I can't stress enough the importance of songs and rhyming chants to the development of early literacy skills. To reinforce color recognition, little ones sing, count, move, and create. All you have to do is choose which of these great...

Students listen to the book Shapes Sally Snake Can Make while they hold their own snake made out of a pipe cleaner. In this shapes lesson, students develop their listening skills while the book is read to them, and then they manipulate...

Caps for sale! Get your class into some monkey business with a fun set of activities based on Esphyr Slobodkina's Caps for Sale. Pupils practice tracing lines between caps and monkeys, identify colors of caps,...

Open children's eyes to the wonderful world of colors with a fun interactive game. From red, blue, and green to garnet, sapphire, and chartreuse, this resource engages young students in learning about all sorts...

Young scholars explore letter Aa. In this letter recognition activity, students participate in country, state, food, literature, physical education, colors, careers, music, and game activities that are linked to the main ...

Young scholars discuss autumn. In this language arts lesson, students discuss words that are associated with the season of autumn. Young scholars read books about autumn.

Students make end of the year gift bags in the forms of a bag with different materials in it. In this crafts lesson, students put stationary, lollipops, stamps, bookmarks, pencils, and other materials into the bags.

Students sing a song (to the tune of The Twelve Days of Christmas) that helps reinforce their counting skills.

Students are read a book about haunted houses and dracula. They decorate a paper bag as they choose using shapes and ghosts. They practice stating their address and may take their house home when they have said it correctly.

Students sing a song while clapping their hands and listening for the first letter of their name. In this attendance activity, students participate in locomotor activities such as turning around and squatting down. Students jump up and...

Students participate in an activity to help them remember their alphabet. They write letters out of plaster and walk through the woods identifying different objects that begin with each letter.