Because this lesson involves family interviews, plan to use two different class periods to give students time to conduct an interview in between the two class periods. An alternative would be to invite one family member into the classroom and do a collective interview during a class session. Students could then conduct similar interviews with their own family members as an optional homework assignment.

Father’s Day Ties

Objectives:
The participants will:

1) Learn about the history of Father’s Day

2) Use the elements of color, line, symmetry and negative and positive spaces to create art

Audience:
This lesson is perfect for school children who wish to honor their fathers.

The Library of Congress is adopting amendments to its regulations regarding loans of library materials for blind and other print-disabled persons, as authorized by Title XIV of the Library of Congress Technical Corrections Act of 2019, to amend terminology, the description of services, and certification requirements, and to memorialize existing practices in the Library of Congress's National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS).

Do shark feeding frenzies really exist? Will sharks turn into a bunch of cannibals if they start competing for food? In this video, Jonathan wants to find out, and travels to Micronesia for an experiment. You won‰ŰŞt believe the fantastic result! Please see the accompanying study guide for educational objectives and discussion points.

A resource for librarians, early education teachers, child care providers and parents to share books and literacy activities with children ages birth to 5. The content in this storytime lesson plan aligns with Every Child Ready to Read (ECRR) practices and Minnesota Early Childhood Indicators of Progress (ECIPs). Users are encouraged to remix the lesson plan to keep it up to date and comment with their successes and failures in using the listed resources.

To offer the child alternative to stimming by providing him/her with a toy that could help the child cope with their emotions and self stimulate in a more appropriate and/or safe way.

This website provide a list of all the AEM State Contacts in the United States.

This resource was created by Tina Ronnfeldt, in collaboration with Dawn DeTurk, Hannah Blomstedt, and Julie Albrecht, as part of ESU2's Integrating the Arts project. This project is a four year initiative focused on integrating arts into the core curriculum through teacher education, practice, and coaching.

Fire Safety Tag integrates the skills of stop, drop, and roll and dialing 911 with locomotor skills, movement patterns and spatial awareness.

The First Note music curriculum is made up of 30 complete multi-cultural lessons broken down into 4-5 separate videos for each lesson. The program incorporates proven methods of music instruction developed by Carl Orff (Orff Schulwerk), Emile Jacques Dalcroze, Zoltan Kodaly and others. Video teaching tips are also included.

The program is a standards-based music program for use in Kindergarten and 1st Grade classrooms. Best of all, it's designed to be facilitated by all K-1 school teachers, and as an aid to all music instructors.

A resource for librarians, early education teachers, child care providers and parents to share books and literacy activities with children ages birth to 5. The lesson plan is tied into the Every Child Ready to Read (ECRR) initiative as well as Minnesota Early Childhood Indicators of Progress (ECIPs). Users are encouraged to remix the lesson plan to keep it up to date and comment with their successes and failures.

This is a lesson plan to incorporate physical activity into a regular preschool day.

This resource explores the five senses using the inquiry method. Each sense is supported with a hands-on experience that allows K-2 children to further their understanding of the body and how it experiences the world.

Join museum educator Ann Caspari as she demonstrates how to create a mini space station from recyclec materials

Discover how to use simple household materials to create a shadow box and learn about shadows and light.

Grab your flashlight and join museum educator Ann Caspari as she demonstrates how to make sun and star shaped shadow puppets

Watch a demonstration of how to make bubble solution and then use household materials to blow bubbles

Join us for a demonstration of how to create an airplane cockpit for pretend play using cardboard and jar lids