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This First Thanksgiving unit is sure to make your lessons on long ago and today engaging and memorable for your students. Take a peek as you see how we learned about the daily life of the pilgrim children with these eight hands-on stations. We’ve been learning all about Thanksgiving and what life was like for the Pilgrims. We decided to… Read More
It’s finally beginning to feel like fall around here! The air is crisp and the leaves are changing colors. It’s my favorite time of the year! So, of course, it’s time to break out the Halloween lesson plans and pumpkin activities! We spent last week learning all about pumpkins – how they grow, describing them, and what you can make out… Read More
Learning about trees was a fun activity for my first grade students this week! We learned about the importance of trees on our environment and all the things that we get from trees. We started our lesson by reading the Scholastic News Magazine “Thank You Trees” and watching a short video about all the things we get from trees. We… Read More
Japan activities are great fun and a perfect way to learn about other cultures in the classroom. We had fun studying Japan as we learned about Mount Fuji, the cherry blossom festival, and more! Come along as I tell you about our journey with these Japan activities for kids! Japan Activities In our school, we use the first grade… Read More
Insects are always a fun theme in spring, so this week we learned all about insect life cycles and butterflies. Day 1 We started out on the first day with general lesson on insects. We learned the difference between a bug and an insect. We watched a short video on YouTube to begin our lesson called All About Insects Next,… Read More
Learning about oviparous animals is a fun topic for young children. They love learning about animals that hatch from eggs and of course, this gives us a chance to think about that age old question – What came first…the chicken or the egg? What are oviparous animals? I like to begin most lessons with a read aloud so we… Read More
