Free printable apple themed preschool lesson plans for fall harvest activities

Fall means autumn harvest with lots of pumpkins and apples Apples are a common theme for preschool and elementary school students. Teachers and homeschoolers, are you teaching a fall apple unit? Here's a sweet treat for you: 166 pages of free printable apple themed worksheets and lesson plans.

Northville Cider Mill in Northville, Michigan offers a free printable apple-themed activities booklet, There are printable coloring pages, worksheets, puzzles, games, word searches and crossword puzzles on apples. There are apple-themed cross-curricular science experiments, social studies connections, economics lessons, Michigan history activities, apple math problems and more.

Each lesson has a printable student copy and teacher answer key. Use this book for all ages from preschool to grade 8. It can easily be used with special education students, too.

Now scoot over to A to Z Teacher Stuff for more links to dozens of free printable apple lesson plans, crafts, mini booklets, games and worksheets. Most are geared to ages pre-K to grades 4.

Kinderplans has cute free printable apple themed reading and phonics lessons for preschool and kindergarten. There are other printables based on apples, too. Print apple math lessons on counting, addition and subtraction. Print reading activities and games for emergent and reluctant readers. Special education will love the bright, cheery apple activities geared no-fail fun.

Free printable Rio 2016 Summer Olympics lesson plans, activities, coloring pages

The Rio 2016 Olympic Games kicks off on August 5 and runs through August 21 in Rio de Janeiro. This is the 33rd or XXXI Summer Olympics Parents, are you looking for ways to engage children in festivities of Rio 2016Olympic Games, or just keep them occupied so that you can enjoy the Summer Olympics? Then here are an "Olympian" assortment of free printable Summer Olympics and sports activities. Preschoolers and early elementary age kids will love these free printable Olympic Games coloring pages, worksheets, games, puzzles and crafts. Time for Kids has free printable Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics lesson plans and worksheets. Use these Rio 2016 Olympic Games and sports activities to teach math, probability, statistics, geography, social studies, sports activities, sports science and more.

As always, Activity Village offers an array of mind-bendingly adorable free printable Winter and Summer Olympics and sports activitiesfor kids. Most downloads are free and feature hands-on, cut and paste crafts, Olympic rings crafts and recipes, board games, personal fitness scorecards, country flashcards, flags, bingo games and goodies. Games include models of Olympic medals (which can be personalized with child's name) and suggestions for customizing sports activities according to event. Check out Edupics for free printable coloring pages of sports represented at the winter and summer Olympic games.

Then, explore the magical city of Rio de Janeiro in the beautiful country of Brazil with these free printable Brazil worksheets, lesson plans, coloring pages and crafts. Brazil hosted the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and now the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Teach children all bout this South American country. Print flags of Brazil and all the countries represented at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Free printable VBS lesson plans, activities to teach Vacation Bible School

Do you teach Sunday school, Vacation Bible School (VBS), CCD or Children's Liturgy of the Word? Perhaps you want something more than just coloring pages for your Religious Education or Christian school? Free printable Bible paper crafts can be very interactive. Children get to cut, assemble, paste, color and fold. All these VBS activities are hands-on and lots of fun. Here are free Christian printables and crafts that will suit your Bible lessons. You can find all sorts of religious Christian and Bible themes-- Old Testament, New Testament, holy days, angels, virtues, scripture verses and much more. These sites have free printable Bible games, board games, puzzles, paper dolls, puppets, finger puppets and craft activities galore!

Making Friends has free printable Bible crafts by the dozen. Some Sunday school activities are for purchase, but those highlighted in pink are 'free printables'. Those highlighted in green are 'free pattern'. Making Friends is a website bursting with fun. Free Kids Crafts is another website overflowing with free Christian printables and Bible crafts. You can Christian crafts, Jewish activities, Bible and Torah crafts, VBS activities, lessons, angel craft projects, Sunday school lessons, plus so much more. Be sure to visit the homepage to see all the wonderful things available free! Use search for specific Bible crafts and try the site map to see the index of free Christian printables.

Christian Preschool Printables should probably just be called Christian printables so that readers won't think that the free printable Bible activities are just for preschool age. You'll love the assortment of free printable Bible crafts for VBS activities, Sunday School, religious education and homeschool. You can find worksheets, calendars, lesson plans, board games, card games, file folder games, felt board activities, crafts and more. All Bible and Christian themes available. i recommend that you bookmark this site and subscribe to the email newsletter. Perhaps you may have some homemade crafts that you would like to share?

