Output of the Week: Addition through a Seascape Art Activity

I started my lesson in Addition through incorporating an Art lesson. I  incorporated a lesson on addition by demonstrating how to make a seascape.The art lesson for this week is on “Painting a Seascape” but since painting is difficult for little children and painting materials were not available, I changed the mechanics. I had them

Output of the Week: Drawing a Person

Little children, especially in the primary grades, when they draw a person, they use circles and sticks. True enough, using different shapes and lines, one could actually draw objects including human figures. image via neogaf.com But if you come to think of it, a human body couldn’t actually be represented by sticks. Right? So I

Performance Task: One’s Own Timeline

If there is one thing that I like what students do in class is when they share their experiences. I like it when they are eager to share what they think, know and do. Sometimes, they like to share a lot of things that the class gets noisy because they all talk at the same

Output of the Week: Construction of the Letter Tt using Circles

I just can’t help but post this very nice work from one of my students. I am so proud because even if they are in First Grade (5-6 years old), some of them can really produce neat, clean, organized and nice outputs. This reminds not to underestimate children and what they can do.

Parts of the Face: Video and Worksheet

Lesson: Parts of the Face I just had my lesson on the “Parts of the Face” and I started it with a song through a video from the Muffin Songs in Youtube. I like how it introduced the parts of the face. It’s very catchy, simple and repetitive which makes it easier children to learn and

God loves me (Activity for the first day of class)

Objective: To let the students realize that they are special because Jesus loves them and that they are fruits of His love. Activity: 1. Start the class with a prayer through the song “Jesus loves me”. (See video below) 2. After the prayer, ask the students “Would you believe that you are special?” 3. Say:

Lesson Idea: Breakfast Mobile

Lesson: Healthy Food for Breakfast Activity: Breakfast Mobile My lesson on HEALTH was Healthy food for Breakfast and I got this idea from my co-teacher Flora Michelle Hojas to have my students create their breakfast mobiles to help them remember the lesson. They enjoy doing the activity too. This is a good mnemonic device especially when they

Cut and Paste: J is for Jellyfish

J is for Jellyfish. My students create their versions of jellyfishes while they learn the sound of the letter J. Below are 2 of my students’ artwork and it was easier for them to learn the lesson. When I review, I would only remind them of this activity and they would instantly remember the sound

Lesson Ideas: Skip Counting

There are a lot of activities can do to teach the concept of skip counting. Let me share some of the things I did to teach the concept.   1. Skip Counting Train I let the students discover and guess the next number by the drawings and I open it to confirm their answers. This