Art on a Shoestring
You don't need to be Picasso to teach valuable artistic concepts in your classroom. Celebrate Arts Education Month with these art lessons that will make you (and your classroom) look good without breaking the bank.
Eggs!
A dozen egg-stra special lessons.
Think Spring
Spring has sprung. This is the perfect time to work plants, kites, trees, and birds into the classroom. Whether you join the Journey to Spring Web project or explore trees in your own schoolyard, Education World has resources for you.
Poetry Month Is Coming
Poetry Month lesson plans to make April special.
Play Ball!
With a swing of the bat, baseball season has officially begun. When baseball fever strikes, you can bring the game into the classroom -- and score a home run -- with this week's Education World lessons and activities. Included: A stadium full of activities and links to team sites, baseball math sites, cross-curricular projects -- plus the famous Casey at the Bat poem and Abbott and Costellos "Who's On First?" script.
April Fools Fun
Plan a Backwards Day
Simple ideas for making Backwards Day a fun day of learning. Best Books for... April Fools Day
Five titles for foolish fun. Tech Tools for April Fools
Four tech tricks you can play on your students. Sites to See: Hoax Sites
Have some fun while teaching media literacy.
Lesson Plan of the Day
See lesson plans posted on recent days. Search for lessons by subject.
News for Kids Should School Buses Have Seat Belts?
Six states require school buses to have seat belts, but the debate is on in many other states.
Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks Math Games With Joanne and Jane
This week: Squeeze Play teaches place value.
Learning Game of the Week
Puzzle game promotes thinking skills and cooperation.
Friday Fun
Ellis Island simulation increases students understanding, empathy.
Vicki Cobbs Show-Biz Science
A balloon in a moving vehicle.
From Our Early Childhood Activity Bank
More special activities for Spring. Spring Trees How Does It Grow? April Showers Art Dinosaurs: How Big Were They? Ants in the Sand: A Recipe Giant Alphabet Counting Poems Purple Passion (and Purple Poems)
From the Learning Machine
Explore the coolest resources on the Web. From the Science Machine
Use Kinetic City to explore the topics of biology, the body, fitness, and health. (Grades 3-5) From the Reading Machine Hugo Cabret: Write Your Own Word and Picture Stories reinforces writing. (Grades 3-8) From the Math Machine Multiplication Mystery is a fun Web site for teaching factors and multiplication. (Grades 3-5)
Teacher-Submitted Lesson Plans Teacher Lesson #1
A review game for all grades, all subjects. Teacher Lesson #2
Challenge students to create A to Z autobiographies. Teacher Lesson #3
Draw a picture of a spider based on a detailed description.
More Lesson Ideas Technology Lesson Plans Mystery State Early Childhood Themes Phonics Word Search
Bulletin Boards That Teach Do You See the Signs of Spring? -- Spring into April with this easy digital camera activity.
5-Minute Fillers
Forty volumes of activities!.
Month of Fun: March
See some timely, fun, and educational Web resource for kid: Water, Water Everywhere Matching Game (Grades 4-8) Umbrella Coloring Page (Grades PreK-1) BlackDog's It's Magic Word Search Game (Grades 3-8) Greek and Latin Roots Matching Game (Grades 9-12) Flower Maze (Grades 3-12) Math Flash Cards Game (Grades 1-6) Dot to Dot Coloring Page (Grades K-1)
Just for This Month!
See our March Month of Fun, March Word Search, and March Coloring Calendar. PLUS! Create your own work sheets for this months holidays and special days.
Best Books for Teaching About…
Each week, Education World presents our Editors Choices for the best books for teaching about popular classroom themes. Check out our choices and add your own recommendations to the Readers Voices section of this weeks themed booklists.
Best Books for Teaching About... Spring
Best Books for Teaching About... Baseball
Best Books for Teaching About...Art
See more great books for students and classroom teaching themes.
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This Week's Feature
Classroom and Recess Games
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