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New Creative Classroom Ideas for Elementary School Teachers
A Tree for All Seasons (10/16)

A Seasonal Mural Bulletin Board (10/15)

"Summer Treasures" Bulletin Board (10/11)

Accelerated Reader Bulletin Board (9/18)

"We All Fit Together" Bulletin Board (09/18)
New Lessons and Activities for Elementary School Teachers and Classrooms
Thanksgiving Books (10/30)

Fun With Leaves (10/15)

Falling Leaves (10/14)

A Little Piece of Advice for the First Day of School (10/11)

Halloween Journal and Essay Topics (10/2)
New Fun Ideas for Elementary School Teachers and Classrooms
Leaf Games (10/15)

Getting to Know You (10/11)

The Candy Quiz (10/2)

Halloween Bingo (9/26)

Rhyming Word Go Fish File Folder Game (9/17)
Internet Links for Elementary School Teachers

Web Links

In our travels on the Web, here are some of the most impressive and useful resources we've found so far for elementary school teachers. Contact us if you have a site you'd like us to link to!

Art Ideas

Kinder Art - the largest collection of free art lessons on the Internet.

Bulletin Board Ideas

Kathy Shrock's Guide for Educators - Bulletin Board Ideas

Resources for Teachers

ABCteach - A place for teachers to find fun activities, flash card patterns, shape book patterns, portfolio materials, thematic units and much more.

Apple Education - Information and discounts on the latest technology for the classroom

A to Z Teacher Stuff - A great site for teachers of all grade levels. It offers lesson plans, teacher tips, printable pages, thematic units and much more.

Better Classroom - BetterClassroom is software that supports the design, delivery, and collaboration of high-quality instructional content for your students. BetterClassroom helps you hone your craft in collaboration with your colleagues, supports your teaching strengths, and makes it easy to share instructional goals and content throughout your school.

Education Coffeehouse - A trusted source on education issues for teachers, parents and students since 1999.

edHelper.com - A wonderful resource site for teachers. It includes daily writing prompts, daily themes, art projects, classroom helpers, thematic units and much more for all grade levels.

ESL Writing Wizard - Free, handwriting worksheet maker. Instantly create writing worksheets for children to practice writing in D'Nealian or Zaner-Bloser style, print or cursive.

ProTeacher Community - A community of elementary and middle school teachers and other professionals working in grades PreK-8

Site For Teachers - A HUGE list of Teacher resources!

Online Educational Fun for Kids

BrainPop.com - an educational program, providing content spanning 6 main subjects including: Science, Math, English, Social Studies, Health and Technology.

FunBrain.com - A great site for educational kid's games

Education News

CNN Education News - The latest headlines in the field of Education

Teaching-Related Associations

Music Teachers National Association - Advancing the value of music study and music making to society and supporting the professionalism of music teachers

National PTA
- Official Site of the National Parent Teacher Association

United States Department of Education - Promoting educational excellence for all Americans



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Monthly Big Idea for Elementary School Teachers
"Try playing classical music in the morning as students unpack! Experts say it stimulates cognitive thought and it introduces students to a whole new world of music."

- Ms. Holly