Learning: Home and School

Learners explore jobs at home. They name a personal strength, indicate interests, and explain the importance of jobs to home and school.

First graders examine and discuss the skills needed to be an effective learner. They sing "The Learning Song" to the tune of London Bridge is Falling Down, and complete a Learning Book activity sheet. Each student draws a picture of the...

Celebrate your students' individuality with this simple back-to-school learning exercise. Offering six sentence frames asking for students' favorite subject, book, lunch, and more, this activity will help break the ice during the...

After reading Pat Hutchins’ Rosie’s Walk, have your young cartographers create a map of Rosie’s walk. Then lead them on a walk around the school. When you return class members sequence the walk by making a list of how the class got from...

Classmates participate in a variety of getting-to-know-you activities for the first day of school. They make resolutions, become detectives about their fellow classmates, learn about each other by playing switch, and make...

Students analyze visual arts by creating drawings in their classroom. In this art analysis lesson plan, students identify the paintings of Keith Haring by researching the web. Students utilize paper and oil pastels to create...

This article was written to validate and be a voice for like-minded educators and families who want their children to have more time during the school day for inquiry and imaginative play. This article includes a list of articles, blogs,...

Students participate in an activity that will allow them to create a gift for a nursing home patient and give their gift to someone who needs a caring hand. In this community service lesson plan, students learn compassion, and also...