A Kid's Heart is a charming website with dozens of educational and free Christian printables. These Bible crafts are great for Sunday School and VBS activities but also for homeschooling or Christian school in general. Subjects like math and reading are covered with hands-on activities based on Bible stories and Christian principles. There are games, finger puppets, habitat dioramas, puzzles, mazes and more. Start now with these VBS activities, gearing up for summer!

Free printable WordWorld lesson plans, preschool reading activities

PBS Kids offers superb, educational television show that kids love! For early childhood learners, WordWorld is an emergent reading cartoon for preschool children ages toddler to six. Every animal, character and object in WordWorld is made of that word. Children learn simple preschool words like dog, barn, bridge, house, fence, sun, tree and flower on WordWorld.

Parents of preschool children, if you haven't explored the cartoon WordWorld or if you are already familiar with the reading activities on this show, here are some free printable WordWorld lesson plans to follow up with WordWorld episodes. There are free printable preschool WordWorld coloring pages featuring the characters from WordWorld: duck, pig, frog, dog, bear and sheep. Visit PBS Kids for the free printable WordWorld activities for early childhood on the homepage. You will find an interactive map of WordWorld with lots of reading activities and word picture fun. There are free online WordWorld games as well as build a word adventures. Fill your word box with WordWorld words that you find on the website.

WordWorld is an excellent website for preschool and early childhood lesson plans. Use these reading activities in early childhood special education, elementary school, day care, homeschool and reading activities for tutoring. Since WordWorld comes from PBS, you know it's a school-approved website that's as safe, fun and educational. For more free safe early childhood online gaming, visit Free Safe Kids Games.

Free printable Ramadan lesson plans, Islamic holy season, Five Pillars of Islam, Eid al-Fitr activities

As Americans gear up for 4th of July, Muslims are getting ready to celebrate what for them is a bigger holiday--Eid al Fitr. Also called Lesser Eid, this holiday ends the season of Ramadan. Here are social studies lessons on the Islamic holy season of Ramadan. Ramadan is the month-long religious fast celebrated by Muslims, during the month of Shawwal (sometime around June to August in the western calendar). In 2016, Ramadan began June 5 and ends on July 5. It begins with the first moon sighting which came a little early this year. Like the Christian season of Lent, Ramadan is a penitential season. Ramadan focuses on the Five Pillars of Islam. It ends with the celebration of Eid al Fitr.

Use these social studies lessons to help children understand the Islamic faith by helping them understand their own faith and creed, whatever that may be, in relation to the larger fabric of religion. Use these social studies lessons to explain Islamic beliefs to Christian children by drawing parallels between Judeo-Christian faiths. These social studies lessons will help children understand how Muslims believe and why Ramadan and Eid al Fitr are so important. The five pillars, or tenets of the Islamic faith include:

* Sha'hadah (Declaration of faith). This is a creed of faith that is repeated at worship. Catholic, Orthodox and some Protestant Christians repeat the Apostles Creed or the Nicene Creed. The gist of Sha'hadah is "la ilaha illa Llah," meaning "There is no god worthy of worship except God and Muhammad is His messenger." The word "ilaha" is similar to the Christian saying "god with a little g." It refers to anything people might worship or put faith in: money, possessions, technology or other gods. "Llah" is God with a capital G, the deity.

Islamic Sha'hadah is similar to the first of the Biblical 10 commandments which many Christian faiths recite at services, "Thou shalt have no other gods before Me." Shema Yisrael, which is the cornerstone of Jewish prayer says, "Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord." Jesus expanded on that in the gospel of St. Mark, calling this the greatest commandment. He added, "And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength."

* Salah (prayer). These are the five prayers recited daily by Muslims. Worship frames a Muslim's day and these prayers guide the worship. Muslims pray at dawn, noon, midafternoon, sunset and nightfall. All activities are covered in prayer. Muslims pray wherever they find themselves at the appointed time. These daily prayers are similar to Christian devotions. Catholics pray a similar Liturgy of the Hours, also called the Divine Office, including Matins, Lauds, Prime, Vespers and Compline. Many Christians pray in the morning, before meals and at bedtime.

