Julie over at Creekside Learning recently posted this fun spring/summer activity that will have your little scientists learning about the life cycle of a butterfly, making observations, and playing with caterpillars! Caterpillar Observation Center Many toy stores and online teacher supply stores sell kits for raising butterflies. This can be such a neat experience for your [...]

Eve Bunting’s The Wall is an excellent book to share with your kinders this Memorial Day. Poignant and meaningful, the story depicts the Vietnam Memorial as seen through the eyes of a child. Gary Hopkins, featured lesson plan contributor over at Education World, offers some great follow-up questions and activities to help your students get [...]

This patterning activity from Karen LeBlanc over Froggy Friends Fun would be the perfect addition to a spring/summer gardening unit! Provide your kiddos with a divided platter of dried beans, peas, etc. and pieces of brown construction paper. Using a spinner, labeled with various patterns {AB, AAB, ABB, ABC, ABCC, AABC, etc.}, invite your kiddos to [...]

Are your kiddos feeling a little ‘spring-ed out’? If you’re looking for a little break from the norm, you might consider incorporating a few Cinco de Mayo activities into your lesson plans. We found some fun games over at Kaboose that we know your students will have a blast with! 

Kristin over at Little Miss Glamour Goes To Kindergarten put together this adorable spring bug unit and we had to pass it along! The colorful activities and experiments are sure to be a big hit with your kinders! As always, you’ll have to head over to Kristin’s blog for the set of activities, but here’s [...]