CML Periodicals Database
Contains teaching materials available in CML periodicals.| Title | Source | Grade Level | Subject | Description |
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| Title | Source | Grade Level | Subject | Description |
| Book Charts | Teacher's Helper Kindergarten, vol.26 no.6 (Dec/Jan 2009) p.15 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Glue each picture below its beginning letter |
| Checking Out | Teacher's Helper Kindergarten, vol.26 no.6 (Dec/Jan 2009) p.21 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Write the beginning letter |
| In the Bag | Teacher's Helper Kindergarten, vol.26 no.6 (Dec/Jan 2009) p.17 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Write each set of letters in ABC order |
| Great Book, A | Teacher's Helper Kindergarten, vol.26 no.6 (Dec/Jan 2009) p.17 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Color by the code |
| Journal Prompts | Teacher's Helper Kindergarten, vol.26 no.6 (Dec/Jan 2009) p.57 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Listen and write (seasonal/winter) |
| Library Time | Teacher's Helper Kindergarten, vol.26 no.6 (Dec/Jan 2009) p.13 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Includes consonants M and S |
| Marvelous Mittens | Teacher's Helper Kindergarten, vol.26 no.6 (Dec/Jan 2009) p.33 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Draw and write what you do when wearing mittens (seasonal/winter) |
| Matching Paris | Teacher's Helper Kindergarten, vol.26 no.6 (Dec/Jan 2009) p.25 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Cut and glue to match pairs of letters (seasonal/winter) |
| Time To Read | Teacher's Helper Kindergarten, vol.26 no.6 (Dec/Jan 2009) p.23 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Write the beginning letter |
| So Many Books | Teacher's Helper Kindergarten, vol.26 no.6 (Dec/Jan 2009) p.19 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Time to read |
| Literacy and Math Learning Centers | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec/Jan 2010-11) p. 35-40 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | A Mix of literacy & math. Spelling with numbers and letters. Syllable counting skills. |
| Step By Step Center: Writing | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec/Jan 2010-11) p. 41 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Create your snowman and write what objects you have placed on the snowman. |
| Reproductible Booklet | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec/Jan 2010-11) p. 19-20 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Create a booklet by cutting out these small booklet pages. Underline and circle words & numbers in booklet. |
| Writing Helpers: Journal Prompts, Holiday Word Bank. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec/Jan 2010-11) p. 21-22 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Reading prompts and holiday words. |
| Reproducible Partner Game: Ending Sounds. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec/Jan 2010-11) p. 32 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Match the letter with the ending sound of each picture. |
| Building Reading Skills | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec/Jan 2010-11) p. 50 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Letter and sound association. Remembering words with a carnival cup game. |
| Sorting Activity: Phonological Awareness | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec/Jan 2010-11) p. 54 & 55 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Playing games with word sounds. |
| At Home With Word Families | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec/Jan 2010-11) p.56-57 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Reading words using word families |
| Duck At The Door | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec/Jan 2010-11) p. 43-44 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Story innovation, writing sentences & identifying animal behaviors. |
| Seasonal Skill Practice: No School? Super Snowpal. Pockets Full Of Snow. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec/Jan 2010-11) p. 4-6 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Writing, skill practice, high frequency words. |
| Tis The Season | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec/Jan 2010-11) p. 14 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Practice with writing captions. |
| Building Math Skills. Keeping Warm. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec/Jan 2010-11) p. 26-27 | Kindergarten | Math | Comparing numbers. Number identification. Nonstandard Measurement. |
| Diving Into Money Skills | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec/Jan 2010-11) p. 28-30 | Kindergarten | Math | Money skills. Counting. |
| Bumper Car Buddies | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec/Jan 2010-11) p. 32 & 34. | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Match the ending sound to the letter. Spelling game. |
| A Cat Nap | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec/Jan 2010-11) p. 31 & 34 | Kindergarten | Math | Equal and unequal parts. Shapes. |
| Fishing For Snacks | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec/Jan 2010-11) p. 16 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Color to match the long vowel sounds. |
| Seasonal Math Skills. Tasty Gingerbread Man. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec/Jan 2010-11) p. 5, 14 &15 | Kindergarten | Math | Creating graphs. Listening and doing. |
| Trimmed Trees, Seasonal. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec/Jan 2010-11) p. 35 | Kindergarten | Math | Counting numbers. Writing Numbers and matching number sets. |
| Kittens In A Mitten | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec/Jan 2010-11) p. 17-18 | Kindergarten | Math | Solid figures game. Shapes. |
| Arts & Crafts | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec/Jan 2010-11) p. 12-13 | Kindergarten | Art | Create a Christmas ornament, paper plate penguin, a snowman or a simple Santa. |
| Shine The Light | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec/Jan 2010-11) p. 24 | Kindergarten | Science | Distinguish the difference between land and water on a map or globe. |
| Does It Migrate? | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec/Jan 2010-11) p. | Kindergarten | Science | Investigating animal behavior. |
| Chilly Changes | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec/Jan 2010-11) p. 4 | Kindergarten | Science | Seasonal change recognition using the five senses. |
| Simple Science | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec/Jan 2010-11) p. | Kindergarten | Science | Experimenting with sinking and floating. Solids and liquids. |
| Civil Rights Song. Find that State. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 24 no. 6 (Dec/Jan 2010-11) p. 24 | Kindergarten | Social Studies | Martin Luther King song. Locating states on a map. |
| Famous Figures | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 25 | Kindergarten | Social Studies | Recognizing Black History Month with an art project. |
| President's Day | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 25-26 | Kindergarten | Social Studies | Famous Figures. Drawing Famous Figures. Art project. Abraham Lincoln Song. |
