Here's a lesson plan to use Spider-Man or any superhero to teach reading. Choose your favorite superhero or cartoon favorite (you can print DC or Marvel superheroes, Barbie, Disney, PBS, Looney Tunes and more). Print small 2x3 versions of coloring pages. Have children color the images and make this activity do double duty as a craft project. Attach to index cards and label. Free Printable Spider-Man Coloring Pages for Math and Reading Flashcards
Here's a lesson plan to use Spider-Man or any superhero to teach reading. Choose your favorite superhero or cartoon favorite (you can print DC or Marvel superheroes, Barbie, Disney, PBS, Looney Tunes and more). Print small 2x3 versions of coloring pages. Have children color the images and make this activity do double duty as a craft project. Attach to index cards and label. Free Printable Ramadan and Islamic Activities for Children

For
Muslims, Ramadan is holy season marked
by prayer, fasting and abstinence. Ramadan, in the Islamic calendar is a
month-long observance, falling roughly in the months of July or August. Ramadan
fasting ends with the festival of Eid al Fitr (lesser Eid). It's celebrated
July 17 in 2015. Here are free printable Ramadan Eid al Fitr activities to help Muslim children
explore their faith and for non-Muslims to understand it better.
Islam
101 offers free Ramadan lessons. Ramadan is an Arabic word that refers to a
dry, parched season. It is a season for sacrifice and purification, like the
Christian Catholic season of Advent and Lent and the Jewish feast of Yom
Kippur. Muslims seek to draw closer to Allah by practicing the Five Pillars of
Islam. They are: Iman (faith), Salah (prayer, said five times daily, facing the
Holy City of Mecca and recited from the Qu'ran.), Zakah (almsgiving,
sacrificial giving, pruning back one's lifestyle to
honor God and help others), Sawn (abstaining from food, alcohol and sexual
relations with spouses), Hajj (pilgrimage, if possible to Makkah, otherwise
known as Mecca).
Islamic
Playground has free printable Ramadan and Muslim holiday
coloring pages and Arabic letter
worksheets. There are also quizzes, worksheets, jigsaw puzzles, crossword
puzzles, activities and word searches about Islam. The Holiday Spot has free printable Ramadan word games,crossword puzzles and word searches, using words
and concept from Islam. You can print free Ramadan greeting cards, Children might like to make these and send
them to family and friends.
Primary
Games has free printable Ramadan and Islamic coloring pages. 123 Greetings has free printable Ramadan greeting cards in several designs and styles.
Free Printable Famous Places Around the World Coloring Pages for Social Studies
Our
trip around the world begins at Activity Village has free printable
coloring pages of famous landmarks, famous buildings of the world and sights to see in different
countries. Your free printable around the world tour covers
England, Scotland, France, Brazil, Egypt, India, New
Zealand, Russia, South Africa and the United States. Print the Loch Ness
monster, Eiffel Tower, Table Mountain, Statue of Liberty, Christ the Redeemer
statue (to name a few famous landmarks). Print world maps showing national
products, landmarks and sights to see.
Now
for free printable 3D models of famous buildings to print--hang onto your hats
because Paper Toys has free printable 3D
paper models galore. Then when
you thought you'd seen all the cool 3D paper models of buildings you could
want, hit this site for more free printable 3D paper models of famous
buildings. Get free printable
paper models of castles, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, a haunted house, a
medieval manor house, plus really cool 3D paper models of artifacts, vehicles,
ancient wonders of the world and even Jimi Hendrix's guitar and Guy Fawkes
mask! There are masks, race cars, pyramids, ships, paper airplanes, paper dolls
and more.
Free Printable Bugs, Insects, Spiders Lesson Plans Activities
Orkin
(yes, the bug people) has a beautifully illustrated free printable Insect Identification booklet. This free printable guide to insects
features detailed images of bugs, plus information on bug habits and habitats.
