Shannon Gunter

Feb 22, 2019 Lesson Plan on Bridges: Suspension, Cantilever, & Cable-Stayed Bridges and Bridge Building Contest – Elementary and Middle School level This is the second half of a two-part hands-on unit study on bridges. Activities include creating and acting out cantilever, suspension, & cable-stayed bridges, competing in a bridge-building contest, and more! These…

Dec 3, 2018 Painted Christmas Tree Card Art Lesson for Early Elementary This lesson focuses on painting a winter Christmas tree card. I used this plan while teaching a weekly 45-minute art class for children in Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grades. My lessons usually teach art concepts with a focus on artists, but for…

Sep 6, 2018 Image credit: http://www.graphicshunt.com/wallpapers/images/fireworks_over_the_statue_of_liberty-1006.htm Are you looking for fun worksheets, books, YouTube clips, DVD’s, and activity ideas for teaching and/or learning about the 50 States? Included are links to wonderful worksheets, book suggestions for children, YouTube videos, DVD and CD recommendations, and more — all related to the 50 States of America!…

Jul 10, 2018 Are You A Fan of Finding Fossils? This is part 3 of a 6 part hands-on unit on Earth Science from a Christian perspective. The focus of this lesson is fossils! Create fossils casts, dig up and piece together dinosaur skeletons, excavate dinosaurs, eat edible ammonites, and more! My lessons are…

May 8, 2018 Image credit: http://americanhistory.phillipmartin.info/americanhistory_civilwar.htm Looking for great YouTube video clips, books, and free worksheets and lapbooks for teaching and/or learning about President Abraham Lincoln? Here you will find my favorite picks we used while studying the individual Presidents of the United States. This is part of a series of lessons I posted…

Jan 18, 2018 Make an origami paper crane, a carp fish kite, a Japanese meal, a Japanese doll, and more! This lesson is geared toward preschool, Kindergarten, and 1st grade level children. I created this to do as a two hour “play date” with a few friends. Even if you’re not meeting with friends,…

Jan 17, 2018 This is part 6 of a 7 part hands-on unit study on anatomy of the human body. Create a lung model, measure lung capacity, dissect a lung, play a respiratory relay race, and more! These lessons are geared toward 4th-5th grade level children and their siblings. They were created by another…

Aug 15, 2017 New Hampshire has almost 50 covered bridges that are on the National Register of Historic Places. Are you looking for fun children’s books, worksheets and lapbooks, and YouTube videos for teaching and/or learning about New Hampshire? Whether you’re a school teacher, homeschooling parent, involved parent, librarian, lifelong learner, or a student…

Aug 5, 2017 This is part 4 of a 9 part hands-on unit study on the 50 States. Bake and eat cornbread, deliver mail on the Pony Express, carve Mount Rushmore, grind wheat, construct sod houses, sample regional foods, and more! My lessons are geared toward 4th-5th grade level children and their siblings. These…

Aug 2, 2017 Chimney Rock Are you looking for fun worksheets, books, and activity ideas for teaching and/or learning about Nebraska? Included are links to our favorite worksheets and lapbook pages, book suggestions for children, points of interest, and YouTube video clips — all related to the state of Nebraska! These are the resources…