Boo! Little goblins count the Halloween-themed objects arranged in rows. They draw enough to bring each row to a total of 10. Use this when addressing the Common Core initiative in October with your kindergarten class.

Students gradually develop fine-motor movement skills with the mouse, while building on the gross-motor movements they are already able to make with the mouse. It encourages students to look at the same painting different ways, and...

Students magnify their digital artwork to develop their motor skills with a mouse. Using the artwork, they discover how to look at it from different perspectives. They answer discussion questions as they complete the activity.

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.  

Students create a collaborative drawing. In this cooperation skills lesson, students are divided into small groups and are given art supplies. Students decide on a topic for their illustration and create the drawing on large paper....

Students investigate insect camouflage and mimicry. In this animal science lesson, students discuss how camouflage helps an insect survive. Additionally, students use the included template to color and cut illustrations of insects....

Students work on fine-motor, creative-thinking and language skills as they share special photos and stories about their families with their classmates. Students create individual pages for a class book that will include drawings and photos.

Pupils examine different types of ocean life. They classify sea shells and role play in the ocean center. They color and write about their experience in the ocean center and share their experiences with their classmates.

Students explore sea life. In this cross curriculum fine arts, science, and P.E. "dolphins" lesson, students sing songs and play games about dolphins, perform water experiments, create mosaics, and use their five senses to explore sand...

Learners explore the wonders of bugs. In this bug lesson, students examine various types of bugs. Learners make crafts, sing songs, discuss nutrition, and investigate different types of insects.

Students explore earth science by completing several environment activities. In this desert lesson, students identify where the U.S. deserts are and what types of wild life inhabit them. Students utilize arts and crafts to create a...

Students read books, learn about the letter r, and eat carrots all to learn about rabbits. In this rabbits lesson plan, students also do the bunny hop and make rabbits out of play dough.

Students create an individual M&M's graph based on the number of each color of candy pieces in their handful of candy. They graph the favorite color of the whole class while practicing counting and color identification.

A teddy bear tops the page, for no other reason than to look cute. Ten pairs of boxes follow. For each of the first five, learners color the box with the smaller of the two numbers. For the final five, they color the larger. This is a...

Ribbit! Kindergarten or first grade mathematicians practice subtracting and adding frogs on this friendly worksheet. Add it to your library of homework assignments when teaching youngsters arithmetic skills.

In these D'Nealian handwriting worksheets, students trace the alphabet upper and lowercase letters. Students then complete several coloring activities to help with letter recognition.

Third graders examine the Hawaiian culture through the different types of Hawaiian flowers and discover how to create Hawaiian Leis. Students make flowers out of tissue paper to create their leis.

First graders gain knowledge about the first Thanksgiving, how the pilgrims lived and the differences between our Thanksgiving today and the Thanksgivings of the past. They recognize different parts of the word Thanksgiving.

Very simply, fledgling farmers count farm animals, trace the numbers, and then draw a line to connect them to the matching set on the other half of the page. Because the correct number is listed right next to each group of animals, this...

First graders decode Thanksgiving vocabulary while learning about the history of this holiday.  In this Thanksgiving history activity, 1st graders listen to a story, trace their hands to make turkey feathers and listen to a turkey...

Fourth graders investigate slavery by reading a book with their classmates. In this abolitionist movement activity, 4th graders read the story The Patchwork Path, and discuss the creation of the Underground Railroad. Students create...

Students read books, learn about the letter c, and eat with clown noses on to learn about clowns. In this clowns lesson plan, students also have a parade where they dress like clowns.

Fifth graders explore the art of puppetry. They design and create their own puppets using helium balloons. They create the three dimensional features for their selected mammals and felt shirts. They perform an impromptu play citing...

Students listen to the story The Mitten, and visit a website about the story's author. Students create masks of the animals from the story and present a play of the story.