free printable lesson plans on alphabet to zoology and everything in between
Free Printable Charlie Bone Book Series Activities and Games
Free Printable Patriotic Memorial Day Lesson Plans, Crafts
Memorial Day,
celebrated the last Monday in May, doesn't just kick off summer holidays. Also
called Remembrance Day, the holiday honors veterans and those lost in U.S.
wars. It's also referred to as Decoration Day, when family commemorates loved
ones lost by putting flowers on graves. Teachers and homeschool parents, here
are free printable lesson plans, worksheets, crafts and games to
teach kids about this national holiday.
* Memorial
Day Printables: About.com lists pages of free printable
patriotic holiday games,
word searches, crossword puzzles, writing activities and coloring pages. Why
not print the packet and use for homework. Or let kids complete it while
listening to stories on American war history. They could also watch one of
these Memorial Day movies. Check my blogs Film Femme Fatale for educational movies for Memorial Day.
*
Free Memorial Day Resource Unit: Homeschool Deals links to several free
resources for Memorial Day
printables and activities.
There are Medal of Honor and soldier coloring pages, history worksheets,
holiday games, reading and writing lessons and patriotic printable crafts.
There are poems and literature-based activities. When I was young, teachers
would have us write out seasonal poems in our best penmanship and create our
own illustrations. Then she'd mount poem and picture on construction paper.
This made a nice take-home project.
For
more holiday printables visit my blog Free Printable Holiday. For more free printable lesson plans visit my blog of that name.
Free Printable Memorial Day Lesson Plans
* Remembrance Day Printables: Free printable Memorial Day activities are suitable for 4th of July and Veterans Day, DL-TK offers pages of holiday printables. There are greeting cards, coloring pages and crafts. My favorite is a printable mini-book on Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae's stirring World War 1 poem "In Flanders Field." The poem is the basis for the poppies worn on Memorial Day. Print the booklet in black and white so students can color images.
* Patriotic Coloring Pages at Raising our Kids has dozens of free printable American history coloring pages featuring, military, national memorials and landmarks, soldiers, historic images, national liberty symbols and more. Have students use these as greeting cards. Assign them to color images and write a message on the back. Mail or better still hand-deliver to seniors in nursing homes. Memorial Day is particularly poignant for elderly who remember wars and lost so many loved ones.
Free Printable Clocks, Telling Time Lesson Plans
Telling
time using an analog clock is one of the most difficult concepts to teach. It's
hard to explain to children how clock hands moving around a dial mark hours and
minutes. It helps to use interactive telling time worksheets and hands-on
clocks to make time math lessons easier. Here are free printable clocks, clock
faces and telling time worksheets.
Have
Fun Learning has several free printable telling
time worksheets, time math lessons with
clocks with fill-in-the-blank numbers. Some are numbered in hours and minutes
already. There are real-life applications story problems to teach telling time
plus printable telling time games. Lucy Learns is a great website with all
sorts of free printable lessons and activities. The section on clocks and
telling time has over 15 free printable clock faces with all sorts of
styles. Free printable
clocks, clock hands and clock faces make excellent hands-on time math lessons
for teaching children to read a clock. Print one clock for each student.
has
cute blank and partially numbered free printable decorated clock faces. Great
for young children and preschool. K-3 Teacher Resources has several free printable clock
faces in different styles,
plus free printable telling time math lesson. Senteacher has several free printable clocks, clock face printables, cut and paste clocks
and clock lesson plans. Print Free offers basic free printable clock faces with hands to cut out and attach (use a
paper fastener).
Donna
Young's website is find of the day! Chock full o' clocks, there are free printable cut and paste clocks, clock face activities and telling time
worksheets and lesson plans. Enchanted Learning is always a great teacher
resource website, Enchanted Learning probably has more free printable
educational lesson plans, crafts, cut and paste, coloring pages, activity
booklets and teacher resources than any other website. You can print free, or
pay a $20 donation and get complete member services and banner free printables.
The telling time page has free printable clock faces,cut and paste clock activities and telling time
worksheets. A-Z Teacher Stuff has dozens of free printable telling
time math lessons and activities, including free printable clock faces.
Free Printable Blank Checks and Banking Slips for Money Math
Money
math, banking and finance are some of the most practical math applications.
Students learn real-world math lessons by writing checks, balancing checkbooks
and managing debit and credit cards, savings and checking accounts. To help,
here are free printable blank checks, play money, check register forms, banking
slips, deposit slips and withdrawal slips. Use to teach hands-on money math
lessons Use for consumer math classes, special education lesson plans and
homeschool math activities.