* Zakat (charity). In Christian faiths, almsgiving, tithing and works of charity are part of worship. Almsgiving is one of the three-pronged devotions of Lent. Muslims believe that all things belong to God and that helping others is part of spiritual growth. These acts are especially important during Ramadan.

* Saum (fasting). Islamic tradition calls for abstinence from food, alcohol and sexual relations in marriage during Ramadan. It is part of the purifying process for Muslims. The Bible exhorts Christians to practice similar abstinence especially during penitential seasons.

* Hajj (pilgrimage). Muslims are encouraged to travel to Makkah (Mecca) the holy city. Jewish people make spiritual journeys to the holy city of Jerusalem. In the early Christian church pilgrims would travel to shrines and places where miracles were said to occur. Places like Bethlehem, San Juan Compostela, Canterbury, Lourdes and Fatima were common pilgrimage sites.

Ramadan is a season of prayer, almsgiving and fasting like Advent and Lent. Like these two Christian seasons, Ramadan is followed with celebration. Christmas follows Advent. Easter follows Lent. Eid al Fitr is the celebratory feast that concludes Ramadan. Eid al Fitr begins on July 5 in the eastern world and a day later in North America. Explain in social studies lessons that, like other religious holidays, special foods are prepared and new clothes are purchased for Eid al Fitr. People exchange gifts and sppecial games, like Mheibes mark the holiday. Eid al Fitr is a festive time. To wish someone a happy holiday, say "Ramadan Mubarek."

Free printable US history lessons, social studies activities, homework help

With 4th of July coming, the focus turns to US history. US history lessons are core subject in middle school and high school. If learning about US history, you'll love these websites loaded with free printable US history lessons, social studies activities activities, government and history homework help. Get free printable US history worksheets, maps, social studies and history based activities, resources, online history lessons, Powerpoint presentations, virtual US history museums, primary sources and documents, and much more.

If you don't enjoy US history, you've come to the right place, too! These sites offer US history lessons and social studies activities, homework help galore. You can use free printable social studies activities by downloading or using online. Use search functions on these websites to get homework help with the most challenging US history questions.

Free Government Lessons has free printable US history lessons. The site is overflowing with government lessons, social studies activities and links that cover all aspects of American history. Here's a very complete site for US history lessons and free printable social studies materials--The History Channel. Each of the shows and series on The History Channel has links and free printable social studies worksheets use in the classroom and American history homework help.

Here's a site with free printable American history lesson plans and Powerpoint presentations--Mr. Donn. This site covers early explorers, native Americans, 13 colonies, revolution, westward expansion, immigration, industrialization, 20th century, women, civil rights, economics, documents, symbols, presidents and much more. Mr. Donn is a web guru on American history lessons.

The Library of Congress is the source for free printable American history primary sources, documents, artifacts, and information on US history. This institution is itself historic and has always been the guardian of knowledge in the United States. So this is a natural source to explore for lessons on US History.

PBS is the best source for American history homework help. PBS gets access to the best materials world-wide. There are a multitude of lesson plans for the shows. Look for "American Experience" and other US history shows.

CNN is your news history source for pictures and stories. In journalism, stories and photos are kept in the 'morgue'; a huge clearinghouse of all the information collected and published by that media. Check out any local or national news source site for access to it's 'morgue' Select the archives link for access to 1000's of news articles for social studies activities.

National Parks Service was set up to act as caretakers and docents for our nation's historic sites and artifacts. Each park is a story in itself. Here are American history lessons. Another government website for you to utilize to get students excited about history.  

Free printable American government lessons: Democracy, core democratic values

The summer patriotic U.S. holidays, beginning with Memorial Day, turn attention to American government and historyt. America was founded on a democratic government system. Here are free printable American government lessons on democracy and core democratic values for teachers and students. PBS Kids free printable American government lessons teach that democracy is a Greek word meaning 'government by the people' ('dem' people + 'cracy'). Check that link for more free printable Greek words and roots. The people of Ancient Greece were the first to establish the idea of common people ruling their own country. In Greek democracy, all citizens had a right to participate in the process of choosing who from amongst their ranks would represent them. Typically nations were ruled by other forms of "-cracy" or "-archy." A monarchy refers to a country ruled by one supreme head, such as a king. "Oligarchy" refers to rule by a few elite people. In these forms of government, people who were ruled had no say about who their ruler would be. Leaders came to power by inheritance of a crown or by forced military take-over. These rulers had absolute power. They made the laws that the common man must obey. Typically the rules they made did not include themselves.

