RESILIENCE

First graders view a clip of Pooh and his friends encountering obstacles like losing their letter to Santa. They disucss the problem and ask students to predict what happen next, and they briefly summarize the story line.

Explore the history of St. Patrick's Day and add a festive touch to classroom decor with an activity that combines holiday symbols, limericks, and class members' craftiness to create paper shamrocks. 

There's no doubt the city described in the story, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett, has incredible weather, but looking at the town as a whole, how does it compare to a real-life town? Listen carefully and view the...

Scholars put their graphing skills to use with a lesson plan that challenges them to scour the playground for hidden shamrocks. They then display their findings in graph form for a fun St. Patrick's Day project.

Stop! Do you need a period at the end of that sentence? Learners work together to place periods appropriately in a paragraph written on poster board. They edit and correct the paragraph for punctuation and capitalization to show...

Elementary schoolers spell words. If they spell the word correctly, they toss a toy airplane through a Hula-Hoop which earns points for their team. If the word is not spelled correctly, they go back to the end of the line.

Get creative with sand! This resource provides the steps needed to make colored sand as well as two sand art project ideas, one for younger and one for older learners. Tip: Have the class research how sand art has been used in various...

Students are introduced to African-American music history through this activity. They begin their study by taking a look at the slave work song and work their way through to modern rap and hip-hop. Students also take a closer look at...

Kids are asked how an Indian mandala was made. They devise a hypothesis and then use colored sand to test if their guesses were correct. They document the experience, examine a mandala, and write a comparative piece about the differences...

Examine how the values of the Six Pillars of Character are reflected in a child's world. They will identify behaviors that represent trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship. They also explore the...