Kids get tired of doing the same ho-hum book reports and worksheets. The best way to teach any subject is with hands-on activities. Teach reading and literature study with interactive, personalized reading response journals. Get students interact with books, to take stories apart and live them, to explore characters, themes, symbols. Here are 50 printable activities to do that. They're multi-sensory, and employ HOTS (higher order thinking skills). I've included a template for a student activity calendar to organize response activities. Note. One of the activities is to create Facebook social profiles for characters. Optional Activities for an ELA (English Language Arts) Response Journal Rubric
free printable lesson plans on alphabet to zoology and everything in between
Free Printable Memorial Day Worksheets, Crafts, Games, Activities, Lesson Plans
Memorial Day, celebrated the last Monday in May--May 26 in 2014, is more than just a summer kickoff. It's Remembrance Day and we honor veterans and those lost in U.S. wars. It's also Decoration Day, when we commemorate loved ones lost by putting flowers on their graves. Teachers, homeschoolers, parents, use these free printable lesson plans to teach students about Memorial Day. Printables include history lesson plans, social studies worksheets, patriotic American crafts and games, military and United States coloring pages, puzzles, word searches, crosswords for party games and loads more. I've listed music and movie suggestions for a complete educational Memorial Day unit.
About.com lists pages of free printable patriotic
holiday games, word searches,
crossword puzzles, writing activities and coloring pages. Why not print the
packet and use for homework. Or let kids complete it while listening to stories
on American war history. They could also watch one of these Memorial Day
movies. Check my blogs Film Femme Fatale for educational movies for Memorial Day.
Homeschool Deals links to several free
resources for Memorial Day
printables and activities.
There are Medal of Honor and soldier coloring pages, history worksheets,
holiday games, reading and writing lessons and patriotic printable crafts.
There are poems and literature-based activities. When I was young, teachers
would have us write out seasonal poems in our best penmanship and create our
own illustrations. Then she'd mount poem and picture on construction paper.
This made a nice take-home project.
Free printable Memorial Day activities are suitable for 4th of July and Veterans
Day, DL-TK offers pages of holiday printables. There are greeting cards,
coloring pages and crafts. My favorite is a printable mini-book on Lieutenant
Colonel John McCrae's stirring World War 1 poem "In Flanders Field."
The poem is the basis for the poppies worn on Memorial Day. Print the booklet
in black and white so students can color images.
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Patriotic Coloring Pages at Raising our Kids has dozens of free printable American history coloring pages featuring, military, national memorials
and landmarks, soldiers, historic images, national liberty symbols and more.
Have students use these as greeting cards. Assign them to color images and
write a message on the back. Mail or better still hand-deliver to seniors in
nursing homes. Memorial Day is particularly poignant for elderly who remember
wars and lost so many loved ones.
Free Printable Spider-Man, Avengers Captain America Civil War coloring pages
The
epic Marvel Comics "Captain America Civil War" opens May 6 and
features a clash between Marvel Avengers Captain America and Iron Man. But word
is the most exciting part Captain America Civil War is the introduction of
Spider-Man to the cast. Spider-Man (Tom Holland) is attracting fans like flies!
So now Avengers fans can see Spider-Man, Thor, Iron Man, Venom and all their
superheroes in Captain America Civil War. Sounds like some pretty
"Marvel" ous fun! Captain America v Iron Man, Batman v Superman--2016
promises to be a summer of brotherly brawling! How about free printable
Spider-Man coloring pages to keep you tied up till Captain America Civil War
opens?
Start
your Spider-Man "web" adventure (pun intended) at Pic Gifs. It's home
to a ginormous collection of freebies, including over 100 free printable Spider-Man coloring pages. Access Spider-man clipart, gifs, animated
graphics, wallpapers, cursors and icons by typing "Spider-Man" in the
search box. Got a child who wants a Spider-Man themed birthday party? You can
do it darn near free, printing the clipart and making homemade birthday cards,
party decorations and invitations.
