In this hundreds chart counting learning exercise, learners count from given numbers to 100, filling in missing numbers in sets of hundreds charts. A completed and a blank chart are included at the end of the learning exercise set. A...

Students study rocks they find on the playground.  For this investigative lesson students collect and analyze rocks they find and answer questions about them. 

Students develop a sense of self through building confidence in their abilities to become independent learners. They develop those strategies needed to communicate their ideas and knowledge of concepts taught.

Students discover early number concepts for numbers 1 through 5. In this number concepts lesson, students work in stations doing hands-on activities such as sorting colored blocks, stringing beads, and counting sticks. Students also...

In this read and draw instructional activity, students read a number at the beginning of a row, then draw that many of the shapes given, circles or triangles. Numbers 1-10 are used.

Students read the book We Can Do It! and discuss how we are all physically different. In this physically different lesson plan, students read the book, discuss their differences, and participate in a smelling and touching activity to see...

Students build towers from recycled materials. in this building lesson, students build the highest tower they can from varied materials. They focus on shapes and which items should go on the bottom to make a strong base. 

Students listen to a read aloud about the life cycle of the pumpkin and discuss the process. They complete a life cycle booklet.

Students recognize different shapes, such as squares and rectangles. They make a face using squares and the rest of a body using rectangles, using the drawing pencil in KidPix.

Learners work together to identify and categorize objects. They have to identify the object on touch because they are blindfolded. They record their data and describe the objects once they can look at them.

Students examine their outside environment. They use their senses to make observations of the four seasons. They keep a chart of all of the data they have collected.

Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the playing of soundtracke to learn the alphabet, animal sounds, and nursery rhymes. They are given the opportunity of working together or independently listen to the stories.

Students experience the dilemma deer face when they must browse for many hours daily yet also be on the alert for danger. They browse like deer, and demonstrate how deer react when danger appears.

Students explore the concept that air is all around us and identify ways that we can use air, and what air can do. They watch a short video that illustrates some of their findings.

Students explore the different forms that water can take and conduct simple experiments to demonstrate some of its properties in each state. They watch a short video that illustrates some of these concepts.

Students observe various examples of "change." They mix paint to cereate new colors, eat bread and then toasted bread, and match baby pictures with pictures of how the same people look in the present. Finally, they watch a bouquet of...

Students bring in various vegetables and make friendship soup. They plant seeds and discuss the things plants need to grow and thrive.

Students utilize observations skills as they work together in groups to solve a mystery. They discuss and perform strategies to solve mysteries that occurred on a vacant lot. Students use a field guide to identify plants and animals...

Students identify and describe the elements of art and principles of design by creating several different butterfly pictures that represent color, shape, texture, pattern or symmetry.

Students discover how to employ number lines by estimating the number of tiles in a jar. After writing their estimates on sticky notes, they place them in order on a number line mat. Included in the lesson are various activities and...

Students compare what they learned though literature to the school forest. In this environment lesson, students visit the forest surrounding their school to listen to literature and identify objects in nature.  Students create a...

Here is a great lesson that incorporates movement into academic learning. Students improve addition subtraction skills by using number lines and locomotor movement.

Students study Abe Lincoln and make a log cabin out of pretzel sticks and chocolate frosting.

This website provides several printable flashcards that can be used to teach sight words.