| Simple Science & Dental Health | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 22 | Kindergarten | Science | Nutritional food. Drawing. Science project using white eggs for dental health lesson. |
| Do It Yourself Dictionary & Dino Beat | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 38-42 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Create a dictionary with definitions. Dinosaur game using syllables. |
| Book Corner. Corduroy & Miss Bindergarten. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 17-18 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Making connections to reading stories. Writing & Counting. |
| McDuff Moves In. So Many Feelings. From Truck to Home. Story Biscuits. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 19-20 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Drawing conclusions to McDuff story. Retelling story sequence and events. Making connections to stories through writing. |
| Top That Hat! | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 4 & 6 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Rhyming using words that end in at. |
| Color That Hat. Clip It. Colorful Writing. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 8, 37 & 59. | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Word recognition. Color words. Theme related and high frequency words. |
| The Question Box | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 51 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Reading comprehension using a question box. |
| So Many Stripes. So Funny. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 5 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Word fluency. Word families. Responding to a story by writing sentences. Reading comprehension. |
| Look In A Book. Sight Word Placemats. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 4 & 21 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | High frequency words writing activity using books. Writing words. |
| Blastoff! | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 35-36 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Word recognition and coloring, art. |
| Building Reading Skills. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 50-52 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Letter knowledge. Fishing for high frequency words. Phonological awareness. Word order using sticky notes. Reading comprehension. |
| Monkey Munchies | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 53 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Reading, writing, drawing and counting. Banana and monkey game. |
| Hats For Cats | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 7 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Matching rhyming pictures. |
| Treasured Words | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 9-10 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Word Families. Storing family words in a pot of gold word coins. |
| Frame Game | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 12-13 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Literacy game using word endings. |
| Batting Practice | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 54-55 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Sorting word families using cut out cards. |
| Kindness Journal | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 59 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Take home journal activity. Writing and illustrating. Art. Sharing with class. |
| Taking Off With Writing: Sentence With a String. Tall Tales. Cloudy Skies. Picture Perfect. End That Sentence. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 56-58 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Connection pictures and words. Group writing using elements from a story. Responding to prompts. Punctuation, Using main ideas in writing. |
| Friends Are Fun | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 15 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Writing a personal narrative. Plan a story with main ideas. |
| Pick A Prompt | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 16 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Improving literacy skills using prompts. |
| Pet-tacular Addition. At The Pet Store. Doggy Treats. Noisy Pets. Happy Hampsters. A Full Tank. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 30-33 | Kindergarten | Math | Addition exercises using pictures, addition sentences, addition combinations. Adding using manipulatives. |
| Yummy! | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 34 & 36 | Kindergarten | Math | Addition to ten. Work with a partner game. |
| Load The Bus | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 38 & 44 | Kindergarten | Math | Addition using a school bus cut out. Using numbers and objects for adding. |
| How Many Hearts? | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 21 | Kindergarten | Math | Measuring objects. Valentine's Day math activity. |
| How Many Feet? | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. | Kindergarten | Math | Counting by fives and tens. Math activity using Dr. Seuss The Foot Book. |
| Pennies | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 11 | Kindergarten | Math | Color the correct amount of pennies to match the dollar amount. Counting using pennies. |
| Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 17 | Kindergarten | Math | Counting to one hundred. |
| Scrumptious Sorting | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 37 | Kindergarten | Math | Cutting cookies on a cookie sheet to make fractions. |
| Lion or Lamb? Bye-Bye Kites. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 9, 10, & 29 | Kindergarten | Math | Making graphs using objects. Graphing. Matching. |
| How Many Feet? How Many Hearts? | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 5 & 21 | Kindergarten | Math | Nonstandard Measurement. Dr. Seuss The Foot Book. Valentine's activity. |
| Counting Cupcakes. How Many Are Left? | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 28 & 43 | Kindergarten | Math | Subtraction using cupcakes. Subtraction game using counting and crossing out. |
| Tally and Count. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 37 | Kindergarten | Math | Tally numbers by using toothpicks as tally marks. Comparing numbers to objects. |
| Frame Game. Timely Movements. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 12-13, & 28 | Kindergarten | Math | Time telling game. Create a clock. |
| Looking For Shadows | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Groundhog Day poem. |
| Love Is In The Air | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 1 (Feb/Mar 2011) p. 47 | Kindergarten | Art | Making heart snowflakes for Valentine's Day. |
| Match That Chick. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 4 & 6 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Matching compound words |
| Clara Caterpillar. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 55 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Developing vocabulary. Alliteration and definitions. Poster with lesson. |
| A Silly Clown. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 53-54 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Matching and sorting ending consonant sounds |
| Ladybugs In A Line | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 44 & 46 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | High frequency words. First letter in a word. |
