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If friendship were a soup, what ingredients would be in it? As part of a study of Marcus Pfister's Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale, kids engage in a series of friendship-themed activities using materials contained in this richly...

Exactly what do groundhogs know about weather? Not as much as your science students will after completing these lessons and activities that cover everything from the earth's rotation and the creation of shadows, to cloud...

Kindergartners identify geometric shapes by planting a fall garden. They start their seeds in containers that have different shapes, and keep track of their plants based on those shapes. This brilliantly designed and incredibly thorough...

During the fourth activity of a series on Colombia, pupils discover the process to which the coffee plant becomes the coffee we drink. Pupils compare how locally grown foods get into homes to how coffee from Colombia gets into their mug.

Follow your reading of The Rainbow Fish with this adorable printable. Each pupil gets their own fish to color and their own foil scale to affix to the fish.

Students engage in a lesson that is composed of a literature study using the story "Planting A Rainbow" by Lois Ehlert. They create projects about plants and flowers using the book and opportunities to paint. This is accomplished by...

After listening to From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons, learners take a walk around their school looking for plants. They use digital cameras to photograph the plants, then construct a class book which has the identities of the plants,...

Students explore visual arts by participating in a color identification activity. In this rainbows lesson, students discuss the different colors that make up the color spectrum and why we see rainbows in nature. Students read the book...

Young scholars create and paint flowers. In this flowers lesson plan, students read Planting a Rainbow, discuss the different types and parts of flowers, and paint their own giant flower. Young scholars display their flowers on a...

Introduce young readers to Eric Carle, one of the most popular children's authors of our time. Complementing the reading his books, 11 activities are provided in this instructional activity series that engage children in learning about a...