Screen-Free STEM Activities: Simple Challenges That Get Kids Building and Thinking
Low-prep STEM challenges that use everyday materials, plus tips for guiding kids through the engineering design process without a screen in sight.
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Teaching guides and ideas for early learners.
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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in the Classroom: Collaborative Bulletin Board Ideas
Why Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15 to October 15, and how a collaborative bulletin board helps a whole class learn and celebrate together.
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What Are Alebrijes? Teaching Kids About Mexican Folk Art
The story behind alebrijes, the brightly painted fantasy creatures of Mexican folk art, and how to guide students as they design their own.
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Teaching Positional Words in Preschool: Playful, Hands-On Ideas
Simple games and activities that help preschoolers understand and use words like above, below, beside and between.
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How to Teach Greater Than and Less Than So It Sticks
A step-by-step approach to comparing numbers, from hands-on quantities to symbols, plus ideas for ordering numbers from least to greatest.
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Teaching Life Cycles With Hands-On Crafts: Butterflies, Frogs, Pumpkins and More
The key stages of six favorite life cycles, from butterflies to apples, and how hands-on crafts help young scientists remember them.
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First Day Jitters: Helping Students Talk About Back-to-School Feelings
How the read-aloud First Day Jitters can open a conversation about nerves and excitement, with simple activities for the first days of school.
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Teaching Bathroom Routines and Handwashing in Preschool and Kindergarten
How visual supports, simple steps and plenty of practice help young children become independent with toileting and handwashing.
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All About Me Activities That Build Connection in the First Weeks of School
Why All About Me activities matter, what to include, and simple ways to use what you learn about students all year long.
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Teaching Columbus Day to Young Learners: History, Perspectives and Hands-On Science
An age-appropriate approach to Columbus Day that covers the 1492 voyage, the Taíno people who already lived there, and a sink-or-float ship challenge.
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Constitution Day for Kindergarten: Teaching Rules, Rights and Citizenship
How to explain the U.S. Constitution to five- and six-year-olds by connecting it to classroom rules, fairness and being a good citizen.
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AI Literacy for Kids: How to Teach Grades 3–6 About Artificial Intelligence
Kid-friendly explanations and activities that help upper elementary students understand what AI is, how it learns, and how to use it wisely and safely.
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The Pumpkin Life Cycle and Parts of a Pumpkin: A Fall Science Guide for K–1
The stages of a pumpkin’s life, the parts of a pumpkin, and hands-on investigations that make fall science memorable for kindergarten and first grade.
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Building a Classroom Family: Community Activities for Back to School
Why classroom community matters, how the read-aloud Our Class Is a Family can launch the conversation, and simple routines that help students feel they belong.
