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Let's celebrate all things March with quick, no-prep March Library Lessons and activities! Curated to celebrate Women's History Month and Craft Month, let's fold in high quality read-alouds with stacks of fun! The resources included in this bundle honor women's remarkable achievements, while also connecting to elementary children's interests. Unleash your imagination with low-prep makerspace activities that use materials you already have on hand! Whether you're commemorating trailblazing women's

Teach students how to create short animations that are fun and purposeful. Primary students are capable of creating powerful products. And they love creating videos! The activities included in this resource walk them through how to do all of that while having loads of fun.  Students discover fun apps and struggle to transition from playing with the app to using it for learning. Use a deliberate process that helps them move from learning how to use the app with all of its bells and whistles to u

Teach elementary students complex coding skills and concepts through drawing. Directed drawing is a great way for students to learn what sequences and conditional coding are. It’s a familiar way for students to learn coding concepts as it draws upon their prior knowledge of shapes and lines to teach sequencing and conditionals.  Students follow step-by-step instructions to draw a robot or a boy. These sequential steps help them understand that some algorithms require precision and to be complete

Teach coding skills through drawing.Teaching students coding concepts begins with activities that they are familiar with.  This activity draws on students’ knowledge of shapes and lines to teach them about sequencing and conditionals.  This activity pack includes: House Sequence Drawing Directions → visual step-by-step directions to draw a house. Uses simple lines and shapes. House Conditional Audio Directions → verbal directions to draw a house. This is a great listening activity to see if stud

Teach coding skills through drawing.Teaching students coding concepts begins with activities that they are familiar with.  This activity draws on students’ knowledge of shapes and lines to teach them about sequencing and conditionals.  This activity pack includes: Cat Sequence Drawing Directions → step-by-step visual directions to draw a cat.Cat Sequence Audio Directions → step-by-step audio directions to draw a cat. This is a great activity to see if students can follow the verbal code and have

Teach PreK students coding skills through drawing.Teaching PreK students coding concepts begins with activities that they are familiar with.  This activity draws on students’ knowledge of shapes and comfort with drawing and coloring to teach them what sequencing is.  This activity pack includes: Circle Character Sequence Drawing → step-by-step visual directions that show students how to draw a circle character.Triangle Character Sequence Drawing → step-by-step visual directions that show student

Get young digital citizens up and moving as they show what they know about copyrighted materials. Pre assess prior knowledge and post assess student understanding of copyright with interactive and collaborative activities.  Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to teach the concept of copyright?  Copyright is a necessary definition and concept that young researchers and digital citizens need to learn. They need to understand what protects intellectual property, what constitutes intellectual