This will help identify safe and dangerous insects in the home, yard and
environment. There are free printable insects
lesson plans. Here's a free printable insects booklet with bug coloring pages, games, puzzles,
experiments and crafts.
The
Orkin Insect Zoo at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
offers free printable lesson
plans spiders, butterflies and insects . Explore caterpillars, butterflies and cocoons, spiders and spider
webs. Print coloring pages of caterpillars, butterflies, ladybugs, bees, ants,
dragonflies, moths, grasshoppers, beetles, praying mantis, mosquitoes,
scorpions, flies, termites and fireflies or lightning bugs.
Spiders
are not insects, but arachnids. Free Printable Coloring pages has nearly
50 insects and spiders coloring
pages. Click this link for
beautifully detailed butterfly coloring
pages. Each butterfly species
is labeled. Images look like stained glass windows coloring pages. Use them for
science lessons on insects, butterflies, spring, metamorphosis or new life.
Coloring
Castle has free printable coloring pages of bees and butterflies, There are also free printable ladybug coloring pages and lesson plans of a ladybugs 100 chart
and a numbers 1-10 pyramid. Edupics has over 100 free printable insects coloring pages and 41 butterflies coloring pages.
Free Printable Lent Lesson Plans
The Rice Bowl project consists of a cardboard box which when assembled, looks very much like the take out boxes that rice comes in. The Rice Bowl is a box which families set up in their homes during Lent to collect loose change and offerings for the poor and hungry of the world. Operation Rice bowl also includes a Lenten prayer calendar with devotional activities, feast days and stations of the cross. Each calendar day has a prayer focus. Specific information about world poverty statistics and needs from around the world are listed also. These lessons could work for classroom, homeschool, CCD, Sunday School, 4H and scouts. Great for social studies, geography and volunteerism. Here are free printable Lenten Rice Bowl activities, Devotional and Lesson Plans.
Free Printable Castles, Medieval History paper crafts

Cut
and paste activities make ideal educational tools. 3D models and dioramas are
excellent book activities for reading response lessons. How about some free printable paper castles
and 3D castle models for kids? This article includes free printable coat of
arms patterns and designs for heraldry crafts to decorate.
Here
are free printable cut and paste paper crafts of castle models of
Neuschwanstein Castle in the Clouds. This German Cinderella castle is the poster
child for fairytale castles. Neuschwanstein is one of the late Medieval castles
in baroque renaissance style.
Here’s a website with tons of cool medieval stuff! There are free printable paper crafts of castles, a crossbow, knights, jousting, archery, medieval navigation and more. Visit Storm the Castle. Print Assassin's Creed and Game of Thrones paper crafts too.
Use
these free printable castle models for dioramas, history lessons, engineering
and design history lessons. Make these free printable castles part of a social
studies unit on medieval times. It's always good in any unit to incorporate as
many different subject areas. Cutting and assembling paper crafts adds science
and math components to units. Students may want to design and color medieval
castles before construction.
Now
how about some free printable medieval
castles, paper crafts and
coloring pages? Visit--if only virtually--Skipton Castle in Yorkshire, England.
Built in the 12th century Skipton Castle is beautifully preserved. The website
includes free printable castle models paper crafts, knights, activities on
kitchens of medieval castles, Elizabethan lord and lady and more free printable
heraldry activities. DL-TK has a bunch more free printable medieval fantasy crafts.
What's
heraldry, you ask? Heraldry refers to the crest or emblem associated with royal
and noble families. Here are free printable coat of arms coloring pages. These ancient symbols, also called family
crests or coat of arms were used as ornamentation and communication, on
battlements, flags, armor and weapons. A coat of arms, worn on shields,
signified who led the army. Here are activities to make
your own coat of arms.
Free Printable Fire Prevention Week Activities and Lessons
National
Fire Prevention is an organization dedicated to teaching people about fire
safety and fire prevention. This link takes you to the Fire Prevention Week page. Look for free printable emergency escape
plans, home maps, charts, phone numbers lists, safety check-lists and other
fire prevention resources. Activities are printed in English and Spanish. Check
your local community fire station for details on events they may be hosting.
