+
Activity
Curated OER

Nuts About Squirrels

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Early childhood students will develop listening skills as they read "Nuts To You" by Lois Ehlert. In this lesson students will learn about Students will learn facts about different types of squirrels and their behaviors. There will be a...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Alphabet Letter a Or N Theme

For Teachers All
Students draw a tree with acorns. They depict roots and an acorn in the soil to review plant growth and practice handwriting letter A or letter N in the writing lines. They cut an additional page for the mini-book to include the word...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Decorating the camp cabin

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars make a decoration for their camp cabin out of materials found outside. In this decoration lesson plan, students use twigs, twine, glue, an acorn, and a penny to make a cabin creation.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Autumn Season

For Teachers All
Students explore a nut theme for the autumn season. They assemble one acorn craft and use as a puppet for the introduction and presentation of the theme. They plan for a classroom bulletin board idea that incorporates the acorn craft.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Great Oaks From Little Acorns Grow

For Teachers All
Students assemble an acorn craft to use as a puppet. They discover that acorns are the fruit and the seed from which oak trees grow. They give an example, of a historical figure or talk about a member of the community or family that...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Acorn Craft

For Teachers All
Students create an Acorn craft. They practice counting the template pieces and color the templates (mainly browns and autumn color for the oak leaf). They save the small image in the template to insert in the alphabet mini-books.