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Kansas Music Educators Association
Games for the Elementary Music Classroom
Perfect for music specialists, classroom teachers, and substitutes, a packet of 18 games includes complete lessons as well as short activities for when you have some extra time at the end of class.
Curated OER
Promoting Disability Awareness and Acceptance in Childhood
Create a safe and respectful school environment with the help of this special education teaching guide. Offering dozens of instructional ideas and activities for raising awareness and acceptance of children with disabilities, this is a...
Achievement Strategies
CCSS Unit Design Template for PE
From baseball and tennis to capture the flag and four-square, here is a great document that will help you design your next unit on a sport-related activity.
Do2Learn
Summer Picture Cards
As summer approaches, get your ASD learners ready for the hot weather and time away from school. Teach them the holidays that occur over the summer, along with clothes that are worn and activities that are done during the season.
Curriculum Corner
Classroom Treasure Hunt
What better way to learn or reinforce words than by going on a treasure hunt? Scholars explore their classroom to discover words that are hidden and can only be found by the clues given on a instructional activity. When every word has...
Annenberg Foundation
By the People, For the People
A picture speaks a thousand words—no matter how old. The 18th installment of a 22-part series on the making of American history has scholars research the causes of the Great Depression and the factors of the New Deal. Using photographic...
Do2Learn
Respecting the Ideas of Others
Communicating clearly is one part of a successful conversation, but listening to others is just as important. Individuals with special needs plan calm responses and reactions to differing opinions with a collaborative activity.
Scholastic
Collaborative Year-End Projects
Coming up with a menu of engaging year-end projects can be a challenge. Never fear, help is here with an article that suggests eight projects sure to capture the interest of learners of all ages.
Nazareth College
Cooperation and Conflict Resolution
Fourth graders participate in a variety of activities designed to promote cooperation and positive conflict resolution. In cooperative groups, they create a comic strip or poster, play cooperative musical chairs, write a journal entry...
Curated OER
Alphabet Letters Aa-Zz
In these alphabet letter worksheets, students color in the uppercase and lowercase letters from Aa through Zz. Students color 26 worksheets.
Lakeshore Learning
Star of the Week
Encourage good behavior and effort in your class and promote positive reinforcement among classmates by picking a "Star of the Week" throughout the school year. This set of printables will help to get you started!
Education.com
Education.com: Educational Activities for Kids
[Free Registration/Login Required] Great activities for you and your little ones! Extreme Hopscotch, Taste Test Science, Build Writing Muscles, and much, much more! Links to worksheets and education-related articles.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Celebrating Fall: Collection
Explore the autumn scene while learning math, literacy, and science at the same time! These fall-themed resources highlight ways to make traditional fall activities -- like visiting the apple orchard, going on nature hikes, and...
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: Games & Puzzles
A great place to reinforce topics covered in a fun way. Science, math, and more, specifically element games for all levels.
Other
Quiz Game Master
Create your own interactive, web-based quiz games for free! This is a fun way to grab the interest of your students. Check out the sample quizzes to see what you can do!
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Ready to Learn 2010 2015 Initiative (Pbs Kids Lab)
PBS KIDS Lab is built on the belief that every new technology is a learning opportunity. This page includes links to PBS programming, apps, games, videos, activities, and education resources. Teaching Tips provide step-by-step lessons...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Early Engineering With Ready Jet Go!: Pbs Kids Self Paced Learning
With real-life materials and exciting tools to touch and explore, engineering activities are a natural draw for many young children. In this professional development experience with Ready, Jet, Go!, we'll look at teacher practices for...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Peg + Cat Collection
The Peg + Cat on-air series and online resources provide many opportunities for educators to introduce or reinforce early math concepts. In each 11-minute on-air episode of this animated, math-based series for 3-8 year olds, Peg and Cat...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Think Math
Think Math offers a collection of 43 KET-produced resources from Math at the Core: Middle School, including 17 Scale City videos and interactives about proportional reasoning, 14 Wild Fractions animations and games that feature visual...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Take a Trip! Jr
Take a Trip Jr is a truly unique activity. You have four lives to carefully move your car through the town maze to reach your destination and learn some fun facts about the location. Be careful to remember the correct path! This activity...
Phonics Guide
Papa Jan: What Is Phonics?
How can you define phonics? Take this opportunity to learn a little more about phonics and its relationship to letters and sounds.
Primary Resources
Primary Resources: Word and Real Life Problems
Are you looking for some problem solving activities to do with your class? Look no farther. This site includes games, worksheets, presentations in PowerPoint, and smartboard files.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Internet Safety
[Free Registration/Login Required] Safe searching, acceptable use, and guidelines for internet use are topics in this lesson. Students are invited to share their knowledge of internet safety, demonstrate knowledge of safe surfing...
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: 3 Ways to Hook Into Student Engagement
Improve student engagement in your classroom with these three techniques: Implement Active Learning Techniques, Ask Open-Ended Questions, and Employ Gaming.