World Environment Day Crossword Puzzle
World Environment Day Crossword Puzzle What Is the World Environment Day Crossword Puzzle? This free World Environment Day crossword game for kids gives K–5 teachers a ready-to-play interactive activity for…
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13 of Our Favorite Dinosaur Exhibits in the USA
From the Smithsonian to the Rockies: The Ultimate Guide to 13 of the Best Dinosaur Exhibits and Museums for Families This Summer Planning a summer adventure? Whether you’re road-tripping through…
Close-up with Pura Belpré: How one Brave Librarian Transformed Puerto Rican Culture in America
How one Puerto Rican librarian transformed the New York Public Library and children’s literature forever Pura Belpré arrived in New York City in 1921 intending to stay for a wedding.…
Garden Workshop: Seeds, Soil & Sustainability
Garden Workshop is an interactive, standards-aligned planting game for grades K–5. Students move through five guided steps — choosing a planting season, selecting a biodegradable container, identifying the right seeds,…
Discover the Secret Bee! Honeycomb Hex Pattern for Kindergarten
🍯 Honeycomb Hex Math 🍯 Honeycomb Hex Math Kindergarten · Color by Number ↺ Reset 🐝 Color by Number — Reveal the Secret! Pick a color below, then tap or…
Sports Gear Shopping Challenge | Budget Math Game for K–5
Celebrate National Physical Fitness & Sports Month with this standards-aligned interactive budget math game for grades K–5! Students shop for real sports gear — soccer balls, skateboards, fishing rods, hockey…
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Unleash the Power of Latino Literature Book Recommender
Find Perfect Pura Belpré Book Award Winners Instantly Through our Book Recommender Discover the magic of award-winning Latino literature with our free interactive Book Recommender! Our Pura Belpré Book Recommender…
Africa Day: Match African Nations & Their Capitals
Celebrate Africa Day on May 25th with this interactive nations and capitals matching game for grades K–5! Students study real country flags and geographic region clues before matching 54-nation Africa’s…
Galápagos Giant Tortoises: From Extinction to Recovery | K-5 Life Science Lesson
Why have we chosen a classroom focus on these Giant Tortoises? As a biologist who loved studying these magnificent creatures through the lens of Darwin’s research, I’ve poured my fascination…
Effortless Lesson Planning: How Teachers Save Time, and Get Engagement with This Dashboard
This Month™ – Seasonal Learning Made Simple “Everything I need is right there when I need it. The dashboard makes planning so much easier.” See How It Works 🎮 300+…
Surprising Summer Fractions Fun: Hands-On Lemonade Stand Division Activity for Early Learners
Surprising Summer Fractions Fun: Hands-On Lemonade Stand Division Activity for Early Learners Discover an amazing interactive math game that transforms equal partitioning into a delightful summer adventure. This free lemonade…
Spring Baby Animals Revealed | Interactive Smartboard-Ready Instant Lesson!
Celebrate International Day of Biodiversity (May 22) with Spring Babies – Interactive Lesson & Sorting Game Discover the amazing biodiversity of spring with this comprehensive instant lesson and interactive sorting…
Close-up with Naomi Osaka: Tennis Champion, Activist, and a Story of Two Cultures
This K–5 educator guide explores the life and legacy of Naomi Osaka — professional tennis champion, social justice activist, and a proud representative of both Japanese and Haitian heritage. Aligned…
Field Day Word Search
Get your students moving and thinking with this Field Day Word Search — a standards-aligned vocabulary activity for grades K–5. Three differentiated versions keep every learner challenged: Kindergarten and 1st…
Close-up with David Attenborough: Nature’s Greatest Storyteller Turns 100
Name the Animal Activity Sheets: Pair this Close-Up with a printable activity sheet for your grade level. Students identify animals David Attenborough has filmed, record animal facts, and complete a…
Explosive, Eye-Opening and Standards-Aligned: Our Volcano Lava Flow Simulator is Here!
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What it would have been like to experience the dinosaur‑killing asteroid armageddon?
