Articles written by Megan Sheakoski
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Category: Primary School Culture
Elementary teachers can use ice breaker activities on the first day of school to get to know their students and to help the kids get to know each other. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Kindergarten teachers can use a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom themed bulletin board and welcome postcards to help kids get excited about the first day of Kindergarten. more...
Category: Primary School Curriculum
Teachers can use classroom bulletin boards as a visual aid to teach students about different types of poems, how to write poetry, and to display kids' writing. more...
Category: Primary School (general)
Kindergarten teachers can make butterfly craft projects with primary kids during bug themed caterpillar and butterfly lesson plans. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Teachers can use caterpillar and butterfly themed finger play songs during a Kindergarten thematic unit to teach kids about the caterpillar life cycle. more...
Category: Primary School (general)
Elementary teachers or parents can make healthy butterfly snacks as part of a butterfly themed lesson plan or as a fun spring treat reward for young students. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Elementary teachers and parents can use the funny poems in "What's The Weather Inside?" by Karma Wilson to teach kids poetry rhyme patterns, homophones and connotation. more...
Category: Wedding Style (general)
To give a creative wedding shower gift, follow these step by step directions to create and decorate a cake made out of towels from the bride's wedding registry. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Kindergarten, first and second grade kids learn about mirror symmetry and ABAB, AABB and ABC patterns during caterpillar and butterfly themed elementary math lessons. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Primary school teachers can use pasta to teach students about the egg, caterpillar, pupa, and butterfly life cycle stages using this elementary science lesson plan. more...
Category: Children's Parties
Use Dora, The Map, Backpack, and Boots from the popular kids' show Dora the Explorer to plan a birthday celebration that any young adventurer will love. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss can be used to teach primary students comprehension skills, three types of sentences, to try new foods, and chef and cooking vocabulary. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Elementary students respond to journal prompts, identify sight words, match rhyming words, and write poems during The Cat in the Hat unit lessons. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
The Dr. Seuss book And To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street can be used to increase elementary students' descriptive writing skills and teach new vocabulary words. more...
Category: Children's Parties
Plan a puppy picnic party for your child's next birthday with puppy dog themed birthday invitations, dog party games, snack food, and dog bowl birthday cake more...
Category: Primary School (general)
An effective lesson plan has a clear goal, descriptive and measurable objectives, a motivating introduction, a strong procedure, and a lesson review and assessment. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
First grade students are inspired to learn about hibernation and respond to journal prompts during bear-themed winter lesson plans based on the book Bear Snores On. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Primary teachers use the book My Brother Martin and Venn diagrams to help students compare and contrast information about Martin Luther King's childhood with their own. more...
Easy Christmas Crafts for Primary Kids: How to Make Holiday Projects in the Elementary Classroom
Category: Primary School (general)
Primary students can make an advent calendar, pipe cleaner candy canes, snow globes, bell napkin rings, or Christmas cards during a Christmas lesson or holiday party. more...
Category: Primary School (general)
Primary teachers can use fast, simple turkey and Thanksgiving themed craft projects and kids' games to make elementary lesson plans and classroom parties fun for students more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Kindergarten teachers can combine Social Studies and Language Arts instruction with a lesson plan teaching about the Pilgrims, the Wampanoag, and the first Thanksgiving. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
A Thanksgiving themed writing project lesson teaches elementary students to use question words to write questions to interview a family member and write about it. more...
Category: Primary School (general)
Primary students read Thanksgiving themed kids' books, complete Venn diagrams, make art collages, and write rhyming poems during language arts and social studies lessons. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Elementary students rhyme, write couplets, make and paint clay pumpkins, and write pumpkin poems during a reading lesson about The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Teachers use fall leaves, apples, and pumpkins to teach descriptive and how-to paragraphs, adjectives, personification, poetry, math and science during writing lessons. more...
Primary School Open House Ideas: Elementary Parents Meet the Teacher at Back to School Night
Category: Primary School (general)
Primary teachers set up the classroom, display student work, create visuals, design interactive parent activities, and put together volunteer projects for Parent Night. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Primary students practice reading and writing skills, create artwork, weigh and measure apples, and count apple seeds during an autumn apple-themed unit. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Songs, games, and a bulletin board are used by Kindergarten teachers to teach students about the calendar using reading, math, and science mini-lessons. more...
