by Brian Crawford | Mar 5, 2012 | Kindergarten, Phonics
Objective The objective of this lesson is to teach the -ap family of words to your child. Goal By the end of this lesson, your child will be familiar with the -ap family of words. Note that it may take some time for your child to be familiar with reading using...
by Brian Crawford | Mar 4, 2012 | Learning Division, Second Grade, Third Grade
Here’s a free downloadable worksheet that you can use in your home or classroom to teach division to your children or students. For each division problem, have your students solve the problem posed, and then use the answer they’ve come up with to draw the...
by Brian Crawford | Mar 1, 2012 | Rewards
It’s the first day of March, and although spring isn’t quite here yet (I keep saying that spring is in the air, and Yvonne keeps correcting me) it certainly is getting greener outside, and St. Patrick’s Day is on the way – a very green holiday...
by Brian Crawford | Feb 29, 2012 | Kindergarten, Phonics
Objective The objective of this lesson is to teach the -an family of words to your child. Goal By the end of this lesson, your child will be familiar with the -an family of words. Note that it may take some time for your child to be familiar with reading using...
by Brian Crawford | Feb 27, 2012 | Teaching Tips
Brian writes: There’s no doubt that the social sharing site Pinterest has been experiencing huge growth. There are lots of good reasons for this – Pinterest is an easy to use, unabashedly visual way of organizing and sharing information. Users can...
by Brian Crawford | Feb 25, 2012 | Kindergarten, Phonics
Objective The objective of this lesson is to teach the -at family of words to your child. Goal By the end of this lesson, your child will be familiar with the -at family of words. Note that it may take some time for your child to be familiar with reading using...
by Brian Crawford | Feb 25, 2012 | Kindergarten, Patterns
Objective The objective of this lesson is to teach your children or students to recognize and create different patterns. Goal At the end of the lesson your child will be able to recognize and complete a simple pattern. Patterns can be created by hand (using shapes),...
by Brian Crawford | Feb 25, 2012 | First Grade, Kindergarten, Learning to Count
Objective To teach you child to learn to count numbers by two (2, 4, 6, 8, 10). Goal At the end of the lesson your child will be able to count to 10 in multiples of 2. Time requirement 20 minutes. Grade level Kindergarten and first grade. Introductory activity Have...
by Brian Crawford | Feb 21, 2012 | Eighth Grade, Geography, Seventh Grade, Sixth Grade
Here’s a free download of a flag matching game for kids in sixth, seventh and eighth grades (during their final years of elementary school or in junior high school). It might also be used by high school students. There are lots of countries in the world, and...
by Brian Crawford | Feb 17, 2012 | Teaching Tips
Brian writes: As a kid growing up in Toronto, playing with LEGO was my favorite thing to do. Back then, LEGO sets were not as specialized as they are now – these days it’s hard to buy a set that isn’t associated with Harry Potter, Star Wars, or some...
