Left Foot, Right Foot

Students explore human functions by reading a children's book in class. In this human anatomy activity, students read The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss and participate in a foot and limb tracing class activity. Students read the story out loud...

Turn your phonics instruction into a game! First, hop on to word family foot prints to match the short vowel sound cards. Then, take the game to the next level; write a word on the foot print that has the same word family sound. 

Students practice their ABC's through movement and shouting. In this hustling bustling ABC's lesson, students stand 5 to 6 feet apart from each other. Students explore how to shuffle a step in quick motion. They listen to the teacher...

Did you know that Green Eggs and Ham is written in iambic pentameter? Model the rhythm of language using Dr. Seuss’s tale. Direct class members to march about the room tapping their right foot on the first syllable and stomping their...

Students practice the strategy of phonemes to recognize ee=/E/ sound in spelling and written words. They become phonemic aware of spoken correspondence when interacting with the book, "The Foot Book," by Dr. Seuss and a variety of...

Designed for very young learners, this resource focuses on the positional words, in, and out. A very cute poem that is used during a movement activity is embedded in the plan. A discussion is held where pupils list as many things that...

Practice spelling words and reinforce the use of the QWERTY keyboard with this activity. Learners create large alphabet cards and arrange them on the floor in the same way that the keyboard is set up. They step on letters to spell...

Students investigate movement.  In this physical education lesson, students select a "fortune cookie" made from crumpled paper and read the directions inside.  Students perform locomotor skills by following the oral directions given.

Help young readers recognize the short vowel /a/ in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Learners associate the phoneme with its letter...

In this creative science activity from Scientific American, students learn more about hearing with two ears and make a hands-on exploration of how sound is located. Excellent web link resources are also provided.