In
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 superhero sequel, the mutant man with spider reflexes
and graceful arachnid moves thrilled fans. What's not to love about superhero
who needs no fancy gadgets and shoots webs from his hands? If your Spidey
senses are tingling, swing on over to Coloring-Book.info for a bunch more free printable
Spider-Man coloring pages. These print in black and white and could be made into bedroom
wall art. Kids could color them, write messages on them and send like greeting
cards. Or you might laminate their colored images and make them into placemats.
Snag these free printable Spider-Man coloring pages too.
And
don't forget your free printable Captain
America coloring pages.
Disney Family has loads offree printable Avengers
Captain America Civil War crafts. Print masks for Captain America, Iron Man and Hulk. Print an
entire Thor costume with helmet, wings and war hammer. You could use them for
Spider-Man, Avengers, Iron Man or Captain America Civil War birthday party themes.
Want to learn more about spiders? Then, get spinning and crawl over to KidZone
for free printable spider
lesson plans. Learn about
spiders with these games, crafts, puzzles. math activities, songs and stories,
writing prompts, science worksheets and diagrams and reading lessons. This
should keep you busy till Captain America Civil War. The Amazing Spider-Man 3
movie is in the works too!
Free Printable Spring Seasonal Lesson Plans, Coloring Pages
March
20-22 marks the vernal equinox, the first day of spring in many countries. For
those of locked in ice and snow and cold, this date can't come too early. Many
have had a long winter and are pretty happy to hear those cheery little birds
singing and see tiny crocuses bravely trying to poke their lavender heads up
through the snow. How about some free spring coloring pages, Easter holiday
activities and spring crafts to occupy those children who are sick of winter
and school?
Coloring Book Fun free printable spring coloring pages are
simple enough for the not yet seasoned colorers, and yet offer more challenging
pictures for veteran colorers. This site has a huge stock of free printable
spring coloring pages and spring crafts based on seasons, weather, Easter
holiday activities, topics, Bible based pictures, multi-cultural and animals.
You can find just about any cartoon character from G.I.Joe to Barbie to Pokemon
to Rug-rats to Rainbow Brite to Dragon Ball Z to Dora, plus all your Disney
favorites.
DL-TK
provides all sorts of free printable spring coloring pages, seasonal spring crafts, lesson plans, puzzles,
crafts, projects, scissor practice, sequencing practice, music, song sheets,
stories, spring crafts and Easter holiday activities. DLTK has all kinds of
pre-school activities that will reinforce pre-reading, letter and number
recognition, fine motor practice, telling time, tying shoes, counting, tracing
and other skill builders based around a theme. You will find printables for
baby animals, new life, butterflies and other insects, plants, flowers, rain,
and more. You'll find some really cute Easter holiday activities and spring
coloring pages as well!
Print
Activities has a really large data bank of banner and ad-free printables with
educational themes,
There's no sign up or registration, very few if any pop-ups and easy one click
printing. I found many styles of cross-word puzzles, calendars, tracing, mazes,
word scrambles, word sorts, connect the dots, connect the dot using math
problems, Sudoku, fill in the blanks, color by numbers, color by math (students
complete math problems and complete a code to color pictures. All these spring
crafts and puzzles are themed on seasons, but you can find other topics with
themed puzzles: Easter holiday activities, seasons, animals, It may take a
moment to load, but it is worth it.
Free Printable Mother's Day Cards, Language Arts, Writing Lesson Plans
Mother's
Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May, on May 10 in 2015. Looking
for free printable crafts to make with children for Mother's
Day? Here are free printable cards that kids can color themselves and give to
mom. Children free proud when they can make things for mom.
Parents
magazine has free printable
Mother's Day crafts and greeting cards. Some are designed in black and white so kids can color and
personalize. Cards designed in color, can be printed in black and white and
made into color-your-own for Mother's Day. Set your printer properties to
"black cartridge" or "Print in grayscale" from the color
option tab.
Parenting.Lee
Hansen has about 25 free Mother's Day
printables and graphics that
can be made into cards. Free Printable has even more free Mother's Day
greeting cards to print out. There are vintage images, classic pictures as well
as lettered Mother's Day banners that would make nice table or room
decorations.
