Curated Classroom - Activities & crafts
A Holiday Kindness Tree That Transforms into a Year-Round Classroom Favorite
A Holiday Kindness Tree That Transforms into a Year-Round Classroom Favorite
Create a festive and functional classroom display with the Jumbo Pine Tree Bulletin Board. Start with a Holiday Kindness Tree in December, then transform it into a Class Tree, Friendship... Read more...
Create a Thanksgiving Display to Show Thanks!
Create a Thanksgiving Display to Show Thanks!
This Thanksgiving, create a vibrant Thankful Tree using handprint cut-outs to reflect your students’ unique voices and celebrate what they're thankful for. Read more...
Being Kind Goes a Long Way: Create a Classroom Culture of Kindness
Being Kind Goes a Long Way: Create a Classroom Culture of Kindness
This post explores simple, effective ways to build a culture of kindness in the classroom using visual tools. Teachers will find tips on setting up a Kindness Tree, rewarding students... Read more...
5 Ways to Use Charts In The Classroom
5 Ways to Use Charts In The Classroom
Charts are more than just visual aids—they’re dynamic tools that can transform the classroom environment, foster a sense of community, and enhance learning. As teachers, incorporating various types of charts... Read more...
Creating a Word Wall That Actually Works: Tips from a Teacher Who’s Been There
Creating a Word Wall That Actually Works: Tips from a Teacher Who’s Been There
Discover how to create a word wall that actually supports student learning! This guide shares practical tips and interactive ideas to make your word wall a powerful tool for vocabulary... Read more...
Three Ways to Celebrate Halloween in Your Classroom
Three Ways to Celebrate Halloween in Your Classroom
Halloween is quickly approaching, and given how busy teacher life can be, you might find yourself realizing you’ve left planning for the holiday to the last minute. Even if you... Read more...
Valentine's Day Activities - Virtual or In-Person!
Valentine's Day Activities - Virtual or In-Person!
Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and whether you are in the classroom or at home doing virtual learning...there are still plenty of ways to celebrate the holiday by... Read more...
Celebrate National Ugly Sweater Day!
Celebrate National Ugly Sweater Day!
Today is National Ugly Sweater Day! Since the holidays are looking a bit different for everyone this year, we thought we would share our festivities from last year's ugly sweater... Read more...
How Far Must I Go? Neptune is how far???
How Far Must I Go? Neptune is how far???
The relative size and distance of objects in our solar system is something that can be a challenge for students to conceptually understand.  How Far Must I Go?  is a... Read more...
Spring Ideas! Working With Sunny Blooms
Spring Ideas! Working With Sunny Blooms
Enjoy spring with your class and use it to help teach about manners with this cross curricular lesson. The Garden of Good Manners bulletin board kit will set the stage. ... Read more...
Greenhouse Gadgets: Can you produce your own food?
Greenhouse Gadgets: Can you produce your own food?
Ask students to imagine they are on a deserted island, and the gears start to turn. Use this lesson to encourage your students to think outside of the box to... Read more...
Don’t Freak Out! Can you save us from Zombies?
Don’t Freak Out! Can you save us from Zombies?
Children are always intrigued when they are faced with a supernatural situation!  Don’t Freak Out! is a fun challenge that requires students to design and build a prototype of a... Read more...
DIY: How to Make a Bow Out of an Old Border!
DIY: How to Make a Bow Out of an Old Border!
Here at CTP, we love to play around with our products to see what fun things we can create. As you’ve seen in our “How to Create a Chevron Pumpkin”... Read more...
News Around the Neighborhood: CTP’s History with Mister Rogers
The beloved children’s television series “Mister Rogers Neighborhood” started in 1968 and aired its final new episode in 2001. Years later, the simple yet profound lessons taught by the soft-spoken gentleman in the sweater and sneakers continue to inspire books and motion pictures about his life and work, reaching new generations. In tribute to the legacy of Fred Rogers, we at CTP are pleased to release a limited-time download of select activities from the series of resource books we helped him publish. Are you curious how that collaboration came about?... Read more...
Can you help Hansel & Gretel design two houses? – A 2nd Grade STEAM Challenge
Learning to re-purpose materials for a better option is an important skill for our sustainable future. In the lesson Take Apart and Build Anew, students are tasked with helping Hansel and Gretel utilize the materials from an abandoned house to create two identical houses. This lesson starts with students being given a bag of materials that represents those on the house (materials list above) that Hansel and Gretel found in the forest. Teams are challenged to use the materials to construct a pair of identical houses. Each STEAM Design Challenge... Read more...
Getting to Know You- Great First Week of School Activity
As you’re prepping your classroom for the new school year and dancing around your classroom singing “Getting to Know You” from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I. We want to help greet your new students into the classroom with a fun, FREE downloadable! To help you get settled into the brand new school year, we put together a quick and easy first week of school activity! Getting inspiration from our Emoji Fun collection, this activity allows your students to come into class and be greeted with a friendly array of... Read more...