by Chenyu Yi | May 11, 2018
This lesson is designed to help children to get involved in group discussions with their peers and to learn the importance of working...
by Colby Patton | Dec 20, 2017
Colby Patton | Oxford High School | Oxford, Kansas The upturned iceberg project is a project centered on exploring culture that makes the students think and research things that aren’t commonly researched about different countries. Read transcript Hi. My name is Colby...
by Colby Patton | Dec 14, 2017
Colby Patton | Oxford High School | Oxford, Kansas Colby Patton describes different activities used in her Spanish class to teach how to tell time; these methods can be used in teaching English, as well as any other language being learned. Read Transcript Hello, my...
by Shirley Meissner | Nov 8, 2017
Shirley Meissner | Wichita Collegiate School | Wichita, Kansas Quotes in the classroom can inspire and challenge your students in subtle ways every day. Use quotes to decorate the classroom and also in your lessons. Try adding a quote or two to your classroom today!...
by Shirley Meissner | Nov 3, 2017
Shirley Meissner | Wichita Collegiate School | Wichita, Kansas Teachers can make map skills easy with the creation of a map on the ceiling. Placing a map on the ceiling helps students visualize the geography of the world. Read Transcript Hi, teaching young children...
by Amanda Leger | Apr 11, 2017
Amanda Leger | Wichita Collegiate School | Wichita, Kansas Over the course of the school year, the teacher compiles a book of the students’ artwork. On the first day she has them draw a self portrait and write their name, and then at the end of year they draw...
by Becky O'Hearn | Mar 1, 2017
Becky O’Hearn | Wichita Collegiate School | Wichita, Kansas Here is one way to introduce young students to the idea of history. Each student creates a timeline of their own life, with help from parents, grandparents, or other family members. The teacher also...
by Teach for Life | Feb 24, 2017
Cindy Johnson | Wichita Collegiate School | Wichita, Kansas This game teaches young students about the role of police officers as community helpers. The teacher selects one child to be the “officer,” and gives bits of information describing one of the...
by Teach for Life | Feb 23, 2017
Noel Lucero | Kensler Elementary | Wichita, Kansas The teacher and students brainstorm a list of things they can do to be a good citizen. The students can also draw pictures or write sentences about items on the list. The teacher posts the list in the classroom and...
by Becky O'Hearn | Feb 23, 2017
Becky O’Hearn | Wichita Collegiate School | Wichita, Kansas The teacher uses a picture book to illustrate the different places where people find drinking water. Then the class discusses the importance of water and where they get their own water from. Read...
by Teach for Life | Feb 22, 2017
Noel Lucero | Kensler Elementary | Wichita, Kansas The teacher uses a visual aid to guide discussion about geography. Students then answer questions where they compare the sizes of different places. Read Transcript Hi. This is one lesson I use to teach geography to my...
by Junilda Farner | Feb 22, 2017
Junilda Farner | Wichita Collegiate School | Wichita, Kansas This activity demonstrates one way to teach children about family and cultural differences. A list is sent home with each student who then works with their family to find the items. They bring these to class...
by Becky O'Hearn | Feb 22, 2017
Becky O’Hearn | Wichita Collegiate School | Wichita, Kansas This lesson introduces the concept of friendship and how to be a good friend using a story. The teacher also asks the students questions about their own friendship skills. Read Transcript Hi! Today I...
by Teach for Life | Feb 8, 2017
Noel Lucero | Kensler Elementary | Wichita, Kansas In this activity, the teacher involves the students in brainstorming needs and wants using a T-chart. The students then draw pictures of needs and wants on their own and share with the class. Read Transcript Hi, today...
by Educator Partner | Nov 15, 2016
Watch how Indigenous early childhood educators provide young children with experiences and ways of learning that share cultural knowledge. Visit the Foundations for Success website: http://www.foundationsforsuccess.qld.edu.au/resources to see their guidelines for...
by Educator Partner | Aug 24, 2016
Meet the stars of Children Just Like Me, a comprehensive book view of international cultures, exploring diverse backgrounds from Argentina to New Zealand to China to Israel. A favorite in classrooms, libraries, and homes this brand new edition of Children Just Like Me...
by Educator Partner | Apr 1, 2016
Learn about community helpers for kids and community jobs for Preschool & Kindergarten! Teach kids about jobs in English and community helpers in English to give your child or student a broader perspective about the community and world around them. Read Transcript...
by Educator Partner | Feb 10, 2016
This silly song explores likes and dislikes by combing foods in strange ways. What funny food combos can you think of? ****** For free resources like coloring sheets, games, flashcards, and worksheets for this song and others, visit:...
by Educator Partner | Jul 3, 2015
Today we are going to learn all of the continents of planet earth! Watch as preschool teacher shows us the name of each continent and teaches us some fun facts about each one! There are 7 continents: Asia Africa Europe North America South America Antarctica Australia...
by Educator Partner | Jan 27, 2015
‘The World’s Family’ introduces children to various cultures, religion and basic geography concepts. Written by Miranda Paul, Illustrated by Fanny Wen, Narrated by Leisha Daniel, Produced by Artful4.com Read Transcript “The World’s Family,” an embracing culture...
by Educator Partner | Jul 28, 2014
This fun and educational song for kids uses puppets and colorful animation to teach the seven continents of our world. Read Transcript “Earth is big. Earth is round. With seven large continents floating around. The land we live in, the land we all share. Seven large...
by Educator Partner | Jul 1, 2014
An important money skill to teach children is the difference between needs and wants. But for children, that can be tricky. Put simply, a need is something you must have to survive, like food, water and a home. A want is something that’s nice to have, but you...
by Educator Partner | Jun 19, 2014
Where Are You From? is a simple song for kids to learn countries. This video includes Canada, Korea, Italy, China, America, Australia, Japan, India, Spain, Germany, Mexico, Philippines, Brazil, Sweden, New Zealand, Thailand, Peru, Greece, Turkey, Jamaica, Poland and...
by Educator Partner | Oct 9, 2013
An original (and very silly) food song for teaching how to express food likes and dislikes, and asking and answering “Do you like _______?” questions. This song is a lot of fun to use with Pre-K students, young ESL and EFL students, and children with...
by Educator Partner | Sep 26, 2013
Making timelines is a great way to help students track their progress as they advance through the school year. Get ideas on making timelines for both the classroom and individual students in this video. Expert: Steve Brostowitz Bio: Steve Brostowitz teaches...
by Educator Partner | May 12, 2012
A fun song for kids to practice hobbies and verbs. Great for preschool, kindergarten and the ESL classroom. What do you like to do? What do you like to do? What do you like to do? What do you like to do? What do you like to do? What do you like to do? Ride a bike....
by Educator Partner | Dec 6, 2011
Students learn about community helpers in this fun interactive game. They also build a variety of language and literacy skills as they discuss the identity of other students who are dressed up as community helpers. Read Transcript Teacher: “Some people are dressed up...
by Educator Partner | Nov 18, 2010
We love our families. Let’s sing about it! This song was written from the heart to share our love to our families. It’s got a nice melody and also happens to be a pretty good learning song for EFL/ESL learners. Read Transcript Mommy and daddy. Sister and...
by Educator Partner | Jun 14, 2009
This fun activity for young children uses simple materials to help students learn about community helpers. Read Transcript Here’s a little game that we made, that I made for teaching some our community helpers. Here are a few that we learned together so far. And these...
