The Magic School Bus Gets Ants in Its Pants
What's the best way to get to know ants better? The Magic School Bus kids watch ants and figure out what they're doing. Your kids can observe ants by making them a temporary ant colony.

Dandy Doodles
What can you see in those squiggles?

Books for Teaching about Teamwork
Books for teaching teamwork and collaboration to first and second grade children at the beginning of the school year.

SUMMER ACTIVITIES: Let's Try Bubble Blowing!
"Bubble Blowing" is a summer activity for mixed ages. In this activity, children will use the science skills of observation, experimentation, prediction, and evaluation, as well as creative-thinking, fine-motor, and language skills, as they blow bubbles of different shapes and sizes.

Responses to Literature: Be A Theme Park Designer!
Suggests fun and lively lessons where student apply reading, writing, research, and teamwork skills towards creating a Literature Land Theme Park.

Be A Good Friend: Lesson plan based on Clifford the Big Red Dog, by Norman Bridwell
Woof! Woof!: The focus of this lesson is to encourage awareness of good manners through literature and creative expression.

Activity Plan 5-6: Art History 101
Children will read about different artists and imitate their style to develop creative thinking, and language and literacy skills in this ready-to-use teaching idea for five- and six-year olds. Activity: Art.

The Magic School Bus Takes a Dive
Wanda thinks she can reach the treasure alone, but she soon learns that survival on the coral reef often depends on cooperation. Your kids find out how partners can help run a race.

Writing Prompts: Brain Boosters
Creative writing prompts that will boost your child's problem-solving skills, imagination, and creativity. With these clever writing exercises, all your child needs to get started is paper and a pen!

Activity Plan Mixed Ages: Wood Sculptures and Constructions
Children will develop creative-thinking, problem-solving, and fine-motor skills as they build and construct with wood in this ready-to-use teaching idea for mixed ages. Activity: Art.

Kate and the Beanstalk Lesson Plan
Author Mary Pope Osborne provides a fresh and funny twist on the well-known fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk."

Early Childhood Winning Ideas Contest: Top Ideas for Sharing in the Classroom
Read the entries from the winners of the Early Childhood Winning Ideas Contest! They share their ideas for how to set the stage for sharing in the classroom!

Portrait of a Friend
Students get to know themselves and their classmates by filling in the blanks to create a mini-biography.

Activity Plan 4-5: Pretzel Mania
Children will increase their math concepts, fine-motor skills, language skills, and creative concepts as they use pretzel dough to create shapes, numbers, or letters in this ready-to-use teaching idea for four- and five-year-olds. Activity: Math/Fine Motor

Activity Plan 3-4: A Book About Me
Invite children to celebrate their individuality as they become authors and illustrators. Children will learn creative-thinking, awareness of self and others, language and literacy and fine-motor skills in this ready-to-use teaching idea for three- and four-year olds. Activity: Art.