Creative Lesson Plans

A fun activity focusing on the life cycle of the butterfly.

Such a fun summer activity using water color paints and coffee filters and introducing kids to the butterfly life cycle.

Magna-Tiles and Magformers are big pieces of plastic with internal magnetized ends that click together and separate easily to create 3-D structures engaging kids for hours on end.

Aren’t we always looking for a creative way to work on shapes and colors with our kids? In this lesson you will learn how to use craft sticks and velcro circles to build shapes in different colors that can be assembled and disassembled very easily. This activity can be used as a directed lesson with young kids and as an independent activity with older kids. The focus of this activity is to teach colors, shapes, patterns, and to work on fine motor skills. With older kids you can count the number

Using contact paper and colored pieces of tissue paper to create a stained glass kite.

Such a fun summer activity for kids to learn about primary and secondary colors.

The World Cup is a great time to introduce your kids to World Geography. This activity teaches kids about the flags of the participating countries and how to read a map of the world.

Using glue and watercolors to create the beautiful Rainbow Fish.

This is a great list of crafts and online fireworks activities to celebrate the fourth of July.

Use magnetic wands and small pieces of pipe cleaners to learn about magnetism.

This is such a fun and simple activity using coffee filters and water color paints.

Review of basic Math operations in a fun way using 2 decks of cards.

A fantastic way for kids to practice letter and shape formation and review number order as well as alphabetical order. Great activity for hours of fun and exploration.

Phonological awareness is the biggest indicator of success in developing readers. Phonological awareness is the ability to hear sounds that make up words in spoken language. This includes recognizing words that rhyme, deciding whether words begin or end with the same sounds, understanding that sounds can be manipulated to create new words, and separating words into their individual sounds.

This is a great way to learn to shapes, colors, and family names and character traits at the same time.

The simplest activities are usually the most fun for kids, and this DIY portable mini city is no exception. It will only take about fifteen minutes to prepare, but will provide hours of fun and enrichment for kids of all ages. The tri-fold cardboard makes it so portable allowing you to take it with you wherever you go. This activity can help develop your child’s language.You can focus on the colors of the cars, the length of the tape (short or long pieces), how fast or slow the cars or moving

Such a fun way to learn about the octopus and the creatures under the sea.

Such a fun way to learn about solid figures and have a healthy snack at the same time.

Teach kids how to mix primary colors to make new colors.

Because cookie sheets have a hard, magnetic surface, a lip so that things don't fall out, and are lightweight they are perfect' "busy trays" for activities that you do at home and on the go. Check out some useful ways to use them when working with your kids.