Teaching Themes
Spring: Everything You Need
Has spring taken over your class? Make the season a source of learning by studying that theme.
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PreK–K | Research Skills | Plants and Flowers | Science Experiments and Projects
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Spring FavoritesPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Collections | Life Cycles Use this collection of spring-themed offerings to usher the new season into your classroom. Save To Organizer |
Where Do Rainy Days Come From?PreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Observation Activities that introduce the water cycle, including a weather calendar, a manipulative model, rain cycle flap books, and charting a month... Save To Organizer |
Spring Math RiddlesPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Language Arts | Lesson Plans Tips for making math fun with real-life, vivid examples that connect math with other subject areas. Save To Organizer |
Web Hunt: Vernal EquinoxGrades 3–5 | Grades 6–8 | Content Area Reading | Computer Lab Activities | Online Learning Activities Embark on an online hunt for facts about the vernal equinox with this Web Hunt. Save To Organizer |
Let's put some "SPRING" into our step!PreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Group Activities | Articles Students celebrate spring with seasonal activities and parent participation. Save To Organizer |
Dig Into Springtime SciencePreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Science | Earth Science | Spring Six easy science experiments to teach habitats, anatomy, plant growth, and much more! Save To Organizer |
Fall vs. Spring Lesson PlanPreK–K | Content Area Reading | Guided Reading | Compare and Contrast | Lesson Plans Science and language arts activities, from comparing and contrasting seasons to identifying the characteristics of a flower Save To Organizer |
It's Alive, It's Alive!PreK–K | Writing Activities | Articles | Book Resources | Early Writing Students study the life cycle of chickens as they hatch them from eggs. Save To Organizer |
Learning Centers: Spring into SciencePreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Early Math | Real-World Math | Measurement Lesson plans and tips to help you teach children become conscious of the fragility of life by investigatingplants, animals, and insects. Save To Organizer |
Creepy-Crawly SciencePreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Early Science This spring, let our six– and eight-legged friends inspire some science fun. Save To Organizer |
Spring is Sprung: Water Movement in PlantsPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Activities and Games | Early Science | Plants and Flowers Teach about water movement with this experiment in which students observe how water gets from the root of a plant to the top. Save To Organizer |
From Seed to PlantPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Lesson Plans | Charts and Graphs | Counting and Numbers Describes methods for introducing the world of plants to students. Covers plant structure, growth, life style, and oxygen production with a... Save To Organizer |
In Like a Lion, Out Like a LambPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Reading | Listening Comprehension | Readers Theater Scripts Features a play called "In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb". The play covers the theme of changing seasons (from winter to spring). Save To Organizer |
Spring Forward!Grades 3–5 | Grades 1–2 | Online Learning Activities | Articles | Agriculture Welcome the spring by studying seasonal changes, such as flowers blooming and animals having their young and migrating north. Save To Organizer |
Spring CleaningPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Book Resources | Listening and Speaking | Lesson Plans This lesson plan teaches children about the importance of working together to care for our environment. Save To Organizer |
Spring Is Here Lesson PlanPreK–K | Grades 1–2 | Grades 3–5 | Early Reading | Literature Celebrate the wonders of springtime with this story about a young girl who enjoys the sights and smells of the season. Save To Organizer |
Spring Crafts and MoreSpring Color theory crafts, field trip ideas, and Earth Day celebrations. Save To Organizer |
Activity Plan 5-6: Wind ChimesPreK–K | Hobbies and Recreation | Visual Arts Children will develop creative-thinking and fine-motor skills as they use clay to design wind chimes in this ready-to-use teaching idea for... Save To Organizer |
Send Home Activities: Making Wind ChimesPreK–K | Science | Family Activities An activity that teachers can share with their families. Save To Organizer |
Send Home Activities: Making LemonadePreK–K | Lesson Plans | Family Activities | Food and Cooking Teachers suggest that parents do this activity plan with their children at home on a spring day. Kids learn motor skills, and math skills... Save To Organizer |















