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Land and water
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This lesson designed to teach children the basic knowledge of Ocean. In this lesson

Land and water
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This lesson designed to teach children the basic knowledge of Ocean. In this lesson

The five senses
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Water Work

Chenyu Yi

This is a real-life activity which is designed to help little children to excise

The five senses
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Tweezers

Chenyu Yi

This is a real-life activity which is designed to help little children to excise

The five senses
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Spoons

Chenyu Yi

This is a real-life activity which is designed to help little children to excise

The five senses
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Pouring Water

Chenyu Yi

This is a real-life activity which is designed to help little children to excise

The five senses
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This is an activity which is designed to help children learn how to sort

Conducting Investigations
arctic animals

This is a science experiment about the importance of fat to an arctic animal …

Seasons
ideas teaching four seasons

Several ideas for teaching students about the seasons: summer, fall, winter, and spring, including …

Life cycle
The Life Cycle (Meal Worms)

Students learn about the life cycles of living things by examining mealworms in their …

Conducting Investigations
Making Observations: Five Senses with Apples

An exploration of the five senses using varieties of apples to see and feel …

Land and water
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Layers of the Earth

Debra Dennill

An example of how different visual aids can be used to teach and review …

Forces of nature
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Using a few common objects, students experiment with moving a ball around and learn …

Making observations
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Basic food items can form the base for teaching scientific observation. Using things that …

Animals
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How Animals Move

Neva Thiessen

Using figures, toys, or pictures, the teacher and students discuss the ways different animals …

Light, shadow, reflection
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Properties of Light

Neva Thiessen

A flashlight and a few different types of paper or material are used to …

Predicting
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The teacher uses celery and food coloring as an experiment to introduce the Scientific …

Recording and sharing observations
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The teacher reviews all five senses before focusing on the sense of smell for …

Recording and sharing observations
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This science activity tracks the growth of bean seeds. Each students plants a seed …

Light, shadow, reflection
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The teacher and students go outside on a sunny day to learn about their …

Weather
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This lesson helps students learn about weather and seasons. A student chosen as the …

Solid, liquid, gas
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The teacher shows students a glass of water as an example of a liquid …

Physical activity
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In this physical education lesson, the teacher uses simple rhymes to teach students how …

Physical activity
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In this lesson, students do a winding activity that helps them develop fine motor …

Making observations
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In this game, students use their senses to explore outdoors. The teacher asks them …

Magnetic force
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A game that teaches students about magnets and what is attracted to them and …

Social and emotional health
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The teacher reads the book “Glad Monster, Sad Monster” and has the students pretend …

Parts of the body
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In this lesson, the teacher and students sing a song that uses motions and …

Physical activity
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This fun “Grasshopper Song” helps young students develop coordination in making small movements with …

Physical activity
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The teacher helps students develop fine motor skills with a song about elephants. The …

Weather
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A teacher can use a daily calendar chart and books to teach about weather …

Making observations
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In this activity, students learn how to make observations using their sense of touch …

Making observations
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This activity teaches students how to make scientific observations with their sense of hearing …

Making observations
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In this lesson, the teacher uses watercolor paint to teach students about observing colors …

Predicting
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In this activity, the teacher sets up an “Observation Station” for students to play …

Social and emotional health
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Here are three simple ways to introduce emotions to toddlers and preschoolers.

MENTIONED IN …

Conducting Investigations
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Which Holds More?

Teacher Curated

This video demonstrates an activity for teaching capacity in kindergarten and preschool. Students look …

Physical activity
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This video features activities that can be done with young children outside and focuses …

Making observations
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This lesson, also called Six of One, Half Dozen of the Other, engages students …

Social and emotional health
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Lessons with the program “Development of Emotional Intelligence in Children”
The program is developed …

Making observations
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In this activity, the teacher supports students in investigating rocks and sorting them by …

Conducting Investigations
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In this science experiment, preschool students mix together water, cornstarch and food coloring. Watch …

Nutrition
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An idea for teaching the five food groups to first graders includes engaging students …

Health and wellness
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This video features all the topics that can be taught while sharing a meal …

Conducting Investigations
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After searching their classroom for objects that are the same size as their hand …

Nutrition
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For the 2013 Healthy Kids, Healthy West Virginia Awareness Week, Mandy Curry and Ashley …

Conducting Investigations
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This video shares many ideas for how preschool children can engage in learning activities while investigating insects, worms, gardening, and …

Social and emotional health
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Research shows that active play is very important for children’s social and emotional development. During active play, children form relationships

Physical activity
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Active play promotes children’s learning. Research has shown that children are much more attentive right after they have engaged in

Plants
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Planting fast-growing seeds is a great activity for preschoolers. Tessa Giordano, longtime director of a successful nationally accredited early childhood …

Animals
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Animals

Teacher Curated

In this lessons the students learn about animals by looking at images, feeling figures of animals, and making animal sounds …

The five senses
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Students review the five senses with pictures then move to an activity where they identify and describe objects using their …

Physical activity
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Head, shoulders, knees & toes – Warms up the body and increases body and movement awareness
Lily pad jumping – …

Physical activity
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Warm up – Prepares the body for movement
Obstacle course – Improves climbing ability, co-ordination and balance skills …

