Snow never gets old for kids- to them it’s magical. Tie in your students’ interest in snow with a interdisciplinary study. This snowflake craft is filled with writing, science, drawing, art, rhyming, and language arts. It’s the perfect addition to your snow literacy units for first grade, second grade, and third grade! We’ve differentiated the activity so it […]
Spider Activity for Kids
How would you love spiders crawling all over your classroom walls this fall? I’ve webbed together science, language arts, and art in this creepy flippable spider craft. It is also a perfect alternative to the “no Halloween” rule in many classrooms. If your curriculum covers spiders in October, this spider activity would make an interactive addition […]
Ideas for Teaching Life Cycles
Need ideas for teaching life cycles to your students throughout the school year? Winter, spring, summer, or fall: we have your covered with hands-on ideas! All these life cycle activities help extend children’s understanding of the natural sciences. Whether you prefer your students to write, cut, paste, draw or assemble, we have made the life cycles hands-on […]
Free Penguin Writing Activity: Penguin Facts
Need a fun and interactive writing activity for your penguin unit? Take your penguin research into a rookery of fun with this freebie! Did you know that there are 17 species of penguins? We learned this and many more interesting facts about penguins. My son is still a new writer, so he dictated his sentences […]
End of the School Year Writing Activity: If I Ruled the School
Need a fun end of the year writing activity that will have your students engaged and bursting with ideas? I’ve used this writing prompt over the years with kids as young as 1st grade, and even with my junior high ELA students! Every kid has a opinion or two to share about “How They Would […]