Fisher-Price
is an excellent place to find cute free printable
Mother's Day greeting cards for children to color. Fisher Price has more free printable
Mother's Day crafts here.
Coloring
Castle has free printable color
your own Mother's Day greeting cards. Cute little designs for children to color. Perfect for
grandmothers, too.
Disney
has free printable
coloring page M other's Day greeting cards featuring Disney characters. Check out
the Mothers Day page with a gajillion mom-themed crafts, cards, party decorations, recipes,
printables, games, puzzle.
Free Printable EPA Endangered Species Activity Book for Earth Day
Earth Day, which replaces the
original holiday Arbor Day is celebrated in the United States on April 22.
Here's a free printable environmental
science booklet, Save our Species, with
information, activities and coloring pages exploring endangered species in the
US. The purpose of Earth Day is to celebrate the earth, educate people and
explore ways to protect natural resources. Protecting our earth include
supporting our animals, plants and habitats. Earth Day reminds people that they
rely on the earth for sustenance and the earth relies on them for care and
safety. Exploring and understanding endangered and threatened species helps us
to learn better ways to care for our environment as a whole.
The EPA has developed a free
printable 28 page environmental science activity and coloring booklet entitled
Save Our Species. This free printable endangered species resource book is
perfect for Earth Day. It has been developed for and provided to the public as
an educational information guide. On Earth Day, and all Earth Month, students
can explore endangered and threatened species in the United States, by coloring
the animals, plants and habitats. This free printable environmental science
activity book can be used as a field guide or zoo field trip planner. This
booklet includes free printable coloring pages of endangered species and
threatened species (species whose habitats are being encroached upon and
destroyed). It explores 16 species of endangered animals in the United States
and five threatened species.
Save our Species is available to
download and print online or may be ordered free of charge as a bound booklet.
Further environmental science and endangered species lesson plans are available at EPA. This free printable
environmental science resources makes an excellent Earth Day tool for
classroom, homeschool, scouting, 4H and any organizations dedicated to the
preservation of natural resources. The website includes a free printable Save
Our Species poster and lesson plans for teachers and homeschoolers. Decorate
the school hallway for Earth Day by assigning each student to color a certain
number of endangered species images. Place a large map on the wall and arrange
endangered and threatened species pictures around the map with arrows pointing
out areas to which the endangered species is native.
Free Printable Easter Bunny, Peter Rabbit, Velveteen Rabbit Lesson Plans
Easter is probably the most
quintessentially preschool holiday of all. Baskets, candy, egg decorating,
bunnies, baby animals, spring--for young and young at heart, here are free
printable Easter bunny crafts. I've included printable activities based on my
two favorite bunnies Peter Rabbit and the Velveteen Rabbit, too. Parents and
teachers, you'll want these for preschool classroom fun.
Printable animal masks from Classroom Jr. Everything is more fun when you're in costume. So let's start by making a printable Easter bunny mask. Here are more animal printables from First Palette. Print on plain paper and transfer to recycled cereal box cardboard to make mask more durable.
Vintage Easter Bunny crafts Now that you are properly attired, let's make some Easter baskets and greeting cards. The Toymaker has free printable egg baskets, bunny cards and an egg roll game (like they play on the White House). Why not make cards and baskets and fill with Easter eggs or candy and deliver to a lonely senior neighbor (wearing your mask, of course). The Easter bunny loves his older friends, too!
3D Paper Bunny Crafts The calendar may say spring, but Easter is often cold and damp. Settle down to an afternoon of serious rainy day crafting with free printable 3D bunny-themed paper toys from Craft Jr. I'm partial to the old-fashioned diorama.
Paper Bunny Toy Mania DL-TK, those wonderfully crafty folk, have an Easter blowout of bunny coloring pages, masks, paper ears, stand-up toys, pop up crafts and much more. I love how easy these are to make. Perfect for young and special needs children who need no-fail activities.
Peter Rabbit fun Peter Rabbit has his own page, along with other Beatrix Potter friends. The Velveteen Rabbit (Margery Williams) has a page on Making Friends. It's part of a complete page of free printable bunny-based coloring pages, games, puzzles, dot-to-dot, count by number and other activities. I like the felt board games and printable felt board patterns. First School has an educational Peter Rabbit unit with learning games, literature activities, writing prompts and stories.