A blow‑by‑blow account from the Conversation. Michael J. Benton, University of Bristol and Monica Grady, The Open University A great Tyrannosaurus rex strides through the conifer trees of her territory,…
The Perfect Poetry Month TEJ Reader to Welcome Spring!
My team curated this Poetry Month edition because we wanted young learners to hear three distinct Black voices — spanning more than a century of American poetry — brought to…
Book Review: “Listening to the Quiet”
Listening to the Quiet is a tender, beautifully illustrated picture book that centers Deaf culture, family connection and the joy of learning sign language together. A must-read for early childhood classrooms…
Teacher Appreciation Word Search
Tips for Using Teacher Appreciation Week Word Search | K–5 Vocabulary Activity (Free Interactive Game) Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week with this free, standards-aligned word search for K–5 students. Three grade-differentiated…
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Teacher’s Guide to Cinco de Mayo
This teacher’s guide gives K–5 educators the tools to teach Cinco de Mayo accurately and meaningfully. At its core is the 1862 Battle of Puebla — a stunning military upset…
Sort Out the Spring Babies! Life Science K-5th!
Spring Babies! is an interactive sorting game where K–5 students classify animals — mammals, birds, and amphibians — by how they come into the world. Players drag and drop real…
Geometry on the Tanagram Farm Challenge (K-3)
The Tangram Farm is an interactive K–3 geometry game built around the tangram, a 200-year-old Chinese puzzle that is one of the most beloved contributions of Asian mathematical tradition —…
Teacher Appreciation Gratitude Cards
Teacher Appreciation Week is the perfect opportunity to help your child say thank you in a meaningful way, as an alternative to a store-bought card. This free printable pack makes…
Instant Lesson: Lei Pattern Games
Download the printable lesson plan: a two-page guide for the Lei Day Pattern Builder and Lei Day Unit Counter games. It covers game mechanics, grade-band guidance for K–3, lesson flow,…
Lei Day Pattern Builder
This interactive Lei Day pattern game invites K–3 students to string repeating lei patterns using hibiscus 🌺, shell beads 🐚, and maile leaves 🌿. With five difficulty levels spanning AB…
Lei Day Unit Counter
In this Lei Day math activity, K–2 students build exactly three complete units of three different repeating patterns — Easy (AB), Medium (AAB), and Hard (ABC) — using hibiscus 🌺,…
Book Review: “A Love Letter to My Library”
A Read Aloud Spotlight review of A Love Letter to My Library by Lisa Katzenberger illustrated by Rob Sayegh Jr., featuring educator insights on why this warm, inclusive picture book…
ASL Matching Game
Celebrate National ASL Day with this free interactive sign language matching game for grades K–5! Students match real American Sign Language signs to their English meanings across three differentiated grade…
Field Day Running Race Math Game K-5!
Field Day Running Race is a standards-aligned, interactive math game for grades K–5 that turns end-of-year field day excitement into real learning — students name their teams, pick mascots, and…
Woven Bookmark & Rug Craft
🌙 Arab American Heritage Month · May 2026 🌙 Al-SaduWeaving Craft A traditional textile art from the Bedouin people of the Arabian Peninsula — brought to life for K–5th grade…
A Close-Up of Sundus Saad: Weaving Color, Texture, and Memory
Sundus Saad is a South African-Arab fiber artist and weaver based in Cape Town whose work encodes personal memory, cultural heritage, and a commitment to sustainable materials. After more than…
Storm Simulator: Instant Lesson
This Month™ Storm Simulator Instant Lesson pairs a free, browser-based hurricane simulator with grade-banded instruction for K–5 classrooms. Students in grades K–1 observe how weather conditions change storm strength; grades…
Storm Simulator: Interactive Hurricane Science
This interactive Storm Simulator gives K–5 students a first-person look at how hurricanes form, intensify, and cause destruction. Built as an aerial-view simulation, students adjust five real meteorological parameters —…
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Honoring Spanish Language Day with “The Interpreter”
“The Interpreter” tells the story of Cecilia. A young girl from a Spanish-speaking family who takes on an important but often unseen role: translating for her parents in everyday life.…
Empanada Math Fiesta: Instant Lesson