Print
smoke alarm safety sheet, family safety checklist, smoke alarm tutorial poster,
family fire escape grid route and classroom unit on fire prevention. Use for
back to school science lesson plans. It's a good idea to teach a safety unit as
soon as you begin classes in the fall. Educators and homeschoolers there are
packets of printable information to use in lesson plans. Scroll through for
grade and language appropriate lesson
Sparky the Fire Dog has his own website kids can play on.
Print a Sparky origami dog. Play interactive games with Sparky, while learning
important science lessons. Kids can learn fire safety in a safe, hands-on
activities. They'll love the fire role play games and simulations.
Free Printable Fantasy and Fairy Craft Activities
Here are free printable coloring pages of fairies from literature such as Shakespeare. There are old school Tinker Bell images and pictures of the Blue Fairy from Pinocchio. Here are more free printable fairy princess crafts and Medieval fantasy crafts with fairies. Here are free printable Barbie Fairytopia coloring pages. And you can't let an article about fairy crafts go to print without a nod to the greatest fairy of all Tinker Bell! No, don't get mad Tink, because the best is always saved for last! Here are free printable Tinker Bell and the Fairies of Pixie Hollow coloring pages.
Print a whole booklet of Tinker
Bell, Barbie Fairytopia and Rainbow Magic activities to occupy a sick child or
pass the time on a family car trip. Pack her a "Care-y Fairy
Package," including printable booklet, crayons or markets, stickers,
scissors, glue sticker and pencil. For extra fun, add some glitter (fairy gurus
often refer to this as "pixie dust.") By the way, June 24 is Fairy
Day!
Free Printable Cinco De Mayo, Mexico Coloring Pages
Cinco de
Mayo means the fifth of May. But it isn't Mexican Independence Day nor the equivalent of the U.S. Fourth
of July. Cinco de Mayo is the day Mexicans remember El DÃa de la Batalla de
Puebla (Battle of Puebla). Cinco de Mayo is mostly an Americanized Latino
holiday. But also a great day to explore Mexican culture. Here are free
printable Cinco de Mayo lesson plans, worksheets and games.
Mr
Donn has free printable Cinco
de Mayo activities,
games, coloring pages, Powerpoint presentations, social studies worksheets,
history lesson plans and culture study activities.
A-Z
Teacher Stuff has free printable Cinco
de Mayo unit and lesson planner kit with materials, worksheets, games, crafts,
recipes, movies and activities.
Enchanted
Learning has free printable Cinco de Mayo worksheets, mini-booklets, history and social studies lesson
plans. Print a map of Mexico, Mexican flag, info on the Battle of Puebla, Mexican
leaders, posters, history, images and recipes. Print a nice poster featuring
Cesar Chavez and other Mexican labor activists, political figures, scientists,
artists, musicians and more.
The
Teachers Corner has free printable Cinco de Mayo crafts, counting lessons, words in Spanish, cultural
heritage activities and more. Lesson Planet has free printable lesson plans on Cinco de Mayo to sample.
For
preschool and younger kids, visit DL-TK for free Cinco de Mayo coloring pages, crafts, games, puzzles and recipes. Kids Soup
offers free Cinco de Mayo printables to sample.
Apples
4 the Teacher offers free printable Cinco
de Mayo lessons, maps, history
projects, puzzles, games, music, crafts, recipes and more. There are ideas for
several ages groups. ELCivics has printable Cinco de Mayo lessons for older students.
Free Printable Leaf Identification Charts, Tree Coloring Pages
One of the most popular autumn lesson plans is to assign students to make a leaf identification booklet. Here are free printable tree identification charts and leaf patterns and fall craft stencils. Parents, homeschoolers and teachers, make flashcards with these tree and leaf patterns. Use in hands-on Montessori style games for nature science study. Make tree and leaf books. Assign students to collect leaves, press them or make leaf rubbings. Students should label leaves and trees using identification diagrams.