Category: Primary School Curriculum
Teachers use writing, researching, grammar, vocabulary and spelling mini-lessons along with rubrics and conferencing to teach primary students to use the writing process. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
The Summer Olympic Games are a great way to use sports to motivate primary school students to increase reading and writing skills and practice elementary math concepts. more...
Primary Classroom Consequences: How to Manage Elementary School Student Behavior Problems
Category: Primary School Culture
Primary school teachers need to use classroom consequences such as student redirection, writing behavior goals and conferencing as part of a classroom management plan. more...
Classroom Rules Lesson Plan: Teach Students Procedures to Aid in Classroom Management
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
How to develop and teach elementary students classroom rules and procedures through the use of direct instruction, modeling and cooperative groups. more...
Fancy Nancy Comprehension Lesson: How To Use a Comic Strip to Teach Kids Reading Comprehension
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
How to use Fancy Nancy Bonjour Butterfly to teach primary school students to recall main events from a story and increase reading comprehension by creating a comic strip. more...
Teacher Appreciation Gifts: Present Ideas for Holidays and the End of the School Year
Category: Primary School (general)
Easy, inexpensive, and thoughtful teacher gifts perfect for Christmas, Teacher Appreciation Day, or the last day of school. Includes four gifts kids can make at home. more...
Plan a Trip to Sesame Place: Visit the Sesame Street Themed Adventure Park in Langhorne, PA
Category: Pennsylvania Travel
Everything you need to know to plan a Sesame Place vacation including hours, location, ticket prices, dining options and ride, attraction, show and parade information. more...
Language Experience Approach: A Teaching Strategy to Increase Decoding and Reading Comprehension
Category: Primary School Curriculum
How to use the Language Experience Approach reading strategy, or LEA, with beginning readers to increase elementary students' ability to decode and comprehend text. more...
The Rainbow Fish Lesson Plan: Teach Kindergarteners Reading Comprehension and Math Patterns
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Use The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister to teach students to share, make and revise story predictions and follow a math color pattern in this Reading and Math lesson. more...
Teach Preschoolers the Letter E: Egg Themed Lesson Plan Ideas and Activities
Category: Preschool
Preschool activities to increase recognition of the letter E and word egg, to identify and use the math vocabulary word dozen, and to make scientific observations. more...
Teach Preschoolers the Letter O: Preschool Letter Recognition Lesson Plans and Activities
Category: Preschool
Preschool lesson plan ideas for teaching the letter O, the long O sound, writing the letter O and making O jewelry. Math baking measurement lesson for preschoolers. more...
Cookie Monster Kids' Birthday: A Sesame Street Themed Party for Children
Category: Children's Parties
Cookie Monster themed party invitations, games, cupcakes, favors and food to please the biggest Sesame Street fan. more...
Category: Holiday Kids Crafts
How to make easy and fun Easter themed craft projects with young kids. Make mini easter baskets, easter bunny pots, homemade rabbit ear headbands, and jelly bean frames. more...
Children's Airplane Birthday Party: An Aviation Themed Kids Celebration
Category: Children's Parties
Easy, inexpensive ideas for airplane themed birthday invitations, decorations, cake, food, favors and games and activities. more...
30th Birthday Ideas and Gifts: Presents and Activities to Mark a Milestone Birthday
Category: Entertaining (general)
30th birthday celebration and gift ideas for every budget. more...
Category: Children's Parties
Outer-space inspired invitation, game, cake, decoration and food ideas for planning a far-out children's party. more...
An Ice Skating Birthday Party: Budget Friendly Ideas for a Winter Birthday Celebration
Category: Children's Parties
Cake, invitation, decoration, food and activity ideas for throwing a winter ice skating party. more...
How To Have a Children's Christmas Party: Easy Budget-Friendly Ideas for a Kids’ Holiday Party
Category: Children's Parties
Creative snowflake decoration, party food and game and activity ideas to help you plan a Christmas party for kids of all ages. more...
Category: North Carolina Travel
Playspace and Exploris have combined to form a hands-on, interactive museum for children and their families in downtown Raleigh, NC. more...
