Bullying is a social blight that can cause deep, never-healing emotional scars. From 25 years teaching and a degree in psychology, I've written lesson plans to raise awareness on bullying. From my Montessori/ special education background, I've learned to make lessons interactive. Here's an anti-bullying object lesson I picked up 26 years ago. It's appropriate for preschool to upper elementary school age childrenAnti-Bullying Object Lessons for Kids: Warm Fuzzies, Cold Pricklies 
Spring is poignant for labor. March 25, 1911 lost 146 workers in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. April 28 is Workers Memorial Day, honoring fallen in workplace accidents or in organizing struggles. May 1 is May Day, International Worker's Day. May 4 commemorates casualties at Chicago's Haymarket riot in a 1886 labor rally. On May 19, 1920 saw the Matewan massacre of coal miners. On May 26, 1937 union organizers were beaten at Ford's River Rouge plant "Battle of the Overpass."
Nick Jr. is the Nickelodeon Channel's children's TV shows and cartoons. Many children's favorites like Olivia the Pig and Holly Hobbie appear on Nick Jr. Nick Jr. publishes a magazine for children and offers a wonderful, kid-friendly website with all your Nick Jr. favorite shows. Each Nick Jr. cartoon show has its own page online and free printable activities. The free printable activities are beautifully colored. The printables also print clearly on 'fast, economical', which is a printer setting that saves you big bucks on printing costs. Free Printable Nick Jr. Cut-and-Paste Activities
Chemistry, physics and biology--in the hands-on (mess-making, get-dirty) sense, kids love these sciences. As high school classes, they're intimidating. These disciplines use big words, present complicated information and worst of all, are boring. So if you teach science, biology, life science, earth science, physics or chemistry you want interactive science lessons and expiriments. You need these free printable activities to help students learn and understand science in a fun, hands-on way. These sites offer you free printable science games, activities, vocabulary cards and puzzles. Free Printable Science Games, Activities and Puzzles
Father's Day can get costly if you buy gifts and cards for dads, grandpas, step-dads, etc. I had two dads, one father-in-law, two grandpas and one husband to buy for. Why not save yourself big money on cards by printing Father's Day cards? Children can color these free printable cards and personalize them for daddy, grampa, uncle, teacher, minister, priest, rabbi, any special man in their life. Free printable coloring page Father's Day cards do double duty as a craft for kids and a greeting card. Free Printable Father's Day Cards to Color
I've published several articles featuring free printable activities for different holidays, including the patriotic holidays--Memorial Day (also called Decoration Day and Remembrance Day), 4th of July, Labor Day and Veteran's Day. Since publishing these articles, I've found more free printable patriotic crafts, activities and projects. These worksheets and art projects might easily be used as lesson plans for school or homeschool. A hands-on activity livens up any lesson in school. Use these crafts and activities for American history, Government, Civics, Social Studies, Geography and other similar classes. I've included lessons for many different age groups. You don't need to be a teacher to print the activities. There is no code or user ID required. I do recommend as I have before that you subscribe to the email list if the website has one available. You will be kept up-to-date on new free printable materials as they become available. Read more Free Printable Patriotic Projects and Activities
Mother's Day, celebrated the second Sunday of May, is a perfect holiday for children to enjoy making crafts, cards and presents for mom. Here's a whole list of free printable crafts, greeting cards, decorations, activities, games and presents for Mother's Day. Make cute crafts for moms, grandmothers, aunts, Godmothers, teachers, day care providers, any woman that you want to remember this Mother's Day. Moms will love the homemade, kid-created gifts of love. Free Printable Mother's Day Craft Activities
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