Tree Hugger has free printable leaf patterns for tree and leaf identification from common trees around the country. The site also has textbook-quality, beautifully detailed free printable leaf coloring pages taken from naturalist Charles Sprague Sargent's leaf plate illustrations. Each page features a different leaf with its corresponding tree, berry, nut and foliage. These printable illustrations include cut-away drawings and other helpful identification data, plus the Latin classification for genus and species of the tree. The website gives the leaf and tree names in their American variation. Use these printables for taxonomy lessons on KPCOFGS (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family Genus and Species) as developed by zoologist Carolus Linnaeus.
Arbor
Day offers several printable nature science resources and online tree and leaf identification activities. Here are more links for tree and leaf identification on conifers, deciduous trees, hardwoods, and other assorted
trees from different biomes and habitats. Don't miss these free printable forest
map activities showing location and region of different types of
trees. Scroll down to find the region and tree type you are looking for. Here's
a free printable tree
and leaf matching game. Print
as coloring pages of leaves. Here are websites with free printable fall leaf patterns for autumn crafts. Here are free printable leaf stencils for decorations and children's activities. First Palette has free leaf pattern printables too.
Free Printable World Flags Coloring Pages. Lesson Plans
Free Printable Dr Seuss Coloring Pages, Crafts, Activities
Free Printable Preschool Cut and Paste Craft Activities

Looking for fun summer reading activities for emergent readers? Here's a site with Fisher-Price coloring pages for preschool. This site has hundreds of free printable coloring pages based on Fisher-Price and Mattel toys: Imaginext, Little People, Rescue Heroes, Power Wheels, Thomas and Friends. Scroll down for free printable Disney coloring pages too.
Free Printable Cut and Color Booklets
Educator Jonathon Holt says children learn best when they are actively involved. So here are free printable mini books, miniature coloring books and preschool activity booklets for children to color. Subjects in mini books include letters, words, seasons, animals, science, Bible, holidays and lots more. These coloring books make excellent preschool lesson plans for classroom and homeschool lessons for ages 4-7 years old. These free printable activity booklets are especially good for special needs children. To print coloring books, visit DLTK-Teach. This page lists all the themes for free printable mini books and activity booklets.
Free Printable Kevin Henkes Lesson Plans

Kevin
Henkes has given the world of children's literature some wonderfully endearing
stories. Most Kevin Henkes kids' books feature anthropomorphic mice facing
typical issues that children face. Beloved Kevin Henkes characters include
Sheila Rae the Brave, Chrysanthemum, Julius, Owen, Lilly, Chester, Wemberly and
Wendell. His kids' book "Kitten's First Full Moon," won the coveted
and prestigious Caldecott book medal for best illustrations in children's literature.
If
you like this lovable children's literature author, you will want to visit his
website and explore thefree printable Kevin
Henkes book activities he's
made based on some of his beloved characters. The website has free printable
word games, puzzles and coloring pages. These are useful for summer enrichment
activities, day care fun, children's literature lesson plans and homeschooling
activities. Or parents might want to print them just for fun at home.
Kevin
Henkes' publisher, Harper Collins has put some of the free printable activities
on their website. You might like the free printable activity
book for "Lilly's Big Day" Lilly eagerly awaits the best day of her life,
being a flower girl in a wedding. She encounters the usual fears and drama.
This activity book would be great follow-up or preparation for any event that
your child is anticipating. Bibliotherapy, or problem-solving using literature
is especially therapeutic for young or special needs children who struggle to
find their own voice. Seeing a funny little mouse experience similar events and
feelings is tremendously reassuring.
Lilly
is the same mouse who so charmed with her purple plastic purse in the book of
the same name. Scroll down the page here for all the Lilly and Lilly's Purple Plastic
Purse printables Teaching Heart
has free printable
"Wemberly Worried" and "Chrysanthemum" activities. There are lesson plans from the Kevin Henkes
book "Owen" too. Read these books your kids, parents, and you'll see
why everyone loves them so.