This Instant Lesson guide gives teachers everything needed to run Empanada Math Fiesta as a structured, standards-aligned math activity in 15–20 minutes. The guide covers step-by-step setup instructions, a grade-band…
Empanada Math Fiesta
Empanada Math Fiesta builds multiplication and equal groups skills across all three elementary grade bands — K–1, 2nd–3rd, and 4th–5th. Students step into the role of empanada chefs scaling a…
Earth Day Coloring & Memory Match
Small actions can make a big difference for our planet. When we recycle, we help reduce waste in our landfills, conserve natural resources, and protect the planet for future generations.…
Learn About the Thai New Year Songkran: Educator’s Guide
Songkran — Thailand’s traditional New Year festival, inscribed by UNESCO in 2023 — offers K–5 educators a culturally rich entry point into Thai culture, Theravada Buddhism, and Southeast Asian traditions…
Honoring Disability Book Week: “Extraordinary Jordyn and her Bionic Ears”
Within Deaf culture, “Deaf” with an uppercase D often refers to sign language users who view their Deafness as a cultural identity, while a lowercase “d” describes a level of…
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Color the Magic: A Unicorn Coloring Pack
Celebrate National Unicorn Day with whimsical coloring pages designed to spark imagination, creativity, and a little bit of wonder. Each page comes with a fun fact about unicorn history and…
Breaking News: Orion Re-entry and Splashdown
Explore how Orion came home — News and a K–5 interactive guide covering the return journey, skip reentry, heat shield science, parachutes, and Pacific Ocean splashdown, with a live animation…
Wormly: Moon Exploration Edition — SoR Spelling
The Classroom Implementation Guide & Mini Lesson Plans below includes grade differentiated SoR-tagged word lists and tips for whole-class, small group, and independent use. Wormly: Moon Exploration Edition is a…
Meet Wormly at the Children’s Book Fair in Bologna Italy!
Who is Wormly? And What Does Wormly Do for Elementary Students? Wormly is an interactive letter-collecting spelling game built on Science of Reading (SoR) principles, developed by This Month™ Educational…
An Instant Guide to the Artemis II Moon Photos
Meta description: Explore six stunning photos taken by astronauts during the Artemis II lunar flyby — the first images captured by humans near the Moon in over 50 years. From…
NASA Live Stream for Your Classroom (Official)
With so many “SPACE influencers” out there it may be difficult to find the official NASA Artemis II Lunar FlyBy with cookies removed in compliance with School Privacy Policy. Look…
Breaking News: Moon Flyby Physics Explained
This interactive Moon Flyby Simulator from This Month™ brings gravity, trajectory, and free-return physics to life for elementary students in grades K–5. Students trace a figure-8 path from Earth to…
Background about the Artemis II from the Conversation
Artemis II’s long countdown – a space historian explains why it has taken over 50 years to return to the Moon The Artemis I crew and service modules with the Moon…
Physics Friday – Rocket to the Moon Mission Simulator
Free Rocket to the Moon Simulator – Physics for K–5 🚀 Tip: Select your grade level, adjust the sliders, then press Ignite Engines to launch! What Is the Rocket to…
In the Spring Day and Night are Equal: Lesson Plan & Interactive
The Spring Equinox: How Much Sun Does Your City Get? | This Month™ Instant Guide This Month™ · Instant Guide · Spring Science How Much Sun DoesYour City Get? On…
Easter Egg Word Problems: Practice Addition
Spring into math practice with Easter Egg Addition, a standards-aligned K–5 word problem game featuring Easter eggs, baby chicks, chocolate bunnies, and more. Students choose their grade band (K–1, 2–3,…
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Teacher’s Guide to Good Friday & Easter: Traditions Around the World
Explore Good Friday and Easter through a global lens with this interactive K–5 educator’s guide. From Ukrainian pysanky eggs and Filipino Senakulo passion plays to Bermuda kite flying and Ethiopia’s…
A Teacher’s Guide to Passover: History, Seder, & Jewish Diversity
Explore Passover with your K–5 students through the lens of cultural diversity and living tradition. This guide covers the Exodus story, the Seder plate, Ashkenazi, Sephardic, Mizrahi, and Ethiopian Jewish…
Sneak Peek: Our New Storm Simulator
Be the first in your school to see it! Send us an email and we’ll send you the Storm Simulator + a special access to Lesson Plans instantly.
