Lesson Planning with Elisa

For educators that want to enhance their nature lessons.

Hi, I'm Elisa! This is my planning process for state aligning my lessons for an entire school year.  I remember how overwhelming lesson planning seemed when I was a new teacher, so hopefully this breakdown will help you plan for a great year. Let’s get started!

Thank you for taking an interest in decomposition! This lesson plan goes deep on what decomposition is while using rich language to describe the decaying process. This decomposition lesson can be woven into several units or be introduced as a stand alone unit.   Take your time to review the information and modify the language as you see fit for your children.  To many great adventures :-)   Liz

Thank you for taking a nature scavenger hunt with Elly! You’ll find a nature scavenger hunt for each of the following: Animals Insects & Arthropods BirdsAmphibians & ReptilesWeatherForaging PlantsFlowersSensoryNature Scavenger Hunt (left blank)Add a check, stamp, ‘yes’ or ‘no’, stickers, or whatever you’d like in the blank box on the left of the column. Happy nature scavenger hunts, Liz

Get ready to explore the great outdoors right in your own neighborhood!  These simple activities are designed to help young children ages 3-5 discover the beauty and wonder of nature, even if you’re just walking around your neighborhood in the spring.  Included are prompts, vocabulary words, a blank journal and real example images for: NatureTexturesLetters and SignsColorsShapesWeatherGeneral (left blank to create your own)Happy walks,  Liz

For educators that want to enhance their nature lessons.

Thank you for taking an interest in decomposition! These collections of resources are a great way to start off a new lesson on decomposition.   Take your time to review the information and modify the language as you see fit for your children.  To many great adventures :-)   Liz

Short on time? Included are bus pages, rainbow themed, for buses and car pick-up for up to 7 children on each page. Organizing buses into colors is an easy way for children to recognize what bus they go home on.  Tip: Coordinate with bus drivers to place a piece of corresponding construction paper near their door. This will help children over time recognize not only what bus they go on but allow them to identify more colors as a result! Thank you for your interest in rainbow colors bus & ca