Gardening with Kids Tips for gardening with children.		Make Way for Ducklings Make Way for Ducklings is the ideal book to entertain and teach with. This lesson plan...
Animal Defenses An article with photos of some of the innovative means animals have developed for attack and...		James and the Giant Peach Students love James and the Giant Peach, an action-filled fantasy that will amuse and encourage...
Sunflowers, Van Gogh, and You Students will taste sunflower seeds, plant sunflowers, research Vincent van Gogh, and paint a...		Charlotte's Web Extend this well-loved book with enrichment ideas and resources.
Candle Decoration Students make candle decorations out of paper tubes and colored paper. This arts & crafts...		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...
Clay Hanukkah Menorah Students make a clay menorah as a way of learning about Hanukkah.		Stellaluna Stellaluna is a baby bat who is separated from her mother at a young age. This lesson includes...
Hands-On Christmas Tree or Wreath Students create a beautiful display with cutouts of their hands. This is a fun arts & crafts...		Bio Poem Handout Use this template when writing a bio poem, a great format for students to write creatively...
Holiday Paper Chains In this arts and crafts lesson, children make paper chains with symbols from various holidays,...		Strides for Women Posters Students research the lives of accomplished women and create posters displaying the...
Hands & Feet Reindeer Heads Students create reindeer heads by tracing their hands and feet. This fun arts & crafts...		Snail, Snail Build community with younger students while playing the "snail" game.
Thankful List Teaching students to free-associate and generate a list of things they are thankful for is a...		Similar and Different Students discuss the ways in which they are similar and different. This is a great activity to...
Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery provides lots of laughs for the reader. This lesson...		Follow Me Freeze Build classroom community while giving many students the chance to lead your class.