Never before the Greeks had a nation been ruled by a collective of people who voted to choose representatives. Here are free printable American government lessons on Greek democracy. Never before had a nation's people been given a voice over who should make the laws or what those laws would be. Never before had the rulers of a country had to obey the laws they made. The Greek experiment with democracy, or rule by the people worked well. Here are free printable Ancient Greece and core democratic values lesson plans to use for American government lessons.

Along with a system of democracy and core democratic values, the people of Ancient Greece taught gave the world philosophy, music, art, literacy, technology, medicine, science and language. Here is music of Ancient Greece for American government lessons. Here are free printable lesson plans on the medicine of Ancient Greece to use for American government lessons. Here are free printable Ancient Greece lesson plans on all those subjects.

When the founding fathers and mothers in America set out to establish a government, they looked to the Greek form of democracy as a model. Early Americans had experienced life under the monarchy of King George III and his predecessors. They had lived in a colony ruled by another nation across the sea. The American colonists knew about monarchies and oligarchies. To them, core democratic values in rule 'by the people of the people and for the people' looked very attractive. In the First and Second Continental Congress they drafted what a federal constitution and Bill of Rights that would become a model of democracy outlined core democratic values for other nations as theirs was modeled after the Greeks.

In a democracy, the constitution lays out the rights of citizens very clearly. Every citizen has a voice as to what goes into the constitution. When changes are made to the constitution citizens must approve those changes. To explore democracy and American history lessons in an interactive online games, visit Democracy Game. To experience life in an ancient kingdom, click here for a free download ofSeven Kingdoms. Here are free printable

Free printable American history lessons: Jamestown, Pocahontas, Virginia Company, Captain John Smith

May 14 commemorates the landing of English colonists to what would become Jamestown, the first English settlement in the New World, in 1607. Tampa Bay Times said on May 12 that this marks the 409th anniversary of the Jamestown landing. Here are free printable American history lessons on the Jamestown settlement and its settlers. The story starts back in England. The year is 1606. King James I of England grants a charter (document giving permission to do something) to the Virginia Company. The Virginia Company owned merchant boats that traded with other nations. The Virginia Company merchants had heard that there were riches in the New World. The company sponsored (paid for) a group of 104 entrepreneurs (people who start businesses) to go to the New World to start a settlement for trade.Visit the links for free printable American history lessons on the Virginia Compnay and its preservation.

On May 14, 1607, after a difficult ocean voyage the settlers landed in the Chesapeake area of North America. They named the establishment they founded Jamestown in honor of King James. Unfortunately most Virginia Company travelers were men and gentlemen at that. Gentlemen didn't mean what it means today--really nice guys. It meant they didn't do manual labor. They were accustomed to having servants do their work. Not only did the settlers know very little about farming and homesteading, they didn't want to spend their time doing those boring farm jobs. They wanted to hunt for the gold and treasure.

However there was work to be done. The Jamestown settlers needed to find a safe place to set up camp. The Jamestown settlers needed to build shelter from the harsh weather and wild animals. They had to learn about local wildlife, to hunt and forage for survival. They had to plant crops for food. The Jamestown settlers were pretty much clueless about how to do any of those things. They also had do deal with unpleasant things like being shot at by Spanish ships. They were attacked by Algonquin Native American Indians who saw them as a threat. The Jamestown settlers weren't farmers nor soldiers. They were helpless.

Imagine the headaches for their leader Captain John Smith! Here are free printable American history lessons showing all the things the Jamestown settlers had to deal with. In fairness to everyone in the Jamestown settlement, Captain John Smith made a rule; "If a man will not work, he will not eat." You can play a settlement simulation game using the free printable American history lessons at National Geographic Kids to learn how Captain John Smith organized the work. Finally, the settlers managed to build a small small fort surrounded by a wooden palisade (wall). It helped that thePowhatan Indians helped the Jamestown settlers by trading food for tools and beads. Chief Powhatan's daughter Pocahontas befriended Captain John Smith and brought the settlers food. But when Captain John Smith returned to England in 1609 for treatment of a leg injury, Pocahontas ceased to visit. The Jamestown settlement suffered through the "Starving Time" that winter. Only 60 of the original settlers survived. When Captain John Smith returned on 38 of the 104 were left. Visit the links for free printable American history lessons on the Jamestown settlers' relationships with various native American Indian groups.