| Garden of Words. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 44 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Matching high frequency words. Cut out and paste words and from magazines |
| Three Flowers in a Row. Flower Fun. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 45-47 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Reading exercises. Reading individual words. |
| Lucky Ladybugs | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Recognizing high frequency words. Group game. |
| Star Words | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 50 & 52 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Review high frequency words daily using stars. |
| Spin and Tell. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Letter and sound association. Group activity. Build a spinner with letters on it. |
| Flipbook Fun. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 51 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Learning word families by creating a flip book. |
| Froggy Plays T-Ball. On a Roll. Flop, Whack, Zap! Fabulous Flies. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 57-58 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Lessons relating to the story Froggy Plays T-Ball. Retelling a story. Listening responsively. Writing about the story. |
| Splash! | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 55-56 | Kindergarten | Math | Adding and subtraction fish using the story called Splash. |
| The Very Tasty Tree. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 13 | Kindergarten | Art | Making connects to The Very Hungry Caterpillar story with art. |
| Springtime on the Farm. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 22 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Practicing plurals using pictures of animals. |
| Clara Caterpillar | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 55 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Reading beginning, middle and end of a story. Developing vocabulary. |
| Picturing Poems | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 51 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Reading comprehension. Developing visualization skills. |
| Frame Game | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 17-18 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Number and color words. Recognizing words and numbers. |
| Blast off. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 51 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Number words. Spell out numbers and put them in order on a cut out rocket. |
| Just Lounging | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 16 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Reading sentence and recognizing words. Color the matching picture. |
| How many sounds? | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 31-32 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Segmenting words into phonemes using pictures. |
| Build A Nest | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 26 & 32 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Spelling using cut outs of eggs. Spelling project using art techniques. |
| A Bed of Hay | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 7 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Word families. Match words to pictures in color in the ones that match. |
| Twist and Read | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 14 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Word families. Spelling using plastic eggs to match words together. Easter activity. |
| Ducks in a Row | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 25 & 27 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Word families. Spelling matching pictures of words with the same word ending. |
| Bunny Buddies | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 34-35 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Word Families. Spelling game using word endings. |
| Pick A Prompt | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 8 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Writing. Journal prompt. Choose a prompt and on the page and have a child respond to it in writing. |
| A Fast Flier | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 21 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Writing a story. Write about being a dragonfly. |
| Puddles | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 25 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Writing. Helping children to practice writing using prompts. |
| Splash & In the Pond | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 55-56 | Kindergarten | Math | Addition, subtraction and counting numbers. Addition using pictures of frogs, fish, dogs, and cats. |
| Rodeo Time | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 26 & 28 | Kindergarten | Math | Matching pictures of time on a clock to actual numbers. Telling time. |
| Counting Coins | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 33 & 35 | Kindergarten | Math | Counting coins game. |
| Eggs! Eggs! Eggs! | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 5-6 | Kindergarten | Math | Making a graph by sorting eggs by color or size and recording the collection that graph. |
| A Shapely Butterfly | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 15 | Kindergarten | Math | Coloring and recognizing shapes by code and putting the number of shapes into a graph. |
| A Balanced Act | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 25 | Kindergarten | Math | Measuring weight with small classroom objects using a balance scale. |
| Human Scales | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 40 | Kindergarten | Math | Balancing objects in your hand to determine the weight. Lesson comes with a poem for students to recite. |
| Colorful Counting and More | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 26 | Kindergarten | Math | Comparing sets, skip-counting and addition using beaded necklaces. |
| Color Coded Counting | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 40-42 | Kindergarten | Math | Counting by two's, five's and ten's using number charts. Practice sheets available. |
| Solid Figures | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 40-41 | Kindergarten | Math | Graphing using solid figures like cubes, balls and spheres. Comparing shapes. |
| Tee Off with Subtraction | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 36-39 | Kindergarten | Math | Many subtraction lessons using food, animals, fish, etc. Games with cut out figures. |
| Hatchling Predictions | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 5 | Kindergarten | Science | Learning about animals that lay eggs using pictures. |
| Wonderful Water | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 43 | Kindergarten | Science | Teaching about conserving natural resources. Conserving water. |
| Pleasing Posters | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 43 | Kindergarten | Science | Learning about past, present and future by drawing pictures of yourself at different times in your life. |
| At The Playground | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 43 | Kindergarten | Social Studies | Making a simple map of a playground using map keys or images of objects in a playground. |