Category: Children's Parties
Animal invitations, face painting, a magic show and a popcorn box cake- everything you need for a budget-friendly circus celebration! more...
Horse Themed Birthday Party For Kids: How To Have An Equestrian Celebration for Girls and Boys
Category: Children's Parties
Ideas for horse-themed invitations, food, games and a personalized cowboy or cowgirl cake. more...
Category: Children's Parties
Make your own football themed invitations, serve fun football season food and play football themed party games at a fun birthday party perfect for any football lover. more...
Category: Children's Parties
Ticket invitations, a popcorn box cake, cotton candy and lots of games add fun and excitement to a carnival themed birthday party. more...
Ladybug Picnic Birthday Party: Ideas and Activities for a Special Day
Category: Children's Parties
Easy ladybug picnic ideas perfect for any budget. Includes information on how to create a ladybug picnic for a first birthday party. more...
Packing for Toddler Car Trips: 5 Things to Bring on a Road Trip with Young Kids
Category: Infants & Toddlers (general)
What to bring in the car when traveling with small children. more...
How to Make Vacation Poetry Scrapbooks: Turn Family Photos into a Fun Learning Activity
Category: Kids Educational Activities
Use vacation pictures and original poems to create a family scrapbook! more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Elementary school teachers can teach students how to write a quatrain poem, a haiku, an alphabet or ABC poem, and a concrete poem and display their poetry in class. more...
Spelling Practice Activities: Four Fun Lessons for Teachers and Parents
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Interactive activities to help students in regular and special education find success in spelling. more...
Garage Sales as a Money Lesson: Kids Learn the Skill of Organization and the Value of Earning Money
Category: Kids & Money
Teach your children about money and organization by turning a garage sale into a fun family activity! more...
Organization for LD Students: Strategies for Children with Learning Disabilities
Category: Study Skills
Any student with learning disabilities can be more organized by practicing these 8 easy study skills. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Kindergarten and first grade kids can practice counting, learn initials and match uppercase and lowercase letters during these primary Chicka Chicka Boom Boom lessons. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Kindergarten kids can learn how to use a picture walk to make predictions and put letters into ABC order using the children's picture book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Elementary teachers can use short poems to help students identify a character's point of view in a story and increase their comprehension skills during reading lessons. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Kindergarten kids can make caterpillar crafts and projects during caterpillar and butterfly lessons as part of an elementary bug themed unit. more...
Category: Primary School (general)
Caterpillar snacks for kids are easy for teachers to make to go with caterpillar lessons. Kids will enjoy the caterpillar themed healthy snacks and dessert treats. more...
Category: Children’s Books (general)
What's The Weather Inside? by Karma Wilson and illustrator Barry Blitt is a collection of funny and thoughtful poems for elementary kids ages 6 - 12. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Use the book Why Should I Recycle? to teach students how to recycle at home and at school. Then have kids demonstrate their knowledge by making a recycling commercial. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Use this elementary grammar and writing lesson to teach students how to identify common and proper nouns and to use proper nouns to add description to their writing. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Kindergarten students can learn the days of the week, counting skills, and how caterpillars grow into butterflies by reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Elementary teachers can use this elementary science lesson plan to teach students how plants grow by growing seeds in the classroom under different conditions. more...
Category: Children's Parties
Plan a fairy princess party for your child's next birthday party with fairy wand invites, fairy princess party games and food, and pink princess castle cupcakes. more...
Category: Primary School (general)
Use the trade books One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, and Hop on Pop to create fun activities for elementary students. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Teachers can teach students how to identify and use onomatopoeia, or sound words, while reading and writing to increase their language arts skills. more...
Category: Primary School (general)
The trade book One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss can be used to teach primary students reading fluency, writing, math pattern, and phonics lessons. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Kindergarten students learn how to sort, graph, survey, estimate, and record results in cooperative groups during a Valentine's Day math lesson. more...
Category: Primary School (general)
Elementary kids learn the answer to the question, "What is snow?" and write snowman observations in journals during a winter themed language arts and science unit. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Second and third graders learn new information about Martin Luther King and the 1963 March on Washington, complete a KWL chart, and write "I Have a Dream" speeches. more...
