Your students will love making snowman paper bag puppets. Sing songs, like Frosty the Snowman, or act out a winter play. Materials: Snowman Paper Bag Puppet Template Paper bag Googly eyes (2) Orange pom pom for the nose Scissors Glue Colored pencils or crayons Silver glitter (optional) Yarn (if you want hair to make her into a girl or woman) Instructions: Color the template gloves and hat. You can [...]

The Winter Warm Fuzzy makes a perfect gift, or keep him for yourself. Give your warm fuzzy a name and write a special note on the sentence strip above his feet. As an optional winter sporting activity, your warm fuzzy can ride his very own sled. Teachers, students can write about their Winter Warm Fuzzy during [...]

Cheryl McHenry, a teacher in Jacksonville, Florida, was our first TRC Stimulus Package winner. Read her winning entry and the article released from her school district about her win!

Winter Madness We all know that during the winter holidays our students are thrown off schedule. Maintaining good classroom management is important, especially when they may have surges of excitement from the sugar cookies a parent brought in, anticipation for a special guest or Christmas play. Right now is a good time to re-think and re-visit our [...]

Students will love creating their own winter scenes and stories. First, they make a winter scene in a shoebox. Then, they can use the free templates (under “To Create a Book”) for a story web, draft, and finished book explaining their winter scene. Materials: To Create the Book Winter book template Story web and draft Writing process Parts of a story Pencil To Create [...]

President’s Day will be here before you know it – February 15th, to be accurate. Be ready with these free biographical bookmarks of historical figures issued by the Federal Reserve, containing a few of our nation’s presidents. Each bookmark has a brief biography that you can view online, and it looks like you can order up [...]

Teach your kids how to use the Scientific Method with this fun science lesson plan. Explore supersaturation and how crystals are formed by making a snowflake that will never melt!

Your students will learn about science (magnetism), as they play this fun reindeer race game. It’s a great game to keep in your game cabinet, too. Materials: Free Reindeer Race template Box Glue 2 paperclips (1 per game piece. Two players at a time is recommended for this game.) Crayons or colored pencils 2 strong magnets (One for every game piece. I’d recommend 2 for this [...]

Use the last couple of weeks before break to review important skills with some fun Christmas-themed games and activities. I’ve included by Top 4 Ways to use these Christmas games and activities in your classroom!

Broaden your students’ appreciation of the Christmas season by helping them compare and contrast Christmas traditions from other parts of the world. Included is a process grid to help your class organize information, as well as suggested activities that go along with it!