Elementary School

Celebrate the new life and beauty of spring with easy crafts for teachers to complete with students. These simple crafts are perfect for the exciting days before spring break or any other time a...

Teachers and parents use Sight Words flash cards to teach children to recognize letters and learn to recognize groups of letters as words. The Dolch Sight Words approach provides research,...

The final days of school can be challenging as many times students and teachers are at a loss with ideas on how to fill the time. Creating fun crafts helps encourage students to create art and...

Hands-on teaching provides students with the opportunity to do things to learn verses sitting and listening to someone else teach. This is especially beneficial for children in primary education...

The basic goals of primary school curriculum are to prepare children for life and higher education through math, reading, and other diverse topics and lessons.

Book Clubs are a way to get together with friends and talk about a book everyone read, give their opinions and thoughts about the characters. Book clubs for kids can be a great way for them to...

Many school districts engage in the practice of retaining students who are not reading at grade level. It is assumed the earlier the retention the better. Research has shown that retaining...

Decimals can be difficult for students to grasp, so exposing them to graphical representations early on can help them understand intuitively. They are familiar with the number line by the time...

A good primary education has many benefits. While schooling for U.S. children is required, many youth in poorer, developing nations lack this opportunity.

Traditional approaches to schooling involves desks in rows, the teacher talking for an extended amount of time, the students intently listening to every word and test results soaring through the...

Use recycled tin cans to create fun classroom activities and projects along with discussing the concept of recycling. Have students bring in coffee and baby formula cans with lids, as well as soup...

The best way to learn basic math skills is to connect the basic concepts together so the relationship becomes part of the initial concept. Learning basic math skills compares to telling a story...

Plant life is a wonderful theme for young students. Learning about how plants grow introduces them to the concept of plants and how they grow from seeds. Plant life grows through the process of...

Nothing inspires wonder in kids and adults alike quite like outer space. When NASA releases a new deep-field image from the Hubble Space Telescope or the news reports on the rovers currently...

Kindergarten and first grade students learn about counting during the normal school year. Once they have learned to count to 100, the will progress to learning to count by twos, fives, and tens....

In a growing global society, it is important that children have some exposure to other languages. For students in elementary school, teaching Spanish numbers is a good place to start. The most...

Do you have trouble explaining multiplication to a youngster? One method is to base your explanation on the prior knowledge she has of the number line. This is an imaginary line that has...

Living Books is a series of books that were published in the 1980s and 1990s for schools and home use by the Broderbund company. There are several titles in the book series, which was written by...

Learning about Greek Mythology is exciting and whimsical for many elementary-aged children. Incorporating a hands-on craft project with Greek Mythology lessons can make an even greater impact and...

Communicating effectively with children is not much different than communicating with an adult -- be attentive, responsive, honest, and consistent. Realize that children are intelligent and...