Free Printable Curious George Lesson Plans

Free Printable Curious George Lesson Plans and Party Activities Here are free printable spelling, reading, math and writing lessons, plus coloring pages all about our favorite little monkey, Curious George! These free printable activities are based on the original vintage Curious George books from my childhood, by H.A.Rey Margaret Rey! You can even print an entire Curious George party planner with decorations, invitations, coloring, crafts, games and activities,too! Click here
Free Printable Animal Habitat Lesson Plans

Free Printable Holy Week Activities: Coloring, Puzzles, Crafts, Games

Holy Week, the week preceding
Easter, begins on Palm Sunday of the liturgical church year. Holy Week is the
culmination of the Lenten season. The Catholic Easter Triduum, consisting of
Maundy or Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday bring Christians to the
highest point in the church year, Easter. Holy Week is also referred to as the
Passion or Paschal celebration. Here are free printable Holy Week activities
and Catholic Easter printables. Free printables includes coloring pages, word
searches, crossword puzzles, cryptograms, games, crafts, cut and paste
activities and much more. There are liturgical resources: prayers, Bible mass
readings, reflections, devotions, Lenten lessons on sacrifice, almsgiving,
fasting, corporal and spiritual works mercy. There are so many activities in
this resource guide, that you will probably not be able to finish these Holy
Week activities during Lent or even Eastertide.
Catholic Mom has a free printable Lenten lessons and Holy Week activities in a resource guide. Bookmark Catholic Mom
for loads of Catholic printables. Here's a free printable Journey to Pascha workbooks for kids covering the
Passion, death, resurrection of Jesus at Easter. Childrens Ministry has free Holy Week activities, craft projects, games, Lenten lessons, family activities and
Bible devotions. This link has nearly 100 free printable Bible word searches from Catholic mass reading in the
lectionary. These word searches are challenging, interactive and fun! These
free printables would make excellent follow up to the mass readings. Here
is a very complicated and challenging printable Catholic Easter crossword puzzle. This link has free printable Catholic Easter games and puzzles.
Apples 4 the Teacher has three
pages of free printable Catholic Easter coloring pages. Each link has ten free printables for a
total of thirty Easter and Holy Week activities. Use these coloring pages for
Lenten lessons. Color Jesus, the cross, the tomb, the Eucharist, palms, Bible
story pictures and more. DL-TK has free printable Catholic Easter games, Lenten lessons, memory cards,
craft projects, coloring pages and word games for Holy Week activities. And for
the best online resource in free printable Catholic coloring pages, visit St.
John the Baptist Religious Ed. You can print Catholic Easter coloring pages of Stations of the
Cross (way of sorrows), Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious and Sorrowful mysteries of
the rosary, Bible stories of Easter, Catholic saints and loads more
printables.
Free Printable Habitat Dioramas- Science Activities
For hands-on science lesson plans, you can't beat habitat dioramas. Students explore concepts interactively, making 3-D scenes. Shoebox dioramas (scenes set up inside boxes tilted on their sides) help students visualize concepts. Diorama activities work very well for literature, social studies, animal habitats and life science lesson plans. Use animal habitats dioramas in life science lesson plans to help students understand how creatures interact with their environment.
free printable animal habitats coloring pages. Students can color and cut out and arrange in 3D shoebox dioramas. Or that could be the backdrop and they could glue plastic animals and plants in the shoebox base.
Free Printable World War One/ World War Two Lesson Plans for Veterans Day
Free Printable World War 1 and WW2 Activities Free printable military and World War history activities. Soldiers, vehicles, uniforms, battles, campaigns. Print coloring pages, battle maps, worksheets, games, puzzles, vocabulary crosswords, charts and fill-in the blank diagrams. 