| Spin, Say, and Color | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 23-24 | Kindergarten | Science | Identifying parts of a butterfly using pictures and colors. |
| Drip, Drop, Splash. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 23 | Kindergarten | Science | Teaching about rain using an eyedropper, cotton balls and a cup to show the concept of how rain happens. |
| The Chicken and The Egg | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 4 | Kindergarten | Science | Showing the lifestyle of a chicken with pictures. Create your own nest, egg, and chicken. |
| Spring Chick | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 11 | Kindergarten | Art | Create your own spring chicken using these tools. |
| Tweet, Tweet! | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 10 | Kindergarten | Art | Make a birds nest. |
| Fluffy Flower | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 2 (April/May 2011) p. 10 | Kindergarten | Art | Making a fluffy flower with construction paper for Mother's Day. |
| ABC Grooming | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 35-36 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Alphabet game. Consonants and vowels. |
| Frame Game | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 18-19 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Circle the final consonant of each word. Bingo game. |
| A Letter-Ring Circus | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 44 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Sorting objects by beginning letters. |
| Plenty of Popcorn | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 47 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Write the ending letter for each word then color that letter. |
| That's Nonsense | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 13 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Changing initial phonemes using nonsense words. |
| Jazzy Jugglers | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 45 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Review letter formation juggling beanbags. |
| Clowning Around | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 44 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Letter-sound association activity. |
| Roll The Hoop | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 45 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Match uppercase and lowercase letters. |
| At The Big Top. The Circus Tent. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 45-46 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | A variety of letter skills. A listen and do activity. |
| Down By The Bay. Does It Rhyme? & New Sights. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 13-14 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Rhyming pattern and rhyme creation activities focused around the book Down By The Bay. |
| Green Wilma | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 11-12 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Reading comprehension using cutout flies with questions on them about the frog centered book Green Wilma. |
| The Relatives Came | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 11 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Writing activity involving what you would pack for a family trip. Activity based on the The Relatives Came book. |
| Construction Zone | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 26 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Building sentences. Pictures cues. |
| Picnic Day | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 56-57 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Make a book. Reproducible book putting pictures in order that will tell a story. |
| Predictions on Paper | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 51 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Students try to predict what a story is about by only seeing the title. Writing, comprehension. |
| A Literary Fan | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 51 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Make paper fans with words on them to practice reading. High frequency words. |
| Head, Waist, and Knees. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 50 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Segmenting phonemes. Isolation sounds game. |
| Sunny Words | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 16 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Word blending skills. Construct a paper sun with words that have the same ending. |
| At The Beach | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 16 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Build descriptive writing skills with a beach theme using sight, sound, touch, smell and taste. |
| Word Family Search | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 25 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Word family endings written on cards in a bag. Shack up the bag to match the word ending to the students card. |
| Honey Bear | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 26 & 28 & 29 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Matching word family endings using cards. Colors and symbols matching game. |
| Toss and Read | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 51 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Matching rhyming words to form word families. |
| What a Catch. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 54 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Writing word families that end in the letters, ot, op, and og. |
| Ready To Fish | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 54-55 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Take home activity. Match the word to the ending sound using cut out cards. Glue the words under the correct ending sound. |
| Find That Bug. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 50 & 52 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Word game using a fly swatter to swat cut-out bugs with words written on them. |
| Quilting Bee | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 53 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Cut and glue to match the O or the U sound. Matching vowels. |
| Pick a Prompt | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 22 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Respond to the supplied prompts on the page. |
| Let's Eat. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 21 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Drawing and writing. Writing to explain. Write or draw your favorite summer foods. |
| Monster Munch | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 26 & 27 | Kindergarten | Language Arts | Practice addition skills with unifix cubes and a cut out monster to eat the cubes. |
| Dinos On The Move. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 38 | Kindergarten | Math | Solving addition and subtraction problems while acting like dinosaurs. Write a number line on a chalk board and move along the number line to answer the math questions. |
| Bubblegum Fun. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 43 | Kindergarten | Math | Counting using gum balls. Addition exercise. |
| Arrange and Label. | Mailbox Kindergarten, vol. 25 no. 3 (June/July 2011) p. 39 | Kindergarten | Math | Create a graph and analyze data using shapes and colors on a bulletin board. |
