Elementary School

A team-learning approach in math for the elementary-age child captures his imagination and capitalizes on the need to get out of classroom chairs, move around and talk. For team learning,...

The days of long, lazy days of summer vacation for kids are merely a memory of the past. For one thing, most parents work and need someplace for the kids to spend their days, and they can no...

I have been teaching Kindergarten since 1996 and my "Star Wars" thematic unit is my absolute favorite. While the other classes at my school are studying fairy tales, we are studying "Star Wars."...

It's always a good idea to assess a child's math level at the beginning, middle and end of the school year. Here is an easy way to assess it.

Art is a wonderful way for elementary school students to learn to express themselves. In addition to creating art of their own, students often learn about artists and the history of art through...

Any teacher can tell you that sometimes the best-laid plans fall flat, while the impromptu, spur-of-the-moment lessons can cause that magical moment of learning to happen. Nevertheless, the old...

Even in the electronic age, reading remains the skill that enables all skills; it is the subject that encompasses all subjects. As you teach your child to read, don't neglect that mecca of...

Staging a theater production with elementary school students is an innovative way to help them learn and have fun at the same time. It breaks the monotony of traditional ways in which children are...

Elementary school teachers are a combination of teacher, mother, counselor and nurse. Before pursuing a career as an elementary school teacher, a future teacher should know all the nuances and...

Much like an artist's drawings or a photographer's pictures, a student's writing can be compiled into a portfolio representing the student's best work. Writing portfolios, often used as an...

Over a long summer break, children can forget many of the things that they learned in school. Keep your child on top of school by working with him or her through summer break. Have fun with your...

Teaching and tutoring are two different things. When you teach, you are dealing with a classroom of students; when you tutor, you are dealing with only one student at a time. You can learn to...

A team-learning approach in math for the elementary-age child captures his imagination and capitalizes on the need to get out of classroom chairs, move around and talk. For team learning,...

Retail math involves determining income from the cost of items versus the sales price, margin percentages, markups and more. If you are interested in learning more about retail math, there is a...

Memorizing math facts is the most important step to understanding math. Math facts are the building blocks to all other math concepts and memorizing makes them readily available. Memorize math...

Math can be either a really fun subject to teach-or really boring. It doesn't have to be boring though, since it's the easiest subject to "spice up" for the kids-by simply relating it to their...

Since teachers are required to teach so many different subjects and standards in order to be in compliance with state regulations it is absolutely essential to find a way to combine knowledge into...

Over a long summer break, children can forget many of the things that they learned in school. Keep your child on top of school by working with him or her through summer break. Have fun with your...

The Nintendo Entertainment system, first released in 1985, was the best-selling video game system in history. Nintendo sold 60 million Nintendo consoles and many of the games remain popular today....

Star Wars Battlefront 2 offers an interesting and richly diverse game play. Whether you are battling it out as a Jedi hero, piloting an x-wing fighter or exploring new and exciting planets, you...

Tutoring your student learning pre-algebra can be rewarding for both you and the student--if you have some basic information about the student and some knowledge of the subject. Here are some...

At the primary level, teachers simply introduce the basic ideas of probability to students to help them understand the difference between chance and probability and also determine probable...

Information technology plays a prominent role in the primary school curriculum and is present throughout subject areas and grade levels. Teachers often find the instructional technology tools,...

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away, one of the greatest movie stories took place. George Lucas turned Star Wars into a sensation that gains new fans with every generation. From the...

Star Wars Battlefront 2 offers an interesting and richly diverse game play. Whether you are battling it out as a Jedi hero, piloting an x-wing fighter or exploring new and exciting planets, you...

I have been teaching Kindergarten since 1996 and my "Star Wars" thematic unit is my absolute favorite. While the other classes at my school are studying fairy tales, we are studying "Star Wars."...

Art is a wonderful way for elementary school students to learn to express themselves. In addition to creating art of their own, students often learn about artists and the history of art through...

When you visit most yoga studios, you'll find mostly adults taking the classes. However, yoga is a discipline that can be taught to children as well. Kids that learn yoga have better self esteem...

Teaching multiplication tables does not have to mean painful and agonizing memorization and drills. Instead, you can teach a child logic that will help them learn their multiplication tables very...

I have been teaching Kindergarten since 1996 and playing this bowling word building game with the kids since 1998--and they always love it. I do it during our bowling thematic unit and play it...