Category: Primary School Curriculum
Primary students use the author's picture clues in The Mitten to practice the prediction reading comprehension strategy and write and illustrate a winter themed story. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Teachers can use The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg as the theme for an elementary bulletin board, story map lesson, North Pole research project, and pajama party. more...
Category: Primary School (general)
Students learn how to set the table, make placemats, Pilgrim or Wampanoag hats, napkin rings and homemade butter and about Thanksgiving food at a primary classroom feast. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Primary students create a Kwanzaa Fact Bulletin Board game and Cow Tail Switch craft during a Social Studies and Language Arts lesson about the African American holiday. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Primary teachers use a Thanksgiving turkey unit to teach students to make predictions, compare and contrast, make a collage, write creatively, and identify math patterns. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Elementary teachers can teach students how to find the author's purpose for writing and main idea of the story using the book Halloween by Jerry Seinfeld. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Elementary teachers can use a lesson on how to make a pumpkin pie to teach kids about estimation, solids and liquids, half and whole, and cup, tablespoon and teaspoon. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
The book First Day Jitters by Julie Danneburg helps teachers teach students to create teacher-like questions to help them comprehend and remember information they read. more...
Category: Primary School (general)
Primary school teachers can use Blogger to create a classroom blog to share student news, upcoming events, and homework assignments with parents. more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Students learn the concepts of whole, half, third and fourth during a math lesson featuring a fraction themed picture storybook and hands-on manipulatives. more...
Category: Primary School Curriculum
Primary students learn sight words, sounds, rhymes, word patterns, and spelling skills during reading and writing lessons featuring a classroom Word Wall. more...
Category: Primary School Curriculum
Primary school teachers can motivate students to learn new words and definitions in math, science, and social studies using the Word Splash vocabulary strategy. more...
Category: Primary School Curriculum
The four parts of the reciprocal teaching reading strategy teach elementary students to comprehend and decode text by predicting, clarifying, questioning and summarizing. more...
Primary Classroom Management Ideas: Increase Good Behavior Using Rewards and Positive Reinforcement
Category: Primary School Culture
Effective classroom management is vital to creating and maintaining a positive learning environment and classroom culture. Motivate with praise, notes, and class rewards. more...
Elementary Teaching Portfolio: How Primary School Teachers Can Create an Interview Portfolio
Category: Primary School (general)
Explanation of what an elementary teacher interview portfolio is, how to create and personalize the primary school portfolio, and the sections of a teacher portfolio. more...
Father's Day Lesson Plan and Craft: Teach Onomatopoeia or Sound Words Using Froggy’s Day with Dad
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
How to teach onomatopoeia to primary students using the Father's Day themed picture book, Froggy's Day with Dad by Jonathan London. more...
Parent-Teacher Conferences: Tips to Help Teachers Communicate Effectively with Parents
Category: Primary School Culture
A parent-teacher conference guide explaining how to schedule and prepare for a parent conference, create a parent folder, and what to do during and after the conference. more...
Make Your Own Father's Day Gifts: How to Help Kids Use Paint and Photos to Create Presents for Dad
Category: Holiday Kids Crafts
Give three popular Father's Day presents a new twist by having kids personalize them with paint and pictures. more...
Ocean Unit Lesson Plans: Science, Art, Music and Movement Activities with a Sea Theme
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Teach elementary school students about sea turtles, starfish or sea stars, and other ocean life using these hands-on science, art, movement and music lessons. more...
Host a Kentucky Derby Party: Ideas for a Horse Racing Themed Backyard Barbeque
Category: Outdoor/Backyard Entertaining
Kentucky Derby invitation, decoration, food, drink and betting ideas for planning a successful outdoor get-together centered around the most famous horse race of the year more...
Teach Preschoolers the Letter F: Alphabet Recognition and Phonics Lesson Plan Activities and Ideas
Category: Preschool
Preschool activities to increase letter F recognition, to increase identification of uppercase and lowercase F and the initial F sound, and to count backwards from five. more...
Teach Preschoolers the Letter W: Letter Recognition Lesson Plan Ideas and Activities
Category: Preschool
Lesson plan ideas to teach students to identify the letter W, write the letter W, and identify the W sound. W activities for science, math, and movement. more...