DL-TK
has several pages of pretend free printable blank checks and banking slips for play. There are two free
printable check varieties, using the American "check" and Canadian
"cheque" spelling. Both are available to print in color or in black
and white. Visit Free Stuff 4 Kids for free printable blank checks for play and for math lessons. Use these
in combination with free printable play money. These links provide free printable play money
in denominations of one, five and ten dollar bills. Use these free printable checks to set up a classroom bank, preschool math
learning center or token economy. Use banking slips and play money to teach
economics, math skills, banking, counting changes and money math lessons.
Money
Instructor has many free printable money math lesson plans, blank checks, play money, banking slips and
money math lessons and worksheets. Not all printables are free but there is a
nice selection of free printable samples. Print free banking slips, deposit
slips, withdrawal slips, check registers and checking account slips. Money
Instructor has interactive money math lessons, check writing, check endorsing,
checkbook balancing tutorials also. It is recommended that teachers of
economics, consumer math, life skills, special needs, accounting and personal
finance subscribe to these sites. This link will take you directly to a page
of free printable
practice blank checks.
Free Printable US History Lesson Plans
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 student excited about history is EDsitement.
Get free printable American history worksheets and homework help.
Fun
History? Sure! This site utilizes differentiated instruction types which
teaches to students' different learning styles. Student's investigate History
as a detective. American history
lessonsinclude cartoons,
brochures, dialog, drama, interviews, letters, journals, maps, demonstrations,
poems, songs, speeches, painting, newspaper, story-writing, slogans, timelines,
trading cards, etc. This is a pay site, but it offers free lesson for you.
Free Printable Human Body Coloring and Labeling Diagrams
Teachers do you
need human anatomy lesson plans? One great way to learn content is by color and
label diagrams. Coloring and labeling worksheets or maps helps students
understand how things go together. Color and label diagrams are especially good
for teaching social studies and science. Here are fee printable human body
coloring worksheets and color and label anatomy diagrams. Free printable human
body coloring worksheets include the eight systems of the body--respiratory
system, circulatory system, digestive system, skeletal system, muscular system,
nervous system, endocrine system and reproductive system.
Edupics
has free printable human
body coloring worksheets, color and label anatomy diagrams and charts for all parts of the
body. Free printable diagrams of the eye, ear, teeth, brain, nose and mouth are
available too. Ellen McHenry's Basement Workshop is a cool science website that
features a free printable brain
hat with brain hemispheres and brain anatomy drawn out. Kids can make
this brain hat to learn how their own works! Check out the other free printable
human body coloring worksheets and anatomy diagrams to color and label.
Kids-n-Fun
has free printable human
body coloring pages and
worksheets of human anatomy diagrams. booklet with a small nicely detailed
diagram of the different systems of the human body.The National Institute of
Health has a page of free printable human body coloring worksheets, anatomy diagrams to color and label and
general health lesson plans and printables. For younger kids, Crayola offers
a free printable human
body coloring booklet.
and labeling human body activity booklet. Pages include an eye, skeletal
systems, body chart, heart and cell diagrams. Next, visit Activity Village for
five free printable color and label human body
charts.
TSL
Books has a few human body coloring worksheets on the five sense and healthy living. But
the gold mine for free printable anatomy
diagrams, human body worksheets
and color and label activities is Enchanted Learning. You can get free
printable lesson plans, charts, label diagrams, maps and educational resources
galore. To print without ads and banners you must pay a $20 yearly site fee
which is a real bargain for school or homeschool parents. Enchanted Learning
pays for itself after one workbook purchase! Each page features a body system
to label and color. Use for a study guide or homework activities.
Free Printable Cinco de Mayo Activities and Lessons
Cinco de Mayo means
the fifth of May. But it isn't Mexican Independence Day nor the equivalent of the U.S. Fourth
of July. Cinco de Mayo is the day Mexicans remember El DÃa de la Batalla de
Puebla (Battle of Puebla). Cinco de Mayo is mostly an Americanized Latino
holiday. But also a great day to explore Mexican culture. Here are free
printable Cinco de Mayo lesson plans, worksheets and games.
Mr
Donn has free printable Cinco
de Mayo activities,
games, coloring pages, Powerpoint presentations, social studies worksheets,
history lesson plans and culture study activities.
Easy
Fun School offers printable Cinco de Mayo recipes, crafts, a pinata making how-to and several
history and geography lesson plans. Lesson Plans offers links to Cinco de Mayo printables.
A-Z
Teacher Stuff has free printable Cinco
de Mayo unit and lesson planner kit with materials, worksheets, games, crafts,
recipes, movies and activities.