Happity, Hippity, Hoppity Easter!
Printable animal masks from Classroom Jr. Everything is more fun when you're in costume. So let's start by making a printable Easter bunny mask. Here are more animal printables from First Palette. Print on plain paper and transfer to recycled cereal box cardboard to make mask more durable.
Vintage Easter Bunny crafts Now that you are properly attired, let's make some Easter baskets and greeting cards. The Toymaker has free printable egg baskets, bunny cards and an egg roll game (like they play on the White House). Why not make cards and baskets and fill with Easter eggs or candy and deliver to a lonely senior neighbor (wearing your mask, of course). The Easter bunny loves his older friends, too!
3D Paper Bunny Crafts The calendar may say spring, but Easter is often cold and damp. Settle down to an afternoon of serious rainy day crafting with free printable 3D bunny-themed paper toys from Craft Jr. I'm partial to the old-fashioned diorama.
Paper Bunny Toy Mania DL-TK, those wonderfully crafty folk, have an Easter blowout of bunny coloring pages, masks, paper ears, stand-up toys, pop up crafts and much more. I love how easy these are to make. Perfect for young and special needs children who need no-fail activities.
Peter Rabbit fun Peter Rabbit has his own page, along with other Beatrix Potter friends. The Velveteen Rabbit (Margery Williams) has a page on Making Friends. It's part of a complete page of free printable bunny-based coloring pages, games, puzzles, dot-to-dot, count by number and other activities. I like the felt board games and printable felt board patterns. First School has an educational Peter Rabbit unit with learning games, literature activities, writing prompts and stories.
Happity, Hippity, Hoppity Easter!
Around the World of Poems, Free Printable Persian Poetry Lessons for NaPoWriMo
April
is National
Poetry Month and NaPoWriMo (an online
poetry slam project). Poetry is one of the most satisfying creative writing
forms. But writing poems can be daunting for beginners. That's why teaching
poetry writing, is such a joy. I love helping students get past fears and
unlock that inner poet. Poetry templates can help break the creative ice. Here
are free
printable poem patterns, poetry
frames and writing
prompts. Poem patterns are
adjustable by age to provide more or less structure. For young emergent
writers, a frame poem may resemble a fill-in-the-blank activity. For seasoned
readers-writers, the template is just an idea springboard from which to launch
poems. Reluctant or special needs students gain writing confidence.
ETTC
has 30+ free printable poetry
frames and poem templates
on all different subjects and themes. Many relate to nature (a common theme in
poetry), all about me and emotion and feeling poems. Many of these free
printable poem template cover grammar, word usage and other English language
arts concepts.
TSL
Books has loads of free printable writing prompts, including frame poem templates, poetry prompts
and story starters. There are poem templates available for preschool to upper
elementary school. Check Students Handouts for more challenging printable poetry
writing prompts. Use for personal
narrative writing prompts, too.
St.
Jean's an assortment of free printable poem
templates, poetry frames and
graphic organizers: couplets, triplets, quatrain, tanka, sonnet, limerick,
cinquain, haiku, persona and many other poetry templates to print.
TNEllen
has eight free printable poem
templates with different
variations on the basic "I am' and "All about me" poem theme.
Examples are provided. Creative writing teachers can simply block out the
example words and print the poetry frame. Students may refer to the example or
fill in their own words like a Mad-Lib fill-in-the-blank activity.
Cape.k12
has about 20 free printable poetry
frames grouped by grade
level. Each link focuses on different types of poetry writing frames and
templates. Free printable haiku, cinquain, acrostic, 5 Ws, alliteration and
diamante poetry template plus several other poem activities are available.
For
more free printable lesson plans visit my linked blogs.
