10 minute lesson plans for the Busy Mom
Say your 7 year old son is into dinosaurs and you’re planning a dinosaur themed unit study as a treat. It’s hard to find the time to organize it with the baby crying, phone ringing, and your daughter’s piano lesson starting in 15 minutes. Feeling a little overwhelmed? Well, are you willing to pay someone six bucks to do it for you…at times I would too!
A to Z is the place to go! You can have the entire lesson plan printed out and ready to go in ten minutes. It starts with a quick search for dinosaurs and then (for just $5.95) you download their Dinosaurs: A Thematic Cross-Curricular Unit and now you’re holding a 26-page package! Here’s what it looks like:
Dinosaurs: A Thematic Cross-Curricular
Unit for PreK-2 (26 pages)
- Teaching suggestions for making the most of books
- A dinosaur themed literature list
- Dinosaur poems
- Pattern for class book
- Mini-Books: Dinosaur Facts, Dinosaurs
- Word play activities
- Story paper/story starters
- Math activity ideas
- Recipes
- Science and art activities
- Home connections
Not bad for six bucks…now, with your homeschool planning done, isn’t your daughter’s piano lesson starting!
Does Free sound better than $6.00?
Are on a budget and don’t want to spend the money (and you have the extra time to put your own unit together)? Well, A to Z can help you there, too! You can browse through tons of free lesson plan ideas, printables, and resource web sites that are arranged by your chosen theme: dinosaurs! You can also click on the Sort this category by grade level button so that you can just browse through the ideas that relate to your child’s age group. From math and science to art and literature, you’ll have more ideas than you’ll need for that one lesson plan. Actually there is so much information on this site it’s easy to get side tracked so try to stay focused and don’t forget to borrow some ideas for future use. Here’s a quick look at the search options:
- Search by age or grade - This is a good place to start if you’re not sure what you want to do with your kids but you do want it to be age appropriate.
- Search by subject - Maybe your child needs extra help in a Math. Just look up math ideas, and you’ll find plenty of downloads, printable worksheets, games, and other teaching ideas.
- Download free worksheets - Along with downloadable books that you can purchase, A to Z also offers hundreds of free worksheets that you can download. A good worksheet can really add to any lesson plan. For example, does your daughter need to practice her penmanship? Check out this free worksheet for practicing the letter A.
What are you waiting for?
A to Z is quick, well-organized, and easy to search… What more can I say? If you’re in a hurry, just buy a unit. If you’ve got the time, put your own together for free. Whatever you’re looking for, A to Z's got you covered!