Enchanted
Learning has free printable Cinco de Mayo worksheets, mini-booklets, history and social studies
lesson plans. Print a map of Mexico, Mexican flag, info on
the Battle of Puebla, Mexican leaders, posters, history, images and recipes.
Print a nice poster featuring Cesar Chavez and other Mexican labor activists,
political figures, scientists, artists, musicians and more.
The
Teachers Corner has free printable Cinco de Mayo crafts, counting lessons, words in Spanish, cultural
heritage activities and more. Lesson Planet has free printable lesson plans on Cinco de Mayo to sample.
For
preschool and younger kids, visit DL-TK for free Cinco de Mayo coloring pages, crafts, games, puzzles and recipes. Kids Soup
offers free Cinco de Mayo
printables to sample.
Apples
4 the Teacher offers free printable Cinco
de Mayo lessons, maps, history
projects, puzzles, games, music, crafts, recipes and more. There are ideas for
several ages groups. ELCivics has printable Cinco de Mayo lessons for older students.
Free Printable Earth Day Lesson Plans and Activities
April 22
celebrates Earth Day, formerly called Arbor Day. It's such an important
holiday that the entire month of April has come to be known as Earth Month.
Do you need free printable Earth Day lesson plans for science class?
Use these linked science activities in school classrooms, homeschool, scout
troops, 4H and environmentalist clubs.
EPA (Environmental Protection
Agency) has free printable Earth Day activities. Print a cartoon-style graphic novel
workbook entitled "On the Trail of the Missing Ozone." Students study
atmosphere, the importance of the ozone layer and what we can do to protect it.
Print in black and white so kids can color the booklet. Use in the science
classroom, homeschool or for homework.
EPA Recycle City features interactive games, lessons, activities,
printables and online resources for kids. Students explore recycling, landfill
dangers, methane gas, trash, wildlife, environmental conditions and much more.
Children learn many ways to help protect the earth. This website had activities
on biology, earth science, life science and health. Use these resources all
during Earth Month.
EPA
Students has free printable science
lesson plans geared to upper
elementary, middle school and high school students also. There are printable science games, coloring pages, booklets and worksheets. There's a science resource page for educators and
parents. There are homework
helps, too. This comprehensive website features cross-curricular,
multidisciplinary, hands-on science activities.
Planet
Pals has lots of free printable science
worksheets, lessons, games and activities. Planets Pals features an interactive
online club format. Children will enjoy interacting as active participants, not
just simply passive observers.
For more Earth Day
resources and free printable activities, visit my blogs: Free Printable Lesson
Plans and Science
Experiments and Chemistry ActivitiesFree Printable Color by Number Lesson Plan Worksheets
Color by number coloring pages are
images divided into labeled sections that must be colored according to label.
They're similar to paint by number activities that were popular in the 1970s.
Some color by number activities are color by letter or math problem. Kids must
solve the math problem to know which number to color the space. Color by number
coloring pages can be used to teach math, counting, reading and other subjects.
Here are free printable color by number puzzles and coloring pages.
Hello Kids has 97 free printable color by number coloring pages. Color by number puzzles are organized into five
categories: nature, toys, animals, characters and calculations. The first four
categories feature the usual color by number in which each color is represented
by a number. The calculations color by number coloring pages require the
student to solve a math equation in order to figure out what to color the
space. These free printable color by number math problem coloring pages make
excellent interactive lesson plans. There are 24 math problems color by number
coloring pages which practice different math skills. Each free printable color
by number category has different difficulty levels.
Coloring has about 25 free printable color by number and color by letter puzzles. Color by letter coloring pages
are very helpful for letter recognition and reading practice. Pictures are
labeled with letters from the picture word (BIRD- B, I, R, D).
Crayola has free printable color
by number puzzles ranging from easy to
challenging. There is an even-odd coloring page that practices even and odd
numbers using color by number. There are also a create-your-own code color by
number worksheets. Papa Jan has four free printable color by number princess and castle coloring pages. Preschool Learning
Online has five free printable color by number puzzles and color by letter coloring pages.
Here's a great educational tip for
teachers and homeschool parents. Make up your own color by number, color by
letter, or math problem coloring pages. Using regular free printable coloring
pages, design a color palette and fill in the numbers according to your code.
Free Printable Coloring Pages has great blackline images to use for color by number puzzles. page to practice on. For more free printable activities,
visit Free Printable Lesson
Plans.
Free Printable Endangered Species Coloring Pages
Earth Day, which replaces the
original holiday Arbor Day is celebrated in the United States on April 22.
