The Sunflower Students learn about a sunflower and other plants through observation, estimation, and...		Candle Decoration Students make candle decorations out of paper tubes and colored paper. This arts & crafts...
Gardening with Kids Tips for gardening with children.		Clay Hanukkah Menorah Students make a clay menorah as a way of learning about Hanukkah.
Amazing, Bending Wood Use popsicle sticks to show students how wood bends without breaking.		Hands-On Christmas Tree or Wreath Students create a beautiful display with cutouts of their hands. This is a fun arts & crafts...
Decoupage Cover a surface with pasted paper cutouts, creating an old fashioned decoupage.		Hands & Feet Reindeer Heads Students create reindeer heads by tracing their hands and feet. This fun arts & crafts...
Flower and Leaf Press Students press flowers and plants with heavy books to make lovely decorations. Then, they use...		Holiday Paper Chains In this arts and crafts lesson, children make paper chains with symbols from various holidays,...
Geometry, Color, and Piet Mondrian Reproduce the art of Piet Mondrian with basic geometry, color, and imagination.		Caldecott Medal Winners A list of Caldecott Medal winners, given by the American Library Association each year to the...
Stained Glass Sun-Catchers Reinforce students' learning of geometric shapes and colors by making tissue paper sun...		Make Way for Ducklings Make Way for Ducklings is the ideal book to entertain and teach with. This lesson plan...
Making Sand Art Make plaster molds out of sand, with this activity. Then, your students can paint the molds to...		Stellaluna Stellaluna is a baby bat who is separated from her mother at a young age. This lesson includes...
Wax Paper Window Art Students create window art by ironing crayon gratings between wax paper.		If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Laura Joffe Numeroff's humorous book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie tells the story of a...
Autumn Leaf Art Projects Students use brightly colored autumn leaves to create art pieces, in this arts & crafts...		Our First Classroom Book Build classroom community while creating your first classroom book.