriptions of themselves.

Molly is back in a More or Less Quest! This educational activity provides word problems with manipulatives for kids to practice comparing more or less. The word problems are read aloud and have objects that can be used for counting and...

Practice solving word problems by finding how many more (or fewer) objects there are. Numbers used are 20 or less. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

Practice solving more word problems by finding how many more (or fewer) objects there are. Numbers used are 20 or less. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive...