Hoppy Easter! Whether you need Easter decorations for your classroom or your home for the upcoming Easter season, this bunny craft made of simple shapes is fun for anyone who can use scissors! Just print on heavy card stock, and have the kids add texture with their coloring tools of choice. Free Bunny Template (Rear […]
Free Simile Craftivity
Teaching figurative language makes students’ writing sparkle! Teaching simile is often the gateway to other types of figurative language that makes our writing rich and engaging. Simile can be taught to children as young as preschool and kindergarten, especially when they are learning colors! This activity would be great to model brainstorming and also makes […]
Ideas for Teaching Skip Counting
After spending the past few years teaching math with Montessori methodology, I was fascinated at how the materials made even the most complicated of math concepts accessible to all learners. In math, more than any other subject, materials need to be concrete and FUN. Skip counting in traditional primary grades is usually confined to 2s, […]
Free Penguin Art Activity: Roll and Draw
Want a fun penguin art activity for your students that incorporates art and math? Look no further. In our free penguin art game, students roll a dice to create fun patterns while gaining hands-on experience with the element of art: line! To play, use both of our printable sheets and add a single dice. Penguin […]
Differentiated Winter Literacy Centers for Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade
Differentiating instruction: it’s the holy grail of all classroom instruction and lesson plans. Differentiation contains the hope that we can meet the needs of all 25-30 kids in front of us. Easier said than done. The reality is it’s Sunday night: you haven’t done your lesson plans yet, and maybe your principal is observing and you […]