Make a Greek Salad With Yummy Veggies
Build the Dish: Greek Salad is a standards-aligned, interactive math game for K–5 students celebrating Greek Heritage Month. In this hands-on digital activity, students build a traditional Greek Horiatiki salad…
Educators’ Guide to Cherry Blossom Festivals
Teacher’s Guide to Cherry Blossom Festivals — Tokyo & Washington DC Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), 36 Views of Mount Fuji series — cherry blossoms were among the most celebrated subjects in…
Instant Lesson: March Madness for Math
March Madness for Math is a teacher-driven Instant Lesson from This Month™ that brings tournament excitement to K–5 math fluency practice. Students compete head-to-head in four Buzzer Beater games covering…
Close Up with Rita Levi-Montalcini: A Scientist Who Refused Every Boundary
Rita Levi-Montalcini defied every obstacle put in her path — gender discrimination, antisemitic laws, wartime occupation — and never stopped doing science. Born in Turin, Italy in 1909, she went…
Quoits: Ancient Greece Ring-Toss
Celebrate Greek Heritage Month with this standards-aligned interactive game for grades K–5. In Play It, Learn It: Quoits, students throw a ring toward a target peg called a hob —…
French Language Day Matching Game
Celebrate French Language Day with this interactive French-English vocabulary matching game designed for K–5 students! Players click a French word and find its English match across three differentiated grade levels…
Your Amazing Brain Series: Senses
Explore how the human brain processes sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell with this interactive multimedia guide for grades K–5. Students tap flip cards to trace each sensory pathway from…
Nutritious Food Coloring Pack
Reinforce the five food groups with this printable coloring pack, perfect for National Nutrition Month! Each page features a food from our Sort Your Food! sorting game, with a fun…
All Buzzer Beater Math Games
Step onto the court and let the math begin — Buzzer Beater brings the thrill of March Madness right into your classroom with four fast-paced games covering addition, subtraction, multiplication,…
Buzzer Beater Division! Mad Halves and More!
Buzzer Beater Division brings the intensity of March Madness to the classroom, where students race the clock to conquer division facts from equal sharing all the way to full fluency!…
Buzzer Beater Multiplication: Play Now!
Michael Jordan dunks the ball in the 1988 Slam Dunk Contest Author: Charles Cherney Buzzer Beater Multiplication brings the thrill of March Madness to skip counting and multiplication practice for…
Nutritious Food Sorting Game!
Drag, drop, and sort your way to nutrition superstar status — from apples to lentils, every food finds its bowl! 🥗 Built for K–5 learners, this shiny kitchen counter challenge…
Meet Bonnie St. John: Paralympic Medalist, Rhodes Scholar, and Trailblazer
Bonnie St. John won three medals at the Winter Paralympic Games, earned a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford, earned prestigious and served in the White House all while building…
Beat the Buzzer Addition! Practice Here!
Buzzer Beater Sums is a March Madness-themed math game that challenges K–2 students to solve visual addition equations using basketball emojis. Players count emoji groups, type their answer, and race…
Top 5 Crafts to Celebrate National Craft Month
Top 5 This Month™ Crafts for National Craft Month! 🌸 National Craft Month · March 2026 🌸 Top 5 This Month™ Crafts 🎨 Five hands-on crafts from This Month™ that…
Cupcake Math: What Happens When Yummy Treats are Shared?
