Kids will go crazy for these balloon experiments, whether they’re building a balloon-powered boat or powering a light bulb with static electricity. Balloons are bright, affordable, and supply lots of educational fun!
Phonics charts and blends charts are a great way to teach difficult concepts to beginning readers. Keep them around the classroom (or accessible at home), and your students will be able to use them independently for increased confidence and learning!
Skip counting is an important skill, one that leads kids naturally into multiplication. Kids can learn to skip count by rote, but they’ll get more value from seeing how the concept relates to real-life math. Try these activities and ideas to help make it happen!
These nature crafts are the perfect accompaniment to a stroll in the great outdoors. Pick up the items you need, then make some amazing crafts for play or display!
Check out the other great learning activities on the We Are Teachers home page.
Is there a kid alive who doesn’t love LEGOs? These beloved building bricks make terrific tools in your classroom (and at home), and they’re especially great for teaching a variety of math concepts. We’ve put together this list of our favorite LEGO math ideas for every skill level. Your students are going to love them!
What’s the best way to teach multiplication? The answer is different for every student. Check out these fun, hands-on resources for teaching this math skill to everyone!
This site offers a wide variety of activities, games, and strategies that make teaching division more effective … and more fun.
Give kids a paintbrush and a box of watercolors, and they can stay busy for hours all on their own. But, did you know there are plenty of other ways to get creative with paint? You can paint with bubbles, use salt for texture, or even build a paint pendulum. They’re all here in this roundup of incredible painting ideas for kids!
These fun reader's scripts allow students to master fluency and perform for their classmates! These three, free, downloadable scripts are appropriate for the primary classroom.
If you’re looking for some of the best social studies websites, here is a terrific list. We Are Teachers has compiled a list of things that are not only informative, but also fun and interactive. They have categorized over 40 best social studies websites as follows:
`Best Sites for Social Studies Lessons
`Best Sites for Virtual Museum Tours
`Best Sites for Virtual Field Trips
`Best Sites for Games and Simulations
Although some of the content is American, there are still lots of options for teachers, parents and students who live in Canada!
Telling time to the nearest minute can be difficult for many students. These fun ways to teach telling time make the concept enjoyable and easier to grasp. Each activity comes with a free printable. All you have to do is download and print them!
1. What Time Is It?!
2. Now Showing: Movie Time!
3. Musical Clocks
4. I Spy Time
5. Time For …
This site offer a big list of children's book writers doing virtual author activities and read alouds.
Fourth graders are independent explorers, full of ideas and opinions. They have an impressive skill set and are ready to go deeper. With that in mind, we’ve gathered together learning links and fun activities that will help kids build skills in literacy, math, science, and social studies—plus some just for fun! This list of 4th grade websites and activities is something kids can easily do at home with their families.
Fifth graders are on the brink of adolescence. They are curious, capable, and ready to tackle the world. With that in mind, we’ve gathered together learning links and fun activities that will help them build skills in literacy, math, science, and social studies—plus some just for fun! This list of 5th grade websites and activities is something kids can easily do at home with their families.
First grade is an adventure! Kids are excited to learn and always ready for more. With that in mind, we’ve gathered together learning links and fun activities that will help kids build skills in literacy, math, science, and social studies—plus some that are just for enjoyment. This list of first grade websites and activities is something kids can easily do at home with their families.
It’s fun to be five! Here is our list of favorite kindergarten websites and activities that kids can enjoy at home with their families. We’ve gathered together learning links and fun activities that will help kids build skills in literacy, math, science, and social studies—plus some that are just for enjoyment.
Second graders are full of curiosity and enthusiasm for learning. Parents can supplement any education with these amazing second grade websites and activities kids can enjoy at home with their families. (They won’t even know they’re learning!) These learning links and fun activities will help kids build skills in literacy, math, science, and social studies—plus we included some that are just for enjoyment.
Third graders are curious, capable and eager to share their ideas. With that in mind, we’ve gathered together learning links and fun activities that will help kids build skills in literacy, math, science, and social studies—plus some just for fun! This list of third grade websites and activities is something kids can easily do at home with their families.
Most major art museums around the world offer virtual tours and resources for free. We Are Teachers offers a long list of virtual museum tours, including Benaki Museum, The Frick Collection, The J. Paul Getty Museum, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), The Louvre, Metropolitan Museum of Art’s #MetKids, Musée d’Orsay, Museo Frida Kahlo, The Museum of the World, The National Gallery, The National Gallery of Art, Rijksmuseum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Arts, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Tate Modern: Andy Warhol Exhibit, The Van Gogh Museum, The Vatican Museums.
Bring an author into your classroom/home!
A wealth of online read-alouds and activities for students of all ages.
Pre-Recorded Virtual Author Visits
Live Virtual Author Visits
Virtual Author Read-Alouds
Other Virtual Author Activities