Preschool Animal Alphabet Themed Snacks from A-Z Plus ABC Printables
Teachers, here’s a month-long menu of alphabet-themed
snacks. Use these for interactive reading lesson plans. Use Alpha-Bits cereal,
letter pretzels, cookies for letter shape. Make character sandwiches using any
spread and leave open face. Use pretzels or matchstick carrots for whiskers. For
eyes, use Cheerios, spray cheese, raisins, olives, banana or kiwi slices. Make
ears, nose and mouth from apple bits, pimentos, pepper pieces, triangle chips
or crackers. Use pretzel sticks for legs. For cookie creations, use candy or
fruit to make faces.
Teach Kids Generosity With Lenten Almsgiving Donations
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the single largest non-governmental relief agency in the world. Each year at Lent, CRS Rice Bowl collects millions of dollars for global poverty from nickels and dimes of Catholic parishioners. CRS Rice Bowl focuses attention on the Lenten virtues of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. The CRS Rice Bowl is a cardboard box which, when assembled, looks like a Chinese restaurant take-out box. During Lent, families place a CRS Rice Bowl in their homes to collect loose change for the poor and hungry of the world. The CRS Rice Bowl packet includes Lenten calendars with devotional activities, prayers, feast days and stations of the cross. Each calendar day has a global prayer focus with specific information about the country in need. Here are CRS Rice Bowl activities, printables, prayers, games, crafts and recipes. Use these Lenten lesson plans to teach social studies, history, economics, geography, language arts, culture, science and religious education
Social studies lesson plans. Explore countries served by Lenten rice bowl. Lenten calendars list information about the seven countries (one for each week of Lent) supported by the CRS Rice Bowl. Each year CRS Rice Bowl highlights different countries to help. Lenten calendars introduce a person from each country and explain some of the conditions. Lenten calendars share recipes from that country. Printables, lesson plans and learning activities are provided to supplement the CRS rice bowl.
Science and geography lesson plans. Research the seven countries served by Operation Rice Bowl. Hang a wall-sized world map. Create maps for CRS Rice Bowl countries and regions. Attach maps to wall with yarn indicating where they are on world map. Make a chart or graphic organizer showing cause and effect of poverty in each country (drought, poor sanitation, terrain, natural disasters, political regimes, military coups, loss of industry, urban crowding, etc.). Create and display a time line, running along the wall. Draw a separate line for each country to show events in each. Draw a world timeline and list important global events. Illustrate maps and time lines with native animals, artifacts and natural resources. Use printables for maps, charts and coloring pages.
Language arts lesson plans. Write letters through Catholic Relief Services to children in each country. Write country name, language, region, capitol and keywords from each country. Use as vocabulary and spelling words. Have children create country booklets, using free social studies printables from Enchanted Learning. Older kids could create reading response journals and include maps and writing projects. Or have kids make scrapbooks.
Make and try CRS Rice Bowl recipes included. Cooking is great hands-on application for math, chemistry and science lesson plas. Explore ethnic markets in your area and online to find the ingredients you need. Look for others foods that are similar. Be sure to emphasize meatless recipes. Research and discuss the biomes and habitats of the countries. What plants grow native in these regions? What animals are native? What is the terrain and climate? Explore other recipes from these areas or similar regions. See website for links on world research. Design a world cookbook and sell copies to raise money for the CRS Rice Bowl.
Check out Catholic Relief Services Family site for more ideas. Use the Educators page for loads more social studies printables, lesson plans, activities, word games, puzzles, kids newsroom, interactive online activities and games. Use the Catholic prayer calendar in following Lenten calendars. Most schools incorporate calendar activities in their day. Include the prayers and information in your calendar routine.
Free Coloring Pages to Print for Children
One of the many things I like about blogging is sharing freebies with my friends. Today's free thang is printable coloring pages. I'm kind of the coloring pages guru, the free printable princess. I thought I'd seen every printables site on the web. Then I found Pic Gifs ;yesterday, digging up animated clipart. Coloring pages make great lesson plans for preschool, perceptual development, fine motor skills, special needs. And kids love 'em!
Dr. Seuss Book Worksheets, Lesson Plans, Crafts
March
2 marks the birthday of American icon Dr. Seuss, aka Theodor Suess Geisel. Dr.
