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Bugs Curriculum Pack
A preschool thematic curriculum guide for a 'bugs/insects' unit, giving teachers vocabulary, concepts, and activity ideas to raise awareness of insects and nature.
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40 Great Lessons and Ideas
A 60-page collection of classroom-tested lesson ideas and blackline masters for elementary teachers, spanning drama/games, math, literacy, outdoor activities, whole-school activities, art/craft, and general project ideas.
Drawing & painting
Roll and Draw Your Name or Favorite Word Alphabet Game Sheets
A dice-based typography art project where students create decorative letter art for their name or a favorite word, one roll-and-draw game sheet per letter.
Paper crafts
Frog Crown or Hat Easy Paper Craft Art Project
A printable frog-themed paper craft project where students make a wearable crown/hat, building fine motor skills through cutting, coloring, and assembly.
Collage & mixed media
Silly Pet Collage Art Project | Fine Motor Development Fun Activity
Provide a collage-based art project where students create a whimsical/silly pet portrait, aimed at fine motor skill development.
Paper crafts
Zebra Crown or Hat Easy Paper Craft Art Project
A zebra-themed paper craft project where students construct a wearable crown/hat, building fine motor and creativity skills.
Nature & animal art
Rainforest Habitat Coloring Pages | Line Art Templates | Biome Art Project | Jungle
The same ten rainforest illustrations appear in two forms. Use the darker line art for coloring, or choose the lighter outlines when students will develop the image with their own drawing, painting, or mixed-media details. Comparing the two versions can help students decide how much of the printed outline they want to show.
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Preschool Arts & Crafts Volume 1 Activity Book
A hands-on arts and crafts activity book of step-by-step craft projects for young children, plus related art/counting extension ideas.
Paper crafts
Candy Cane One Page Paper Craft Art Activities
A one-page candy cane paper craft project that has students color, cut, and assemble craft pieces into a candy cane character, then draw/reflect on their creation.
Paper crafts
Lighthouse One Page Paper Craft Activities
A one-page 3D paper craft template of a lighthouse, plus a coloring page and reflection pages, for a fine-motor art project.
Drawing & paintingNature & animal art
Art Inspiration: Flower Photos
A set of flower photographs intended as visual inspiration/reference for students' art (painting or drawing) projects.
Drawing & paintingNature & animal art
Art Inspiration: Wildlife Photos
A set of wildlife photographs intended as visual inspiration/reference for students' art (painting or drawing) projects.
Paper craftsNature & animal art
Bumblebee One Page Paper Craft Art Activities
A simple, no-prep bumblebee paper craft activity that builds fine motor skills through cutting, coloring and assembling a bee from template pieces, paired with reflective drawing/writing pages and a coloring page.
Art lesson collections
Art From Around the World
A world-cultures arts-and-crafts packet offering a themed craft or drawing project for each of several countries, connecting art-making to that country's culture, traditions, or history.
Art lesson collections
I Am Special!: Honoring Individual Differences in the Classroom
A multi-activity teaching resource that helps young students recognize and celebrate individual differences and build a bullying-free, respectful classroom culture.
Paper craftsNature & animal art
My Bug Jar Writing & Art Activity
A hands-on art and fine-motor writing activity where students build a paper 'bug jar' by coloring, tracing, cutting, and gluing insect cutouts to practice name-writing, fine motor skills, and insect identification.
Paper crafts
Animal ABCs Printable Workbook
Build early childhood fine motor and alphabet skills by having children create a construction-paper animal craft for each letter of the alphabet, paired with related fun facts and activities.
Story-inspired art
Don't Call Me Bear!: Language-Literacy Book Companion Packet
support shared reading, language, and early literacy/speech instruction alongside the book 'Don't Call Me Bear!' (marsupials/koala theme)
Story-inspired art
The Snowy Day Bundle
A literacy companion resource ('bundle' of activities) built around the trade picture book 'The Snowy Day' by Ezra Jack Keats, covering comprehension, vocabulary, and writing about the story.
Story-inspired art
Chickens to the Rescue: Language-Literacy Book Companion Packet
Book companion for the story 'Chickens to the Rescue', providing shared reading, writing, and communication activities for students with emergent literacy skills or complex communication needs.
Story-inspired art
The Pirates Next Door: Language-Literacy Book Companion Packet
A speech-language/early-literacy book companion for the picture book 'The Pirates Next Door: Starring the Jolley-Rogers' by Jonny Duddle, providing shared-reading, AAC/core-vocabulary, letter, rhyming, and comprehension supports for students with emerging language skills or complex communication needs.
Art lesson collections
Kids Can Care: Creative lessons for teaching kids about ecology
a preK-K ecology/environmental-science curriculum that uses children's fascination with dinosaurs to teach about the environment, prehistoric times, and fossils
Free download Story-inspired art
If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, DON'T! Language-Literacy Book Companion Packet
Language-literacy book companion packet built around the children's book 'If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, DON'T!' by Elise Parsley, providing language, communication, shared reading, and shared writing tasks for emergent literacy learners, AAC users, or students with complex communication needs or language delay/disorder.
Story-inspired art
Gorgonzola: Language-Literacy Book Companion Packet
A speech-language and early-literacy book companion packet built around the book Gorgonzola, designed for speech-language pathologists and teachers working with emergent readers or students with language delays/disorders.