The five senses
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This song is a super circle time addition to increase body and senses awareness, as well as greetings and participation …

Plants
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In this science activity, preschool students plant and grow grass seeds in a can. Students create faces on their cans …

Plants
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This video will walk you through the steps of making tiny pots out of recycled newspaper that can be used

Physical activity
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Learn how to teach a variety of fun physical education activities with preschool children using scarves. Learn ideas on how …

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Learn how to teach a variety of fun physical education activities with preschool children using hoops. See how to integrate …

Social and emotional health
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The teacher uses stick puppets to discuss facial expressions and emotions with her preschool students. They also learn to verbalize …

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Lesson Supplements

These videos can be shown in class, or students can watch them on their own.
You can also get valuable ideas from them to use in your teaching.

Animals
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“Farm animals for children” is designed to introduce toddlers and young children to farm animals, and help slightly older kids …

Animals
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This animated wild animals from Africa video for children teaches kids the names of …

Animals
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Let’s Go To The Zoo

Teacher Curated

Dance like the animals do with this active kids song “Let’s Go To The …

Animals
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Walking In The Jungle

Teacher Curated

Let’s take a walk in the jungle! “Walking In The Jungle” teaches jungle animals and actions (walking, stomping, jumping, skipping) …

Animals
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“Yes, I Can!” is a super simple animal song that introduces a bunch …

Weather
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How’s the Weather Song is a fun, simple song for preschool, kindergarten kids and the ESL / EFL classroom to …

Weather
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How’s the Weather?

Teacher Curated

Download CD at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mapleleaflearning

A silly video to introduce some weather vocabulary.

Weather
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Seasons Song Video

Teacher Curated

The Seasons Song is a Science song that teaches the seasons of the year …

Weather
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“Sun, Rain, Wind, and Snow” is a fun folk song for children that explains …

Weather
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What’s A Cloud?

Teacher Curated

What’s A Cloud?

Learn about what clouds are made of, how they form, and what part they play in the …

Forces of nature
What is a Tornado?

What is a Tornado?

Teacher Curated

Learn about what a tornado is and how it forms.

Forces of nature
What is a Volcano

What is a Volcano?

Teacher Curated

Describes what a volcano is, the different types of volcanoes, and how they are …

Forces of nature
What is an Earthquake?

What is an Earthquake?

Teacher Curated

What causes an earthquake and how does it affect buildings and people? Learn how …

Plants
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This song highlights the many things that make up the natural world that surrounds us. Enjoy singing along and seeing …

Seasons
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There are four seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. Learn about what causes the …

Seasons
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Seasons Song

Teacher Curated

Zach and Reggie love all four seasons. Spring! Summer! Autumn! Winter! A fun, upbeat, and original Pancake Manor song for …

Light, shadow, reflection
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My Shadow Song

Teacher Curated

A catchy song about shadows, great for early childhood.

Light, shadow, reflection
Exploring Shadows

Exploring Shadows

Teacher Curated

Explore shadows and light! Learn all about how shadows are formed with Dr. Binocs …

Parts of the body
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Body Parts

Teacher Curated

Everybody has a body! This is the official music video for “Body Parts” from Spaghetti Eddie! http://www.thespaghettieddie.com

LYRICS:

Parts of the body
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My Body

Teacher Curated

http://ABCmouse.com/LearnMore

“My Body” (See below for lyrics)

The original children’s song “My Body” …

Parts of the body
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Parts of the Body

Teacher Curated

This interactive video helps young students learn the words for parts of their bodies …

Parts of the body
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The Digestive System

Teacher Curated

The breaking down of food inside our body is known as digestion. There are …

Land and water
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This lesson designed to teach children the basic knowledge of Ocean. In this lesson

Magnetic force
Magnetism and Magnetic Fields with Dr. Binocs

Learn about magnetism and what a magnetic field looks like.

Solar system
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The Solar System Song

Teacher Curated

This song teaches young students about the sun and planets in our solar system …

Solid, liquid, gas
The Three States of Matter Song

Sing along to this Silly School Songs tune that describes all three forms of …

Solid, liquid, gas
Three States of Matter

Three States of Matter

Teacher Curated

Learn about the three states of matter: solid, liquid and gas.

Physical activity
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Dance ‘n Beats is a research-based movement program with step by step training videos and dance choreography for early childhood …

Physical activity
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Reggie has been sitting for too long, so Zach suggests some exercise in the form of a “Shake Break.”

Social and emotional health
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The Feelings Song

Teacher Curated

Here is a song for children about feelings and emotions. This song was written and performed by A.J. Jenkins …

Cleanliness and germs
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This is a fun “responsive singing” activity listing important times to wash your hands while enjoying a fun march around …

Cleanliness and germs
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Kids love this song as they catch “pretend sneezes” in tissues or elbows.
These videos demonstrate how day care workers …

Cleanliness and germs
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Even when hands or toys look clean, they can be covered with invisible germs.
These videos demonstrate how day care …

Cleanliness and germs
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Washy Washy Clean

Teacher Curated

Let’s learn Hand washing with this jingle!

Lyrics:
It’s fun to wash your hands
And I know you understand
So …

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