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78Creative Teaching Strategies: Macbeth
Let's face it: Most high school students had rather suffer through a root canal than endure a typical lecture on Shakespeare. It doesn't have to be that way, however. A creative teacher can come up with...
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92The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle Children's Book Review
The Grouchy Ladybug, by Eric Carle, is a classic children's book first published in 1977. It's visual appeal combined with a three-part theme of telling time, bullying, and comparing sizes will entertain and interest your preschool and early elementary age audience for repeat readings.
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84Third Grade Lesson Plans
These are some of my favorite third grade lesson plans. I have homeschooled three children. All of them but one have already graduated. I would have loved to have found free third grade lesson plans when I...
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78A Basic Story Time Lesson Outline
Here is the basic formula I use for our library's story hour. It's the bones of my story hour program. I use books, music, movement, and transitions in some predictable ways that create the sense of routine that young children crave. This story hour format also helps create a structure for selecting appropriate books and building a theme. Feel free to use it as a place to start and then adapt it to the needs of your story time crowd!
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75First Grade Lesson Plans
Free first grade lesson plans are rampant on the internet. The problem is the time that it takes to wade through all of the lesson plans. I have homeschooled three children from kindergarten through high...
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84Stellaluna Children's Book Critique, Lesson Plans and Activities for Educators
This is an endearing story about Stellaluna, a silver fruit bat baby who gets separated from her mother during an owl attack, and falls head first into a nest of baby birds. She did everything she could to fit into this peculiar situation. "She ate bugs without making faces. She slept in...
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77Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat—Children's Book Review
Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat is teaches some priniciples about nutrition in a humorous way. Gregory won't eat the things that regular goats want to eat. He eats healthy people food—and his parents are worried! Read the full review here.
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88Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Children's Book Review and Sample Lesson
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (ISBN-10: 0064431789) is one of the most well-loved children's picture books of all time. Winner of the prestigious Caldecott Medal in 1964, just one year after its publication, this book stars Max, the most wild thing of all. Read on for an in-depth review and sample lesson for your preschool or library story hour.
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79Math Lesson Plans
I have homeschooled for about 18 years total so far. I have three children, and my youngest is almost through high school. Math lesson plans were always the most difficult part of homeschooling for me and my...
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78How to Photograph Star Flowers
Searching for star flowers is a great way in helping develop your personal vision. One of the enjoyable assignments in your photography lesson plans is photographing star shapes in flowers. From the smallest...
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