Cookie Birthday Party for Kids: A Dessert Themed Children's Celebration
Category: Children's Parties
Cookie jar invitation, cookie game, cookie themed food, number cookie cake and cookie lollipop favor ideas to plan a kid's birthday party featuring all things cookie. more...
Curious George Birthday Party: A Monkey and Banana Themed Kids' Celebration
Category: Children's Parties
Fun and easy ideas for Curious George birthday party invitations, a Curious George banana cake, Curious George banana bread party favors, and Curious George party games. more...
Alphabet Activities and Games: Increase Letter Recognition in Toddlers and Preschoolers
Category: Kids Educational Activities
Eight ways to teach your child to read and write the letters of the alphabet. more...
A Big Sister Party for Kids: A “Sprinkle” or Little Shower for the Big-Sister-To-Be
Category: Children's Parties
Baby themed game, cupcake invitation, party food and big sister gift ideas for a new baby sibling celebration. more...
How To Have a A Valentine's Day Party: Plan a Heart Themed Dinner Party for Kids or Adults
Category: Holiday Entertaining
Invitation, decoration, food and drink ideas for planning a sweet themed Valentine's Day dinner and dessert party. more...
How to Have a Christmas Caroling Party: Help Kids Spread Christmas Cheer with Christmas Songs
Category: Holiday Entertaining
How to plan and host a Christmas caroling party in your neighborhood with caroling party invitations, homemade songbooks and Christmas themed food ideas. more...
Thanksgiving Writing Lesson Plan: Create a Thanksgiving Class Book Using Explanatory Paragraphs
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
An elementary explanatory paragraph writing lesson plan in which the students create a Thanksgiving How-To Book. more...
Teach Kids to Write Paragraphs: Use the Sandwich Paragraph Writing Strategy
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
How to use the sandwich paragraph writing strategy to help elementary students write complete paragraphs with a topic sentence, details and a closing sentence. more...
Category: Holiday Entertaining
How to celebrate Halloween by providing neighborhood kids with a ghost photo opportunity, making a Halloween donation, or performing a Halloween skit. more...
How To Host a Fun 1st Birthday Party: Have a Mini-Themed Brunch Celebrating All Things Baby
Category: Children's Parties
Celebrate your baby's first birthday with a party full of itsy-bitsy treats, footprint invitations, cupcake centerpieces, and fun toddler games. more...
A Baby and Toddler Pool Party: Ideas for Play Dates, Birthdays and Family Reunions
Category: Infant/Toddler Play
A pool party is an enjoyable way for toddlers to have fun this summer whether at a first birthday party or a back-to-school play date! more...
A Bug Themed Birthday Party: How to Have a Very Buggy Birthday
Category: Children's Parties
Use bug invitations, bughouse favors, a caterpillar cake, and bug themed food and games to create a fabulous bug-themed birthday party! more...
What Toddlers Need at the Beach: How to Pack for a Family Trip to the Ocean
Category: Infants & Toddlers (general)
The essential items for a day at the beach with young kids. more...
Packing for Toddler Vacations: 5 Necessities for a Stress-Free Family Trip
Category: Infants & Toddlers (general)
Start your family vacation off right by packing the toddler essentials! more...
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Elementary language arts teachers can teach students to write acrostic, alliteration, cinquain, and diamante poems and have them practice writing poetry in a center. more...
The Annual IEP Meeting: A General Overview
Category: Special Needs Education (general)
What to expect at a meeting to create an Individual Education Plan. more...
Spelling Word Practice Tips: 5 Activities to Help Students Who Struggle with Spelling
Category: Primary School Lesson Plans
Fun, meaningful activities for successful spelling lesson practice that can be used with kids with learning disabilities! more...
Online Tutoring Choices: An Overview of Tutor.com and TutorVista
Category: Study Skills
Online tutors are a convenient way for students to get extra help. more...
The Special Education Process: Information on IEPs, ERs and LEAs
Category: Special Needs Education (general)
A how-to for the process of special education. Definitions of individualized education plans, evaluation reports, and the local education agency. more...