Here's a free printable environmental
science booklet, Save our Species, with
information, activities and coloring pages exploring endangered species in the
US. The purpose of Earth Day is to celebrate the earth, educate people and
explore ways to protect natural resources. Protecting our earth include
supporting our animals, plants and habitats. Earth Day reminds people that they
rely on the earth for sustenance and the earth relies on them for care and
safety. Exploring and understanding endangered and threatened species helps us
to learn better ways to care for our environment as a whole.
The EPA has developed a free
printable 28 page environmental science activity and coloring booklet entitled
Save Our Species. This free printable endangered species resource book is
perfect for Earth Day. It has been developed for and provided to the public as
an educational information guide. On Earth Day, and all Earth Month, students
can explore endangered and threatened species in the United States, by coloring
the animals, plants and habitats. This free printable environmental science
activity book can be used as a field guide or zoo field trip planner. This
booklet includes free printable coloring pages of endangered species and
threatened species (species whose habitats are being encroached upon and
destroyed). It explores 16 species of endangered animals in the United States
and five threatened species.
Save our Species is available to
download and print online or may be ordered free of charge as a bound booklet.
Further environmental science and endangered species lesson plans are available at EPA. This free printable
environmental science resources makes an excellent Earth Day tool for
classroom, homeschool, scouting, 4H and any organizations dedicated to the
preservation of natural resources. The website includes a free printable Save
Our Species poster and lesson plans for teachers and homeschoolers. Decorate
the school hallway for Earth Day by assigning each student to color a certain
number of endangered species images. Place a large map on the wall and arrange
endangered and threatened species pictures around the map with arrows pointing
out areas to which the endangered species is native.
Free Printable Earth Day Insects and Bugs Coloring Pages, Spring Lessons
Do you like insects
and spiders or do bugs bug you? Whether you're a hexapoda aficionado (bug
lover) or a you have a arachnophobia, it's important to understand insects and
spiders and their place in the environment. Here are free printable insects
activities and bugs lesson plans. If there's something creepy crawly in your
neighborhood, who you gonna call? Bug Busters, aka Orkin Pest Control. Check
out Orkin's online learning center for free printable insects lesson plans, bug identification charts, insect coloring
pages, bug information, insect activity booklets, games, puzzles and
worksheets.
Here's
a beautifully illustrated free printable Insect Identification booklet. This free printable guide to insects
features detailed images of bugs, plus information on bug habits and habitats.
This will help identify safe and dangerous insects in the home, yard and
environment. There are free printable insects
lesson plans. Click here for the
Orkin Pest Library with free printable insects diagrams, charts, images and activities. There
are materials about ants, flies, cockroaches, rodents, termites, spiders,
stinging pest, other pests and wildlife. Here's a free printable insects booklet with bug coloring pages, games, puzzles,
experiments and crafts.
The
Orkin Insect Zoo at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
offers free printable lesson
plans spiders, butterflies and insects booklet. Here's a free printable butterfly coloring pages. Insects, bugs and spiders are perfect
spring science lesson plans. Explore caterpillars, butterflies and cocoons,
spiders and spider webs. Here are free printable insects and spiders coloring
pages. Print coloring pages of caterpillars, butterflies, ladybugs, bees, ants,
dragonflies, moths, grasshoppers, beetles, praying mantis, mosquitoes,
scorpions, flies, termites and fireflies or lightning bugs.
Spiders
are not insects, but arachnids. Use free printable spider coloring pages to
compare and contrast spiders and insects. Free Printable Coloring pages has
nearly 50 insects and spiders
coloring pages. Some are cartoon bugs
but most are realistic images. Click this link for beautifully detailed butterfly coloring pages. Each butterfly species is labeled. Images look
like stained glass windows coloring pages. Use them for science lessons on
insects, butterflies, spring, metamorphosis or new life.
Coloring Castle has free
printable coloring pages of bees and butterflies, There are also free printable ladybug
coloring pages and lesson plans of a ladybugs 100 chart and a numbers 1-10
pyramid. Coloring Book Fun has free printable insect
coloring pages, mostly cartoons.Edupics has over 100 free printable insects coloring pages and 41 butterflies coloring pages. For more coloring book fun, visit the Grand Rapids Parenting Examiner at Free Coloring Pages 4U
Free Printable Easter Coloring Pages, Bible Stories
The Easter Triduum, including Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Vigil (or Holy Saturday) represents the most sacred
days in the Catholic liturgical calendar. I was a homeschool mom in the early
1990s, before the Internet. I made all our curriculum. During Lent, we counted
down to Easter with Lenten crafts, lesson plans and activities.
