Make a Dried Bouquet Students learn how to make bouquets out of dried peppers or flowers. This was a common Colonial...		Candle Decoration Students make candle decorations out of paper tubes and colored paper. This arts & crafts...
Five Greeting Card Ideas Five great card making ideas to make for the holiday season.		Clay Hanukkah Menorah Students make a clay menorah as a way of learning about Hanukkah.
Technology Strategies -- National Music Standard #1 These activities and strategies for music education will help you use technology in your...		Holiday Paper Chains In this arts and crafts lesson, children make paper chains with symbols from various holidays,...
Technology Strategies -- National Music Standard #6 Connect technology and music education in your classroom. These student activities and teacher...		Hands & Feet Reindeer Heads Students create reindeer heads by tracing their hands and feet. This fun arts & crafts...
Teaching Rhythms Through Echo Help students in grades K-4 with rhythm and melody by using the echo technique and basic...		Hands-On Christmas Tree or Wreath Students create a beautiful display with cutouts of their hands. This is a fun arts & crafts...
Alphabet Hike Take your students on a "walk" to find words that start with each letter in the alphabet.		Thankful List Teaching students to free-associate and generate a list of things they are thankful for is a...
Blooming Tree Reward students for reading books by adding to a student-made tree.		Attendance and Lunch: A Simple Set-Up An easy system for taking attendance and organizing lunch at the beginning of the day.
Book Snake Reward students for reading by adding to the "Reading Snake".		Go on a Building Tour Take your students on a building tour so that they may know their way around the school.
Herbs in the Classroom Grow herbs indoors all year by creating a mini-greenhouse.		Puppets Tell the Rules Use a puppet to teach students the class rules, goals, and procedures.
Wax Paper Window Art Students create window art by ironing crayon gratings between wax paper.		Snail, Snail Build community with younger students while playing the "snail" game.