English Language Arts
Busterfield Library - A-Z — Between the Lions
Leon Redbone sings a fun alphabet song. In alphabetical order, each letter takes the stage along with a character or image that begins with that letter. (Grades: PreK-1)
Let's Tell a Story — Everyday Learning
This brief animation shares the story of a hamster as imagined by children. (Grades: PreK-1)
Inside/Outside — Sesame Street
A girl plans a picnic and learns all about the words "inside" and "outside" and what they mean. (Grades: PreK-1)
Camouflage
In this adventure, little Ioda takes hide and seek to a whole new level! Practice asking and answering questions like who, what, when, where, why, and how. (Grades: PreK-1)
The Three Little Pigs — Between the Lions
In this video segment from Between the Lions, Lionel the Lion models reading aloud as he reads the story of The Three Little Pigs to Leona. (Grades: PreK-1)
Letter Book
It's crafting time with your students! Introduce new vocabulary words to your students with this DIY letter book. (Grades: PreK-1)
Baseball Field Trip
At Marlins' Park, kids meet the team mascot, run on the field, pitch in the bullpen, bat in the batting cages and hang out in the President’s Suite. (Grades: PreK-3)
Picnic Patrol: P — Sesame Street
The ant picnic patrol go on a search for foods that start with the letter P. This and others like it support letter recognition. (Grades: PreK-1)
The Ants and the Grasshopper
This is an original animated retelling of a classic Aesop fable that appeared on BETWEEN THE LIONS. (Grades: PreK-1)
What Makes Your Friends Happy?
Watch as a PreK class participates in a shared writing activity in which a teacher creates a Language Experience Chart on friendship. (Grades: PreK)
Friends
True friends come in all sizes! Enjoy a fresh take on an old story about a lion and a mouse. (Grades: PreK-2)
Horse Farm Field Trip
On this field trip, Penny and the kids visit Condee Horse Farm and learn the names of horse body parts, feed horses, ride a horse, and run like a horse. Giddy Up! (Grades: PreK-3)
P Is for Princess — Sesame Street
The Princess wears a purple dress while she has a picnic with her poodle. This video focuses on letter recognition and letter P vocabulary. (Grades: PreK-1)
Kindergarten Field Trip
Are you ready to take the next big step into Kindergarten? Go on a field trip and see how kindergarteners follow rules, make friends, and write their own names. (Grades: PreK-3)
Recipe for Writing
REACH for more! Be an author! Write and illustrate your very own story by mixing up a simple recipe of WHO, WHERE, WHAT, and ENDING. (Grade: PreK)
Violet's Music — Between the Lions
Cleo reads the Lion family a story of a little girl named Violet who loves music and searches for people just like her. (Grades: PreK-1)
Upper and Lowercase — Between the Lions
This video segment from Between the Lions stars an Elvis-like singer singing about upper- and lower-case letters. (Grades: PreK-1)
Word on the Street: Persistent — Sesame Street
Expand children’s vocabulary with a word that starts with P in this clip from Sesame Street’s Word on the Street. Murray introduces the word, “persistent.” (Grades: PreK-1)
Inside the Classroom: Kindergarten
Learn how Mrs. Hake teaches letters, sounds and sight words while her students practice three big things: speaking & listening, reading and writing. (Grades: PreK-1)
Sesame Street Story Book Builder
Early readers will love building their own story book with Elmo, Abby Cadabby, or Cookie Monster! A perfect tool for helping identify feelings and emotions, word and letter recognition, and letter sounds. (Grades: PreK-K)
Mathematics
Enough with the Sea Shells — Sid the Science Kid
In this episode of Sid the Science Kid, Sid uses a new strategy called estimation for making his best guess how many seashells he has. (Grades: PreK-1)
Sorting it Out
This group activity from PBS KIDS Lab encourages students to observe carefully, analyze and make comparisons and predictions based on data they gather. (Grades: PreK-K)
Highlight Zone — Peg + Cat
Peg and Cat have to spot ten differences in the Highlight Zone to get things back to normal. (Grades: PreK-K)
The Whale Episode — Sid the Science Kid
Sid has a new ruler and wants to measure the biggest animal in the world: the Blue Whale! How can he use a little ruler to measure something so big? (Grades: PreK-1)
Cupcake Math — Super Why
Cooking with children is a great way to teach them about measurement and help them learn the language of math. (Grades: PreK-K)
Do You See My Seahorse? - The Cat in the Hat
Use this Cat in the Hat game to help children recognize numbers and count and add groups of objects. (Grades: PreK-2)
Measuring is Fun — Everyday Learning
How many books high is the chair? How many teddy bears to reach the top of the rocking horse? Early learners practice non-traditional forms of measurement. (Grades: PreK)
Race to the Top Floor
In this video from Let's Learn, Lily Fincher and Omar Etman play a board game that involves counting to get to the top floor of a building. (Grades: PreK-2)
Deep Sea Follow Me — The Cat in the Hat
This Cat in the Hat game helps children to describe, name, and interpret relative positions in space using position words such as under, over, next to and behind. (Grades: PreK-2)
New Age Curriculum Songs | Media Arts Toolkit
The New Age Curriculum project uses the idea of songwriting and recording to help students understand math concepts. (Grades: K-13+)
Peg Finds Her Marble — Peg + Cat
When Peg's marble accidentally flies into one of many identical bowls of spice, Cleopatra shows her how to use a pan balance to see which bowl contains her marble. (Grades: PreK-1)
Counting by Tens Song — Peg + Cat
In this clip that corresponds to the activity Chicken Feed, Ramone and Peg sing a song about counting by 10's while they save the chickens from Big Mouth. (Grades: PreK-2)
Balancing Nature: Science Crafts for Kids — Peg + Cat
Make a balancing scale with your child at home to compare the weights of objects found in nature. (Grades: PreK-3)
Non-Standard Measurement — Sid the Science Kid