Pope
John Paul II spoke of the family as the primary educators of children. He
encouraged parents and children to set up altars in their home. Create a niche
with votive candles, crucifix and holy relics. Pray with children before the
altar.
Use
my article to get free printable Catholic Holy Week activities. Help children explore Easter beyond bunnies
and Easter eggs. Here are printable Palm Sunday
crafts to make with kids.
Print donkeys, a palm basket and other child-centered religious lessons.
Pray
the Via Dolorosa or Way of the Cross. Use these free printable Stations of the Cross coloring
pages. The Stations of the
Cross is one of the most important Lenten devotions. On Good Friday, the
faithful gather to follow the footsteps of Our Lord to Calvary. These free
printable coloring pages form a devotional booklet that helps children
understand each station of the cross. You might make your own Stations of the
Cross by arranging children's pictures in the hallway (we did this). Or kids'
could make outdoor dioramas and arrange in a prayer garden.
Here
are more free printable Lenten lesson plans for Holy
Week and the Easter
Triduum. Use these activities to practice the spiritual exercises of prayer, fasting
and alms-giving. You can print games, crafts, devotional exercises and lesson
plans. Have children color Bible Easter images. Think coloring is too worldy an
activity for the holy season of Easter? Consider this: Children learn by doing.
What better way to learn about their faith and experience it more deeply than
by doing activities that focus their minds and hearts on God?
Free Printable Easter Crafts for Classroon Party
Easter
is the highest season in the Christian church and the second largest national
holiday in most countries. Easter has taken on a secular side. If you celebrate
Easter with eggs, bunnies and Easter baskets here are free printable Easter
crafts and activities. Get free printable Easter coloring pages, greeting
cards, Easter party games, Easter craft projects, printable Easter baskets,
Easter bunny coloring pages, puzzles, mazes, plus a whole lot more. You can
print Easter eggs, bunnies, baby animals and cute spring and Easter
decorations.
DLTK
is always a great resource for educational holiday activities for kids. DLTK
has free printable Easter
crafts. Easter bunny memory games,
Easter bookmarks, Easter party decorations and place cards, Easter greeting
cards, dominoes, chore charts, calendars, Easter bingo cards, three Easter
mini-books to color, Easter treat holders, Easter worksheets and more.
No
article about free printable holiday crafts is complete without a mention of
Disney Family. Get free printable Easter crafts and art projects with all your favorite Disney characters. Print
holiday crafts for Disney Frozen, Pixar pals, Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh,
Disney princess friends and even Star Wars The Force Awakens! Get free
printable Disney Easter baskets, games, greeting cards, puzzles, coloring
pages, color your own photo frames and (my favorite kids game) connect the
dots. Be sure to bookmark and visit often.
First
School has a great assortment of free printable religious and secular Easter
crafts for kids. There are stained
glass window Easter coloring pages, Easter egg shaped greeting cards. First
school has free printable animal craft projects: baby chick and chicken, donkey
for Palm Sunday, Easter bunny rabbit, lambs, ducks and geese. These are only a
few of the free printable Easter crafts, spring crafts, lessons and activities.
Be sure to check out First School for a complete, nicely organized website.
The
Toymaker may not have quite as many free printable Easter crafts but what she
has are utterly unique. The Toymaker specializes in handmade holiday crafts
with an old world Euro flavor. Her free printable vintage Easter crafts feature spectacularly hand-drawn,
watercolor art work. Print Easter bunny greeting cards and a 3D Easter bunny
paper model. The sweet little Easter baskets will satisfy a lover of Art Deco
and the inner child. Genuinely little kids will like making Easter baskets to
collect their eggs and candy too.
Free Printable Zootopia, zoology lessons, Zoo Animal Activities
Did you love Disney Zootopia? Zootopia is an anthropomorphic city, peopled by animals. Here are free printable Disney
Zootopia coloring pages from Super Coloring Pages and zoology lesson extensions. Coloring Book Info has more free printable Disney
Zootopia coloring pages Here's a blog with free printable Disney
Zootopia coloring pages, activity
booklet, games and crafts.
Teachers and homeschool parents, you
might want to extend the Disney Zootopia fun with zoology learning extensions.
Here are free printable zoology
lessons from John Ball Zoo. Even
if you never visit, the zoology lesson plans can come in handy when teaching
animal classification, body coverings, habitats, biomes, biodiversity, predator
prey relationships, symbiosis, zoology taxonomy, animal classification and
KPCOFGS (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species). Meanwhile fans
wait, like Judy and Nick for the slothfully sloth arrival of Zootopia!
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