Brain Control Center

An immersive 1st-grade GLAD unit focused on the Colville National Forest ecosystem. Students explore food chains, interdependence, seasonal changes, and local keystone species through visual charts, rhythmic chants, and rewarding literacy achievements.

A highly interactive, hands-on introduction to the five senses designed for young learners. Students explore sensory stations, identify sensory organs, and practice observation skills.

An interactive, print-and-cut sorting game featuring 5 sense mats and 15 colorful object cards. Perfect for cooperative learning and hands-on sensory matching.

A five-day modified animal classification unit focusing on the five main vertebrate groups, designed with extensive visual support, sentence frames, and tracing options for modified learning.

A hands-on, 30-minute creative engineering and design-thinking lesson for 1st-grade students. Students explore flexible thinking through a paperclip challenge, learn about creative problem-solving, and sketch an invention that solves a real classroom problem.

A print-friendly, 2-up exit ticket that functions as a quick formative assessment. Features simple visual check-ins for young learners and a clean cut line for teachers.

An immersive 1st-grade GLAD science and literacy sequence that guides young learners from the sunny surface to the deepest, darkest trenches, using cooperative learning, narrative inputs, and hands-on modeling.

An engaging and accessible mini-lesson on the water cycle designed for early elementary students. It features a simplified reading passage, a comprehension worksheet with word bank fill-in-the-blanks and picture identification, a hands-on cut-and-glue matching activity, and complete teacher answer keys.

Printable, visual cards and quick setup guides for 5 hands-on sensory exploration centers (Sight, Sound, Smell, Taste, Touch). Perfect for table displays in a demo lesson.

A 3-day phonics intervention sequence for first graders focusing on the 'au' and 'aw' diphthongs through direct instruction, fluency building, and game-based learning.

A hands-on construction and engineering camp curriculum for young learners, focusing on spatial reasoning, community helpers, and fine motor skills. This lesson includes a comprehensive 5-day teacher guide, structured daily worksheets, high-contrast visual anchor charts, and adaptable IEP support tools.

A visually engaging, single-page student worksheet where children match sensory organs to objects and draw their favorite sensory experience. Perfect for Pre-K through 1st grade.