Sensory Safari

An engaging, high-impact 4-week literacy skills program for young learners. Features highly visual, fun printable worksheets focusing on beginning letter sounds, CVC phonics blending, sight word reading, and short stories.

An engaging, highly visual lesson focused on introducing shark anatomy and marine biology vocabulary to young learners through a picture-supported word search and vocabulary flashcards.

A fun and easy post-walk student reflection worksheet. It includes a matching game to connect body parts with the four senses, a large drawing box for their favorite discovery, and name/date fields.

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.

An introductory science lesson for first graders to establish their scientific identity, explore the five senses, and set up their very first Interactive Science Notebook.

A beautifully designed student scavenger hunt worksheet with large, clear spaces for children to draw or write their sensory observations. Includes a top section for student name/date and an explorer safety checklist.

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.

An introductory first-week science unit for 1st graders to explore scientific identity, observation, and the five senses through interactive notebooks.

A comprehensive teacher guide and lesson plan for the Sensory Safari lesson. It features clear learning objectives, a materials checklist, preparation steps, a detailed teacher script with inquiry-based prompts, and classroom management strategies.

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.

A high-energy, 15-minute introductory lesson for 1st graders to explore how animals move, categorize them by travel types (flying, swimming, crawling), and connect their physical body features to their motion.

An engaging slide deck tailored for first graders that introduces the five senses through a nature-themed adventure. Features large, highly readable text, clear symbols, and targeted 1st-grade prompts to prepare students for their outdoor safari.