Gardening with Kids Tips for gardening with children.		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...
Sunflowers, Van Gogh, and You Students will taste sunflower seeds, plant sunflowers, research Vincent van Gogh, and paint a...		James and the Giant Peach Students love James and the Giant Peach, an action-filled fantasy that will amuse and encourage...
Animal Defenses An article with photos of some of the innovative means animals have developed for attack and...		Stellaluna Stellaluna is a baby bat who is separated from her mother at a young age. This lesson includes...
Animals as Athletes An article about various sports in which animals participate.		What Are the Modern Olympic Games? Introduce students to the history and locations of the Modern Olympic Games.
Classroom Olympic Games Students recreate Olympic events by calculating distances and participating in the event.		Olympic Leaders Students will write a one page report from the point of view of an Olympic athlete and present...
Black Hockey Players in the NHL An article discussing the history of African-Americans in the NHL.		Bio Poem Handout Use this template when writing a bio poem, a great format for students to write creatively...
Little Known Sports Ever heard of Snow Snake or Octopush? This article describes them and more.		Ancient and Modern Olympic Games in Athens A brief history of the Olympic games, both Ancient and Modern, in Athens, Greece.
Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery provides lots of laughs for the reader. This lesson...		Strides for Women Posters Students research the lives of accomplished women and create posters displaying the...
Make Way for Ducklings Make Way for Ducklings is the ideal book to entertain and teach with. This lesson plan...		Snail, Snail Build community with younger students while playing the "snail" game.
Charlotte's Web Extend this well-loved book with enrichment ideas and resources.		Similar and Different Students discuss the ways in which they are similar and different. This is a great activity to...