A Travel Classroom Theme can be exciting, and you can easily bring in geography, literature, and all kinds of social studies. Set the mood by decorating with around the world flair: Cut window or porthole frames for your bulletin board and fill them with travel posters showing different exotic… Continue reading
“Take a Hike” can be a great summer classroom theme! Use the simple hiker icons shown in the trail markers here as a guide for cutting out your own bulletin board pieces. Dress your bulletin boards in green or brown, cut the icons in white, and add a few choice arrows.… Continue reading
Meld science, art, and literature into a robot classroom theme this year — or just have fun with a robot themed classroom. Don’t miss the cupcakes at the end of the post! There’s plenty ready made: The Carson Dellosa Robots Classroom Collection includes desk plates, door sign, calendar, and borders.… Continue reading
We can divide the world into biomes, areas that are geographically distinct and have characteristic plants and animals. The desert is different from the rainforest, and the tundra is different from the ocean. Incorporate art, social studies, and science into your classroom with lesson plans focused on the biomes.… Continue reading
Let your classroom be a learning biosphere with a biomes classroom theme. One way to approach this idea is to separate your classroom into five, six, seven, or eight sections, giving each the label of one of the biomes you’re studying. You can create a cave with a refrigerator… Continue reading
Spiders make a fascinating subject of study for preschool and kindergarten students. Young students should know some spider rhymes: The eensy weensy spider went up the water spout Down came the rain and washed the spider out Up came the sun and dried up all the rain And the… Continue reading
Christina Rossetti wrote, “Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I,” but understanding the wind is essential to understanding weather. March is a traditional time to study about the wind. With young children, kites and other wind-powered toys are a great way to introduce the topic. Here are some links… Continue reading
March 2, the birthday of Dr. Seuss, is Read Across America Day. Celebrate! Read Reading is the most essential part of Read Across America Day. Many schools have local celebrities come in and read aloud. If that’s not your style, take some extra time for Drop Everything And Read… Continue reading
There are basic computer skills that every student needs to learn: opening, saving, and closing files; placing and sizing images; typing and choosing styles for text; editing text. Why not make a Valentine card and practice all those skills? Here’s an easy way to create your project using a… Continue reading
