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Monthly Activities for Pre-K to K

August 2023

August has the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People (Aug 9). Celebrate the Indigenous people and cultures of our world with us this month. We’ve curated resources to use in your classroom related to this observance and more. Explore these PBS LearningMedia resources on these topics to incorporate into your classroom or home:

A drawing of a snake and a lizard on tree branches.

Arts: Carnival of the Animals – Remix

Travel around the world through music with this children’s concert produced and performed by the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra in front of a live, kid-filled audience! Carnival of the Animals: Remix presents the musical ‘personality’ of animals in short movements using a small orchestra.

Suggested for Grades 9 to 12

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A Black woman on in a striped shirt and a Black girl in a red shirt sit on a couch and hold up a children's book.

English Language Arts: Let’s Share a Story – “Dandan’s Dream”

Shana Davis and a young friend read DANDAN’S DREAM by Xiaowen Zhu and illustrated by Yanling Gong. During the story, Dandan dreams of sending herself by mail to the South Pole. Afterward, Shana and her friend use art supplies to create an imaginative stamp.

Suggested for Grades 9 to 12

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A girl pulling back a bow and arrow.

Health & PE: Power up with Determination

Lizzy is 18 years old and an athlete and a leader. She was born with spina bifida and has embraced herself and her GIRL Power. She is an archer as well as a basketball player. She played as a point guard for the Rollin Rockets in Charlotte NC. She has the goal of playing for […]

Suggested for Grades 9 to 12

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A blue triangle with sides numbered 1, 2, and 3.

Math: Shapes All Around Me

This video from KET helps preschool students identify the shapes that surround them every day so that they can begin building a foundation for skills they will need in the future. Children often view shapes as play things like blocks and other toys. But being able to identify basic shapes and how they relate to […]

Suggested for Grades 9 to 12

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Science: Plants

Read a book as a class and rotate through three activities that explore plants: fruit and vegetable matching, seed bombs, and parts of a plant. These activities are for children ages PreK-K.

Suggested for Grades 9 to 12

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A cartoon girl on the beach collecting seashells.

Social Studies: Trades and Services

Rosie is making a seashell museum at the beach, but she needs to find a service to trade for Crystal’s purple seashell. By trying to get Crystal’s seashell Rosie learns that trading isn’t just swapping things; you can trade by doing actions, called services, too.

Suggested for Grades 9 to 12

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A woman with a guitar singing with a class of children.

World Languages: Sign the Sing-A-Long Song

Sign language transforms this popular nursery rhyme. This bilingual sing-along teaches “If you’re happy and you know it” in English and Sign language.

Suggested for Grades 9 to 12

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