Module E Integration-Crayola Creativity

In the Chapter 5 Integration Corner I discovered Crayola Creativity Central. The Crayola website has many creative activities for use by parents, teachers, and children. There is a Crayola for Educators link where you can search for lesson plans by keyword, grade, subject, theme, or product. Crayola provides multiple craft ideas on any subject. They provide a list and pictures to explain different art techniques to use with crayons, dough, and paints. And of course, crayola provides numerous coloring pages organized by subject that you can either print or color online. The color online feature allows you to choose if you want to color with a marker, crayon, colored pencil, or paint. It also has a card and certificate maker, online games, outdoor game ideas, and a calendar. You are able to click on a holiday on the calendar to discover coloring pages, crafts, ecards, and lesson plans that relate to the holiday. There is also a story studio where children can be the main character in the story and make choices in order to develop the story. They can print and color the pages upon completion of the story. Crayola also has a play zone with fun activities for the kids to spark their imagination. For example, they can create their own coloring pages by uploading photos. I found this website to be user friendly. You will find this website useful if you are looking for craft ideas to spark your child’s creativity.

Module D Integration-Busy Teacher's Cafe

I discovered the Busy Teacher's Cafe in the early childhood integration corner for Chapter 4. The main topics include themes, strategies, printables, and resources. The printables page provides printable worksheets for reading, writing, language arts, math, management and forms, seasonal/holiday and Spanish. The math section includes worksheets on addition and subtraction, multiplication, time, money, and word problems. The seasonal section includes worksheets on creative writing, holiday word searches, and words that relate to each month. The writing section includes a journal calendar for every month with a topic for the students to write about each day. These printables would be great as classroom exercises or homework. The themes section has many different activities listed for the class. The activities are divided by topic such as money, election day, and pumpkins, to name a few. I find this website useful because I wouldn’t need to come up with all the ideas on my own. It is nice to have a guide to go off of when planning a lesson. There is also a strategies section that includes strategies for teaching and classroom management. The classroom management section provides ideas in order to make the class run smoothly. It even provides suggestions on how to organize the classroom. I find this page extremely useful and I think it is necessary to have a daily routine so the students know what to expect throughout each day. I think that all new teachers will find this website useful in helping to develop an organized classroom and a daily routine, as well as providing teachers with ready to use worksheets.