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American Indians Heritage Series: The Inuits
Photo © 1904 It’s hard to imagine what America looked like before road...
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The First Flight
Photo Source: The Wright House In continuation of national aviation month a...
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How Do Airplanes Fly?
Photo Source: Peter Kirillov The fact that large (heavy!) airplanes can fly...
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Maps in Kindergarten: Creative Writing & Mapmaking
Pat Hutchins' Rosie's Walk provides a great introduction to maps in your kind...
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Maps in Kindergarten: Rosie’s Walk
Photo Source: Steven Husk Even in the age of GPS and MapQuest, it's importa...
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Halloween Literature Unit: Creative Writing Pro...
{Kimberly L. Short, lesson plan contributor to Educator’s Reference Desk, has...
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Halloween Literature Unit: Pumpkin Patch Unit P...
Photo Source: Rikki Degraz {Kimberly L. Short, lesson plan contributor to E...
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Halloween Literature Unit: Arthur’s Halloween
{Kimberly L. Short, lesson plan contributor to Educator’s Reference Desk, has...
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Halloween Literature Unit: Little Critter’s Hal...
{Kimberly L. Short, lesson plan contributor to Educator’s Reference Desk, has...
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Halloween Literature Unit: The Magic Pumpkin
{Kimberly L. Short, lesson plan contributor to Educator's Reference Desk, has...
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The First Thanksgiving: The Feast
Photo Source: BVDC It was certainly not entirely by their own hand that the...
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The First Thanksgiving: Differences Between the...
Photo Source: Astoria Thanksgiving has a broader significance than just get...
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The First Thanksgiving: The Pilgrim’s Journey
Photo Source: Nikolay Okhitin If you were to ask your students what Thanksg...
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Improving Literacy & Writing With Letters F...
Photo Source: Secret Side As a teacher, instilling a sense of excitement fo...
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Literacy Center Activities: Sight Word Activities
Photo Source: Erin Cadigan Helping your kindergartners learn and master sig...
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Literacy Center Activities: Sound & Letter ...
Photo Source: Samantha Grundy Phonics can be difficult to master, but is es...
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Halloween Science For Kinders!
Photo Source: Andrey Kiselev While your classroom Halloween party provides ...
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The Science of Pumpkins
Photo Source: www.flickr.com/photos/tambako/500089629/ With fall in full sw...
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Fun Activities Using Brown Bear, Brown Bear
Not only is Eric Carle's classic early childhood tale Brown Bear, Brown Bear,...
Read MoreCreating Salt Paintings!
Jojoebi, creator of the blog A Bit Of This and A Bit Of That, shares a great ...
Read MoreFun Crafts for Teaching the Alphabet
The alphabet is an integral part to every preschool and kindergarten curricul...
Read MoreTools for Your Morning Routine in the Early Chi...
Kids thrive with routine and, in truth, most teachers enjoy the sense of norm...
Read MoreOrganization Tips for the Preschool Classroom
Organization is key to the success of every classroom. Deborah J. Stewart, ea...
Read MoreEncountering New Concepts in Art
You don't have to put in a lot of time and effort to provide your students wi...
Read MoreBeach-Themed Preschool Activities
A great way to infuse summer into your preschool lessons is with beach-themed...
Read MoreTime Telling Tricks
Learning to tell time is a difficult skill to master. With three separate han...
Read MoreReal Life Heroes
Children need heroes. Whether imagined or real, heroes make children believe ...
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Common Core Crunch - Summer! CCSS ELA & Writing...
If you're in need of CCSS ELA and writing practice for your first graders...
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