Seuss wrote pearls of wisdom in silly verse. He illustrated them in candy
flavors and neon colors. The Lorax, Horton, the Grinch, The Cat
in the Hat are among the
world's most beloved children's books. He also wrote educational preschool
stories under the scrambled pseudonym Theo LeSieg. March is also National
Reading Month, kicked off with Read Across America. Use these activities to
celebrate with children in classrooms or homeschool.
Start
your activities quest at About.com Here are free printable Dr. Seuss
activities. Outer-Limit.net
has free printable Grinch
coloring pages from Dr. Seuss's holiday
classic "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." The Grinch and the Whos of
Whoville are some of Dr. Seuss's best-known and most beloved characters.
Homeschool Share has many free printable Dr. Seuss worksheets, coloring
pages and activities.
Lucy Learns has Cat in the Hat coloring pages. There are also printables of
The Sneetches, The Lorax, Sam-I-Am and Green Eggs and Ham.
PBS
Kids offers free printable Dr. Seuss character coloring pages and activities. The homepage,The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That has
a plethora of Seuss-themed lesson plans, games, crafts and puzzles. Lessons
cover math, reading, writing and science. Gerald McBoing-Boing, red and blue
fishes, Horton Hears a Who and other Seuss characters help kids learn.
Seussville
is the homepage for all things Dr. Seuss. This link takes you to the games and
activities page, with lots of free printable Seuss goodies. There are printable Earth Day games based
on the Lorax, Cat in the Hat counting games, preschool worksheets, coloring
pages and gobs more. But don't stop there. Check the Parents and Educators tabs
for other educational Seuss activities.
Happy
Birthday 111th, Ted Geisel. Thanks for the memories!
Free Printable Dr. Seuss Book Coloring Pages
March 2 marks the birthday of an American icon. Dr. Seuss, aka Theodore Geisel or Theo LeSieg. Dr. Seuss wrote pearls of wisdom in electric color and silly verse. The Lorax, Horton, the Grinch, The Cat in the Hat. Here are free printable Dr. Seuss
activities. Outer-Limit.net
has free printable Grinch
coloring pages from Dr. Seuss's holiday
classic "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." The Grinch and the Whos of
Whoville are some of Dr. Seuss's best-known and most beloved characters.
Homeschool Share has many free printable Dr. Seuss worksheets, coloring
pages and activities.
Lucy Learns has Cat in the Hat coloring pages. There are also printables of
The Sneetches, The Lorax, Sam-I-Am and Green Eggs and Ham.
PBS
Kids offers free printable Dr. Seuss character coloring pages and activities. The homepage,The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That has
a plethora of Seuss-themed lesson plans, games, crafts and puzzles. Lessons
cover math, reading, writing and science. Gerald McBoing-Boing, red and blue
fishes, Horton Hears a Who and other Seuss characters help kids learn.
Seussville
is the homepage for all things Dr. Seuss. This link takes you to the games and
activities page, with lots of free printable Seuss goodies. There are printable Earth Day games based
on the Lorax, Cat in the Hat counting games, preschool worksheets, coloring
pages and gobs more. But don't stop there. Check the Parents and Educators tabs
for other educational Seuss activities.
Free printable Harry the Dirty Dog Printables, Recycled Yarn Craft, Snacks
March
is National Reading Month. Why not celebrate the joy of children's literature
with a kids' storybook craft party? I learned as a special education Montessori
teacher/homeschool mom to make lesson plans hands-on. So my craft parties
include an interactive story and snack. One of my husband's favorite children's
literature characters is Harry the Dog, created by Gene Zion and drawn by
Margaret Bloy Graham. Harry the Dirty Dog won the Caldecott Award for
children's literature illustrations. Here are free printable lesson plans, book
crafts and recipes for a Harry the Dirty Dog party. Most of the activities come
from the book No Roses for Harry.
Read
Harry the Dirty Dog and No Roses for Harry. Stop at different points in the
stories and have children predict what will happen next. Make flip books by
cutting plain paper in quarters and staple together. Let children illustrate
the books and tell the story using flip books. Use these free printable Harry
the Dirty Dog lesson plans. Make a
booklet of free printable Harry the Dirty Dog activities.Use these free printable Harry the Dirty Dog coloring
pages for kids to color while you read stories. Here are some free
printable children's literature coloring pages from No Roses for Harry.
