These Thanksgiving flash cards give preschool through 2nd grade children 18 self-checking picture and word cards for building holiday vocabulary. A card list answer key is included.
These emotions flash cards help Kindergarten to 3rd Grade students name 18 feelings by reading children's faces. Fold-over cards show the face and the word. Answer key included.
These birthday flash cards help preschool to 4th grade students learn 24 party words like cake, candles and presents. Fold-over picture cards, a practice page and an answer key are included.
Learn fifteen landforms with these landforms flash cards for kindergarten to 4th grade: painted picture fronts, words and meanings inside, a practice page and an answer key included.
These farm flash cards teach 18 farm animals, plants and things with a picture on the front and the word inside. Made for preschool to 1st grade, with a sorting practice page and answer key included.
Land animal flash cards for preschool to 3rd grade with 30 colorful animal pictures, names and short facts, plus a practice page and answer key included, to build science vocabulary.
Insect flash cards for kindergarten to 4th grade with 24 lifelike bug pictures, names and fun facts, plus a practice page and answer key included, to grow science vocabulary.
These fruit flash cards help Preschool to 1st Grade children learn 18 fruit names with fold-over picture and word cards and color tags. A practice page and answer key are included.
Name twelve weather and earth events with these natural disasters flash cards for preschool to 4th grade. Fold-over picture cards, a practice page and an answer key are included.
These body parts flash cards help Preschool to 1st grade children name fifteen parts of the body on a boy and a girl, with a practice page and answer key included.
These insects word wall flash cards teach 1st-3rd grade students 12 science words about insect body parts and the butterfly life cycle, with a practice page and answer key included.
Five senses flash cards for Preschool through 1st Grade: 15 fold-over picture cards pair each sense with its body part, plus a practice page and answer key included to make learning the senses hands-on.
These Easter flash cards help Preschool to 2nd Grade learners read and say 24 spring and holiday words, with an answer key included for quick checking.
Space flash cards with bright pictures of the sun, moon, planets and more help kindergarten to 4th grade students learn space words and facts. An answer key is included.
These mammals cartoon flash cards help K-2nd grade children name 12 mammals and learn a fact about each one. Fold-over picture cards plus a practice page, with an answer key included.
These breakfast flash cards help PreK-1st grade children name and read 15 morning foods with fold-over picture and word cards and a food group sort. An answer key is included.
These simple machines flash cards help 1st-3rd grade students learn the six simple machines with diagram cards and everyday object cards. Answer key included.
These earth day flash cards help preschool to 2nd grade children name and read 16 picture words about caring for our planet. A practice page and answer key are included.
These Mother's Day flash cards teach 15 holiday words with a picture on the front and the word inside. Made for Preschool to 4th Grade, with a practice page and answer key included.
Plants we eat flash cards help Kindergarten to 3rd grade children match 18 foods to the root, stem, leaf, flower, fruit or seed we eat. Answer key included for quick, confident checking.
Little scientists, big wonders
First grade science is about noticing patterns and asking why. Kids watch the sky and the seasons change and describe patterns like more daylight in summer, less in winter. They explore light and sound: how vibrating things make sound and how we need light to see. They study plants and animals, what their parts do and how babies resemble their parents. They use their five senses to observe, sort objects by properties and test things like whether objects sink or float. The click moment is when a child makes a prediction, tests it and says, "I was right!" or even better, "Whoa, I was wrong!"
First graders learn science by doing. These moves keep their hands busy and their questions coming.
Play the Seasons Song and have kids act out each season: shivering, splashing, raking leaves. Then go outside, look at the trees and decide which season you're in and why.
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withSeasons Song (Animated Music Video)SongsOpen it →Fill a tub with water and gather a spoon, a cork, a coin and a leaf. Kids predict sink or float, test each one and record results. Then they look for a pattern in what floats.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
Try it withSink Float Identify WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Read the autumn passage together, answer the questions and then take a short fall walk to find the clues from the text, like changing leaves. Reading plus observing is a great combo.
Why it works: researchers who compared ten study methods found practice testing is one of the two that work best (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withAll About Autumn Reading Comprehension WorksheetAssessmentsOpen it →First grade science is full of wonder. Here are some crowd favorites.
WorksheetsSort objects by color, size, texture or material and explain your rule.
Open Categorizing Objects Worksheet →
VideosSing and point to each body part, then talk about what each one helps us do.
Open Parts of the Body Song (Animated Music Video) →
WorksheetsMatch clothes, weather and activities to the right season.
Open Seasons of the Year Matching Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Thanksgiving Flash Cards, Emotions Flash Cards and Birthday Flash Cards.
First graders learn about sky and season patterns, light and sound, plant and animal parts, how young animals resemble their parents, the five senses and the properties of objects.
Keep it hands-on: observe, predict, test and talk. Simple experiments with water, light and sound and outdoor walks make concepts real.
Sink or float, making shadows with a flashlight, growing a bean, making sounds with rubber bands and watching ice melt are all simple and fun.
Ask "Why do you think that happened?" during everyday moments. Look at the moon, watch plants grow and let your child test their own ideas.
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