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Dolphins

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore sea life. In this cross curriculum fine arts, science, and P.E. "dolphins" lesson, students sing songs and play games about dolphins, perform water experiments, create mosaics, and use their five senses to explore sand...
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Paper Mache Caterpillar

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, and practice fine motor skills by using scissors and newsprint strips, and balloons to create paper mache caterpillars.
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When I Was A Baby....

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students engage in book-making and sharing activities that increase their awareness about their own development from baby to child in order to develop language and social/emotional skills. In this development lesson, students select an...
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Color, Cut, and Paste: Halloween

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this Halloween color, cut, and paste worksheet, students color the holiday templates, cut them out, and paste them onto another sheet of paper.
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The Human Body

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Explore the human body through hands-on activities. Young learners will trace their bodies and place cut out body organs in the proper place, print patterns using cut fruit, sing songs about good nutrition, and use their five senses...
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In the Desert

For Teachers Pre-K
Students explore earth science by completing several environment activities. In this desert instructional activity, students identify where the U.S. deserts are and what types of wild life inhabit them. Students utilize arts and crafts...
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Telephone Connect the Dots

For Students K - 1st
In this connect the dots activity, students connect the dots from 1 through 10 to help them finish and draw the picture of the telephone. Students practice their counting and fine motor skills with the activity.
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Canadian Flag

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this world flags worksheet, students identify the flag by coloring in the appropriate sections for the flag of Canada. Students enhance their fine motor skills with the activity.
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Sunflowers

For Teachers K
Students create a portrait of sunflowers using construction paper and tempera paint. They complete an assessment in which they pick out a sunflower from a field of flowers.
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Number Push-ups

For Teachers 1st
First graders integrate math with an upper body movement exercise.
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Water Pollution

For Teachers 5th
Here is a fine lesson for fifth graders that will give them an idea of the variety of impacts that human-introduced pollutants have on the environment. After an initial class discussion and teacher-led demonstration, pupils brainstorm...
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Connect the Dots

For Students Pre-K - K
In this connect the dots instructional activity, students follow the numbers 1 through 50 to outline the shape.
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Sunflower Jigsaw

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students recognize and name the main parts of a flower. In this life science lesson, the teacher leads a discussion about the parts of a plant, then students color and cut out the parts of a planet, then glue the parts together...
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Finger Painting With a Purpose

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
With finger painting lessons and activities students can see their hands and fingers as tools for creativity.
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Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young adventurers embark on a journey, setting sail along the blue ocean with Christopher Columbus. Teachers will find that this unit makes their lesson planning smooth sailing!
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The Little Red House

For Teachers K - 1st
Students develop the first developmental skill in Gross Motor Coordination, Fine Motor Coordination, Auditory, Language, and Visual areas using the story "The Little Red House."
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Pretzel Art

For Teachers K
Students use fine motor and creativity skills in designing pretzel people or basic shapes. They can glue the pretzel sticks and circles on their piece of cardboard to make realistic or abstract designs.
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Magnificent Magnification!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars magnify their digital artwork to develop their motor skills with a mouse. Using the artwork, they discover how to look at it from different perspectives. They answer discussion questions as they complete the activity.
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Preschool Lesson: Guinea Pigs

For Teachers Pre-K - K
For this Guinea Pig themed lesson, students hear the story, Guinea Pigs Add UP! and then engage in several themed learning activities. Each activity fosters skills in letter/number recognition, art, math or writing.  
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United States Flag

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this United States flag worksheet, students read paragraph pertaining to the flag and then use their artistic skills to color the flag.
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The Hand Drill: An Example of a Screw

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students examine how a screw works as an inclined plane and a hand drill works as a screw. In this physics lesson, students complete two hands-on activities working with simple machines including screws and hand drills. This lesson...
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Caterpillars To Butterflies

For Teachers K
Students observe the life cycle of a butterfly. They read butterfly/caterpillar themed books. They sequence the lifecycle from eggs on a leaf to an adult butterfly. They release their butterflies into a natural habitat after singing and...
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On the Seashore

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students read the book On the Seashore and complete activities such as reading a book, color and cut out animal cards, model rock making, shell graphing, shell patterns, and more. For this seashell lesson plan, students use the sea...
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A Big Book About Us

For Teachers K
Students work on fine-motor, creative-thinking and language skills as they share special photos and stories about their families with their classmates. Students create individual pages for a class book that will include drawings and photos.