Make
a yarn bush book crafts for the birds based on No Roses for Harry. Have kids
gather up recycled bits of string and yarn. Place them in trees and bushes for
the birds to use in nest building. Look for your yarn in bird's nests. My
mother made a yarn tree and said she knows the birds are using it because the
yarn is disappearing. You might get a bird guide and ID the birds you see in
the yard. Teach kids to braid yarn or strips of scrap fabric. Twist braided
yarn into a flat coil and sew together in several places. Make into pot holders
or mug rugs for book crafts.
For
Harry the Dirty Dog snacks, make scrubbing brush cookies. Use spray decorator
frosting to make brush bristles on Nutter Butter peanut butter sandwich
cookies. For No Roses for Harry, make Polish "roses." Spread cream
cheese on a scallion. Wrap a slice of ham around it. Make No Roses for Harry
rose pinwheel cookies. Roll sugar cookie dough into "snakes" then
roll in red sprinkles. Wind into a pinwheel and bake. Or make flower cookies.
Roll sugar cookie dough in little balls. Arrange four in a square. Bake and
frost. Decorate with candy sprinkles and an M&M in the center. Here are
value-added children's literature book crafts plus snacks!
Enjoy
Harry the Dirty Dog drinks--chocolate milk and white milk--while making your
book crafts. Read the rest of the Harry the Dirty Dog children's literature
series including Harry and the Lady Next Door and Harry By the Sea.
Printable Ancient Greece Lessons for Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics
The
study of ancient civilizations is essential to any curriculum. From Ancient Greece, the world gets classical art, music, a system
of government, Olympic games, philosophy and more. The western world owes much
to Ancient Rome for advances in technology. Roman roads
were forerunners to the modern highway. Classic Greek and Roman architecture
and columns have set the bar for modern buildings. The aqueducts of ancient
Rome paved the way for modern plumbing and irrigation. Greek and Roman
military, warfare and weaponry foreshadowed modern warfare. Science, astronomy,
the stars and planets all have Greek and Roman roots.
All
the romance languages stem from Greek and Latin (the language of Ancient Rome).
Both the Greek and Roman empire were unparalleled in history. If you're a
teacher or homeschool parent, you'll want free printable Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece lessons
plans. Use these for social studies, geography, Bible, religion and government.
Use these for law, medicine and science as well. Mr. Dowling has free
printable Ancient Greece lesson plans and activities on Ancient Rome. Next check out the awesome materials
from DK Eyewitness Books. Along with Usborne, these are the best picture books as they show actual artifacts.
Mr
Donn.org is full of world history lessons and activities. Mr Donn has dozens of
free printable Ancient Rome
activities on Italy, the
Etruscans (from which comes Tuscany), Romulus and Remus, the Roman Forum, the
Roman Baths, Roman roads, the Roman empire. There are activities on Greek and
Roman family life, home, buildings, clothing, art, food, music, religion, gods
and goddesses and more. Here are lesson plans on the cult of Mithras, a "newer" religion of ancient Rome.
Now sail over to ancient Greece where Mr. Donn has free printable lesson
plans, too. Check out these free printable lesson plans on the Byzantium Empire too.
ProTeacher
has 40+ free printable world history lessons on Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece. Print projects, units of world history
lessons, activity pages, workbook pages, craft projects and hands-on activities
You will need to submit your email address to join the share community at
ProTeacher to access your free printables. There are coloring pages, cut and
paste crafts, games, puzzles, Latin dictionary worksheets and more.
Discovery
Education has a comprehensive list of materials, world history lessons on
the Roman gladiators. Student Handouts has free printable Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece worksheets, maps and world history
lessons. The wonderful part about this website is that the maps and pictures
are primary sources. This means that the maps were drawn during that period of
history in question. The images are vintage and historical. Give students
activities that cover history and geography as well as culture. Follow up with
free printable Greek and Roman crafts and coloring pages from Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome from DL-TK.
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