Make a caterpillar to display in the classroom or hallway showing each book that has been read. Parents can see the books the kids have been reading! Materials: Construction paper in a variety of colors. Black permanent marker Titles of books that have been read to the class. Plan: Use something large and round to…

Students will make life-size body outlines. Objectives: To learn about the parts of the body. Materials: large sheets of butcher block paper (child-sized) crayons black permanent marker Lesson Plan: Have each child lay down on a piece of butcher block paper. Tell the children that you are going to draw the outline of their bodies,…

Children use berry baskets to make different designs with paint. Objectives: To make different designs and colors using paint and plastic berry baskets. Materials: Plastic berry baskets Paint Paper Paint smocks Meat trays Lesson Plan: Have the children put their paint smocks on. Put out several different berry baskets along with several different colors of…

Large group lesson using the story Benny’s Pennies.  Objectives: Incorporates rhymes, prediction, math, and recall. Materials: Book: Benny’s Pennies Flannel board Flannel board pieces Posterboard Pennies (real or cutouts) Lesson Plan: During large group, read the story, Benny’s Pennies. Have the children predict what Bennie will buy with each penny based on the illustrations. Emphasize…

The students use different textures and mediums to paint with. Materials: shaving cream washable finger paint plastic spoons, for stirring bowls paper painting smocks for each child paintbrushes Lesson Plan: Put a 1/2 cup of shaving cream in a bowl Add 1 teaspoon of washable liquid paint. Stir with plastic spoon and leave out for…

Children classify animals according to if they can or cannot fly. Materials: Two large sheets of white blank chart paper Title one Animals That Can Fly and the other Animals That Cannot Fly. Markers Index cards with names of animals printed on them pictures of animals from magazines Lesson Plan: Take the two pieces of…

Students will love this book and activity. Map skills, counting, and following directions are reinforced. Materials: How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World one refrigerator biscuit per child a can of apple pie filling cinnamon sugar Lesson Plan: Have each student press out their biscuit. Take one apple from the filling and…

Use the apple tree, and The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree by Gail Gibbons to teach seasonal changes. Objectives: To introduce the students to the idea that apples grow on trees and that these apple trees change as the seasons change. To provide a creative art experience for the students. To practice listening to and…

Find several center station activities for a theme on apples and Johnny Appleseed Materials: stories about Johnny Appleseed Book by Steven Kellogg, Johnny Appleseed, A Tall Tale (Click for Ordering Information: Hardcover or Big Book) Tasting Station : apples – 5 different kinds, cut up into small sections for eating Chart Paper set up and ready to graph apple…

A Cooperative Group Writing Workshop Lesson Materials: chart paper photos of a recent study trip markers Lesson Plan: This cooperative group writing workshop activity is best when completed after a study trip or a “being there” experience(i.e. to the zoo). A lesson on developing students descriptive writing using the 5 senses. Group the students in…