Lucky Differences is an interactive St. Patrick’s Day subtraction game for kindergarten and first grade students, built around the fun theme of a leprechaun giving away shamrock cupcakes — making…
Instant Guide: St. Patrick’s Pattern Games
This instant guide supports K–5 educators in using St. Patrick’s Day pattern recognition games to build algebraic thinking through repeating patterns. Students explore shamrocks, gold coins, and rainbows through four…
Silenced Voices, Hard-Won Votes: An Instant Guide to Women’s Suffrage
This Month’s™ Instant Guide to Women’s Suffrage centers the stories of Black, Native, and Asian women who fought for the vote — from Harriet Tubman and Ida B. Wells to…
Word Search: The Dentist’s Dictionary
Celebrate National Dentist Day on March 6 with The Dentist’s Dictionary, a standards-aligned interactive word search from This Month designed for students in Kindergarten through 5th grade. Three differentiated grade…
Audio Book Review: “Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut”
Photo courtesy of Agate Publishing The barbershop is a place like no other. In “Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut,” written by Derrick Barnes and illustrated by Gordon C.…
Polka Dots Everywhere! Discover the Amazing Work and Life of Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama is one of the most recognized living artists in the world, celebrated for her immersive Infinity Mirror Rooms, polka dot sculptures, and participatory installations that invite audiences to…
St. Patrick’s Pattern Builder
St. Patrick’s Pattern Builder is an interactive St. Patrick’s Day math game for kindergarten through third grade students that invites learners to construct their own repeating patterns using shamrock, gold…
Leprechaun Pattern Detective
St. Patrick’s Pattern Detective is an interactive St. Patrick’s Day math game for kindergarten through second grade students, targeting core early algebra skills through pattern recognition and error correction. Students…
St. Patrick’s Unit Counter
St. Patrick’s Pattern Unit Counter is an interactive St. Patrick’s Day math game for kindergarten through second grade that develops students’ understanding of pattern structure by asking them to construct…
Shamrock Pattern Completion
St. Patrick’s Pattern Completion is an interactive St. Patrick’s Day math game for kindergarten and first grade students that builds pattern literacy through a fill-in-the-blank structure. Students are presented with…
Meet the Saints of March
Description: Discover the three saints of March — St. David of Wales, St. Joseph, and St. Patrick — through this richly illustrated teacher’s guide designed for K–5 classrooms. Explore the…
Lucky Sum St Pat’s Addition Practice
Lucky Sums is an interactive St. Patrick’s Day math game designed for kindergarten and first grade students, covering addition word problems with unknowns in all positions — result unknown, change…
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An Educator’s Guide to the Hindu Festival Holi
This teacher’s guide to Holi gives K–5 educators everything they need to bring the Hindu Festival of Colors into the classroom with cultural depth and authenticity. From the sacred stories…
A Teacher’s Guide to Rare Disease Day
Teacher’s Guide to Rare Disease Day THIS MONTH™ Teacher’s Guide Teacher’s Guide toRare Disease Day Fostering Empathy, Awareness & Inclusion in Elementary Classrooms 📅 Observed: Last day of February (February…
Follow the Humpback Whales Around the World!
Humpback Whale Migration | This Month™ 🐋 Humpback Whale Migration 🌊 Follow the amazing journey of humpback whales across the world’s oceans! 🗺️ Explore Whale Migration Routes Click on any…
Time Machine: Meet Black Innovators
Hi Teachers! If you think this preview is cool, check out the version that our PILOT Teachers Access here. It’s optimized for Smartboards!!! This version is NOT meant for iOS…
Find Your Perfect Coretta Scott King Award Winner!
Need a Book For BHM and Beyond? Use Our Book Recommender to Identify a Great Read Aloud Story or Match for Your Students from the Huge Database of Coretta Scott…
Book Review: “Bottle Cap Boys”
“Bottle Cap Boys Dancing on Royal Street” written by Rita Williams-Garcia and illustrated by Damian Ward, is an ode to New Orleans from cover to cover. Before the story even…
Black Children’s Book Week | Book Reviews
Magic Trash: A Story of Tyree Guyton and His Art Written by J.H. Shapiro | Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton What do old shoes, broken toys, and discarded dolls have in…
Book Review: “Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions”
“Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions“ Written by Chris Barton | Illustrated by Don Tate The story of Lonnie Johnson is one where science and play are never far…
Book Review: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
“The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind“ Written by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer | Illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon When a devastating drought stripped his family’s farm in Malawi of its…
Chinese New Year: Fire Horse Charm Craft
This hands-on charm craft is a beautiful way to celebrate Lunar New Year while building fine motor skills and creative confidence. Students cut, layer, and glue felt into a vibrant…
