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Help students strengthen their visual-spatial skills by working on these projects.
Activity Plan 3-4: Sand LandGrades: PreK–K Using a variety of materials in the sand area to create imaginary environments, children will develop creative-thinking, language, and cooperation... |
Activity Plan 4-5: A Drumming PartyGrades: PreK–K Children will create instruments that encourage creativity, music and rhythm awareness, and cooperative play in this ready-to-use teaching idea... |
Activity Plan 4-5: Castle ConstructionGrades: PreK–K Children will work together to design and build their own individual castles in this ready-to-use teaching idea for four- and five-year olds.... |
Activity Plan 4-5: Corrugated PaintingsGrades: PreK–K Children will develop creative-thinking skills as they explore the texture of corrugated cardboard in this ready-to-use teaching idea for four-... |
Activity Plan 4-5: Dolls and DwellingsGrades: PreK–K Children will make their own dolls to foster imaginative play, explore day-to-day experiences, and expand block play in this ready-to-use teaching... |
Activity Plan 4-5: Living LargeGrades: PreK–K Children will create their own designs on acetate paper and learn about "enlarged" and "reduced" images using the projector in this ready-to-use... |
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Lesson Plans, Book Resources Activity Plan 4-5: Observational DrawingsGrades: PreK–K Children will create drawings of plants to develop science, observational, and communication skills in this ready-to-use teaching idea for four-... |
Activity Plan 4-5: Make a Memory QuiltGrades: PreK–K Children will write and/or depict their memories on square pieces of paper. This will help especially with literacy and creative thinking in this... |
Activity Plan 4-5: Outdoor Art-ventures!Grades: PreK–K Children will explore their creativity as they observe the world outside the classroom in this ready-to-use teaching idea for four- and five-year... |
Activity Plan 4-5: Silly DrawingsGrades: PreK–K Children will work in groups of three to create a silly drawing of a person. |
Activity Plan 4-5: Think Big!Grades: PreK–K Children will collect small objects and differentiate the shapes of each object by drawing and using the projector in this ready-to-use teaching... |
Activity Plan 5-6: Bugs, Bugs, Bugs!Grades: PreK–K Young scientists investigate bug body parts in this ready-to-use teaching idea for five- and six-year olds. Activity: Science. |
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Activity Plan 5-6: Let's Make a MuralGrades: PreK–K Children will develop creative-thinking, fine-- motor, language, and social skills as they work together to plan, design, and create a mural in... |
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Lesson Plans, Book Resources Activity Plan 5-6: Hopes and DreamsGrades: PreK–K Watch children dream up new skills in this ready-to-use teaching idea for five- and six-year olds. Activity: Art. |
Activity Plan 5-6: Pet PortraitsGrades: PreK–K Children will be creating an animal portrait gallery. Activity: Art. |
Activity Plan 5-6: Wind SoundsGrades: PreK–K Students collect branches and other materials to make the wind chimes and observe their wind chimes as a class. |
Activity Plan Mixed Ages: A Brown Bag of SurprisesGrades: PreK–K Children will develop creative-thinking, fine-motor, and language skills as they use different materials to create individual art projects in this... |
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Lesson Plans, Book Resources Activity Plan Mixed Ages: The Tell-Me-a-Story QuiltGrades: PreK–K Children will create a group quilt in which each square depicts a favorite book or a character from literature in this ready-To-use teaching Idea... |
Activity Plan Mixed Ages: Glistening CollagesGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Children will work outdoors with a variety of papers to learn about their transparent, shiny, and reflective qualities. |
