Students design their own playground equipment. In this design lesson, students take pictures of equipment they like and make a class pictograph of their favorite ones. They investigate the design, research equipment around the world,...

There are opposites all around you, even at school! Using an antonym word bank with playground-themed words, young learners complete sentences opposite in meaning from the ones provided.

Bella and Molly at spending time at the playground, but encounter a problem. Read about their problem and how each of them works together to solve it. Then, readers answer five questions about what they read in the passage.

Students discover ways to resolve conflicts. In this bullying lesson, students read a book about a boy who is having problems on the playground. Students discuss how the characters feel and what they do to stand up for themselves....

Students listen to poem, Where Oh Where On the Playground, Do I Love to Be?, and practice reading, interpreting, and making maps, charts, and graphs in surveying classmates and discussing their favorite places to play in school playground.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students examine a picture of 2 playground signs. Students then respond to 10 true or false questions regarding the picture.

Pupils develop both writing and artistic skills as they document changes in their school environment. They observe how the environment of their school playground changes throughout the year by drawing and describing plants, animals,...

In this ESL activity worksheet, students fill in the missing letters in 6 playground words and then match the words to the appropriate pictures. A word bank is included.

Students investigate earthquakes by examining chart data.   In this disasters lesson plan, students identify the waves that are recorded when an earthquake arises by reading sample graphs in class.  Students participate in...

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a paragraph about a group of children at the park. They then answer 5 true and false questions about the reading. Finally, students complete a conversation on the worksheet and...

Students create a new playground design to present to elementary students during Playground safety week. They review basic geometry to use in observing and recording the equipment on a local playground. They research playground safety...

Students design a playground. In this just playing lesson, students identify and measure a specified area surrounding their school to be used for a playground. Once identified, students measure the area for equipment.  Students...

Encourage respect, responsibility, and caring within your classroom with a collection of lessons that spark dialogue and self reflection. To address character traits, lessons touch on topics such as staying safe in the...

Adding hula hoops to any activity can present a fun challenge. This worksheet explains how to conduct an activity that combines the recognition of capital/lowercase letters and a hula hoop relay. Outside on the playground, each student...

In this following directions activity, students draw items on a swingset in a playground, as instructed: a bird, a boy and an ant.

In this reading comprehension activity, students look at a photograph of 2 warning signs posted in Derbyshire, UK. Students read 10 questions about the information given in the signs and write "true," "false" or "we don't know" next to...

For this word search about playground activities worksheet, students locate words horizontally, vertically, and diagonally. Students find 22 words.

Students investigate technology used by Native Americans by examining their creations.  In this Native American math lesson, students examine the overall area of Mississippian Indian mounds that were built hundreds of years ago....

Illuminate your playground with chaulk images. Young aratists use the web to research the work of Keith Haring. Groups then design their own piece of visual art and recreate their images on the school sidewalks of blacktop.

Do your kindergartners know the difference between thick and thin? After reviewing a picture of a tree and a candle, kids draw a thicker version of each in the space provided. They also draw a ring around the thickest pencil and the...

Students explore geometry by participating in a school measuring activity. In this perimeter lesson, students discuss the techniques and methods used in order to measure a large perimeter or geometric figure. Students utilize grid paper,...

Young scholars go outside to the playground and write a piece in the style of beat poets based on what they see and hear outside.

Students, after creating a list of suggested classroom rules, work together to agree on a set of rules for the classroom, school cafeteria and playground. They write and illustrate the rules they agree on to make a school rules scroll.

Young learners explore what it means to be respectful. This resource includes a two page chart depicting rules for different settings at school such, as the cafeteria and the playground. What does following the rules look like? What does...