This video will help children learn about non-standard measurement. Students use the length of their bodies to measure the size of their classroom. (Grades: PreK-2)
Science
Make a Web — Wild Kratts
Use this Wild Kratts video to teach children how spiders make their webs, the types of silk they spin and how they capture prey. (Grades: PreK-4)
Mixing Colors - Everyday Learning
What color do you get when you mix blue and yellow? Children learn about mixing two colors to create a new color in this animated video. (Grades: PreK-1)
Butterfly World Field Trip
Witness metamorphosis, examine live butterflies, float with butterflies in a rainforest cave, and see a collection of the most beautiful butterflies in the world. (Grades: PreK-3)
Whatever Floats Your Boat — The Cat in the Hat (full length)
Join Sally, Nick, and the Cat in the Hat as they go to the Floating Island and learn about why certain objects float and others sink! (Grades: PreK-K)
Zoo Field Trip
At Zoo Miami, children explore the zoo, wash rhinos, feed a giraffe and ride a camel. Children will love seeing all of these wild animals. (Grades: PreK-3)
The Dirt on Dirt — Sid the Science Kid
Sid and his friends learn that dirt is really important to the Earth because it helps things grow. (Grades: PreK-1)
Five Senses - Curious George
Children explore how people and animals use their senses to learn about the world in this lesson featuring a hands-on activity and a video from Curious George. (Grades: PreK-1)
Science Museum Field Trip
At the Miami Science Museum kids find out how to mix colors with their own shadows, learn how levers work on a giant swing and much more. (Grades: PreK-3)
Nature Nuggets: The Ants Go Marching
Watch how ants cut through leaves and carry them overhead, while marching in a line. (Grades: PreK-2)
Polar Bear Slip and Slide — Nature At-Home Activities
Learn how a mother polar bear’s feet help her cross the ice and snow. Examine how different textures provide grip on slippery surfaces with this fun activity! (Grades: PreK-4)
Sink of Float - Everyday Learning
Students are asked whether they think an item will sink or float, the item is then dropped into a fish tank, and the results are charted. (Grades: PreK-1)
STEM from the START — Materials 1
The Quinks surprise Willow with a chair made of cardboard for her birthday, but Willow doesn't want to sit in it. Can you guess why? (Grades: PreK-3)
Ants and Plants | Education through Puppetry
This short video uses puppets to show how ants help plants grow. (Grades: PreK-5)
Whatever Floats Your Boat — The Cat in the Hat
The Cat in the Hat helps create engineering adventures for your students! In Whatever Floats Your Boat, the Cat invites them along to help solve a problem. (Grades: PreK-K)
Growing Plants - Sid the Science Kid
Students plant lima bean seeds in class and watch them grow. Then they compare and measure the size of their plants. (Grades: PreK-2)
STEM from the START — Materials 2: Properties
When you are making something, it is important that you pick the right materials with the right properties to do the job! (Grades: PreK-3)
Dinosaur Exhibit Field Trip
At the Dinosaurs in Motion exhibit, kids dig for fossils, create a dinosaur skeleton and see life-size dinosaurs in action. (Grades: PreK-3)
Social and Emotional Development
Clifford the Big Red Dog Resources
This collection of resources has been designed to help teach character development and social-emotional skills to children ages four to seven. (Grades: PreK-1)
Who's Super Brave and Strong? | Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood
Daniel imagines that he is super brave, super strong, and isn't afraid of anything! Remind kids to think of happy thoughts when they are scared. (Grades: PreK-1)
Fireflies Musical Yoga for Kids
This 12-part series, consists of three-minute instructional videos presented by Kira Willey, nationally acclaimed kindie artist and musical yogini. It provides a wonderful tool to help children connect their bodies and minds to music and positivity. (Grades: PreK-5)
Guided Mindfulness Practice | Kindness in the Classroom
Kindness in the Classroom is a multi-part video series designed to give educators insight into the positive impacts of teaching mindfulness in a classroom setting. (Grades: PreK-K)
Social Studies
Cultural Rhythm: Drums — Sesame Street
Introduce different instruments from across South America and explore the music of a different culture. (Grades: PreK-1)
Cultural Connections — Arthur
Providing daily exposure to various cultures enriches your children's experiences. Enable them to appreciate and share their heritage in this activity from Arthur. (Grades: PreK-4)
Speaking Out — Arthur
Francine discovers chemicals from lawn fertilizer are causing fish to die, she's determined to raise awareness about the dangers of poisoning the environment. (Grades: PreK-2)
An Artist in the Family
This video segment takes students into Manuela’s home for a close look at her grandmother’s paintings to learn some of her techniques and about life in Columbia. (Grades: PreK-5)
Being a Good Citizen
Learn from students what it means to be a good citizen at their school. Students demonstrate how taking responsibility for jobs in the classroom is a privilege! (Grades PreK-2)
Map Borders
Learn about map borders and complete an interesting hands-on activity. (Grades: PreK-4)
The Latino Festival Song | Sesame Street
Mando sings about many different Spanish-speaking countries in the world like Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Argentina, and more! (Grades: PreK-1)
Arthur’s Park Game
Practice taking action to improve your world by playing Arthur's Park. (Grades: PreK-2)
Meet the Helpers | Doctors are Helpers: In-Depth
Dive deeper into a doctor's career and find out how this Helper assists in emergency situations. (Grades: PreK-3)
Around the Block Activities — Arthur
Explore how people are alike and different, the activities will help children understand and appreciate what we share in common and what makes each of us unique. (Grades: PreK-2)