Match your weekly teaching plans to the start of holiday season with our grab-and-go thematic units for November.
Thematic Units to teach in Novermber
Make your teaching easier this month using our ready-made thematic units that are perfect for November.
All our thematic units are based on hands-on activities which makes them super fun and engaging for your children, and routed in best-practice teaching methods so the learning sticks.
Every unit is all planned for you, and comes with accompanying printables to make your teaching even easier.
Think of me as your teaching fairy godmother and take your pick from my grab-and-go teaching solutions this autumn.
Here’s our collection of grab-and-go thematic units to teach in November.
Day of the Dead thematic unit
Teach your children about the Mexican festival of Dia de los Muertos with our Day of the Dead unit. This festival falls on November 1st/ 2nd.
In this Day of the Dead thematic unit your children can:
:: learn about the Day of the Dead and make a mini book
:: make a sugar skull collage
:: learn about your ancestors
:: use papel picardo letter cards for literacy games
:: use marigold number cards for math games
Play Academy members can download this Day of the Dead with all the accompanying printables here.
Not a Play Academy member yet? Find out more and pick your first unit here.
Diwali thematic unit
The date of the Indian festival of lights varies from year to year, and this Diwali teaching unit is a great way to celebrate this joyful festival.
In these Diwali lesson plans your children can:
:: learn about Diwali
:: make Rama and Sita puppets
:: create firework paintings or diya lanterns
:: make rangoli designs
:: five senses Indian food taste test
Play Academy members can download this Diwali unit with all the accompanying printables here.
Not a Play Academy member yet? Find out more and pick your first unit here.
Fractions thematic units
Use this unit from the Play Academy‘s Math & Science curriculum pathway to help your children really understand fractions. Using art and play to teach math makes for engaging and memorable lessons. Hands on means brains on!
In this Fractions unit your chldren can:
:: learn about fraction and make an anchor chart jigsaw
:: enjoy a fractions pizza parlour role play
:: have a fractions tea party
:: make math and art fraction patterns
:: create a fraction mandala
Play Academy members can download this Fractions unit with all the accompanying printables here.
Not a Play Academy member yet? Find out more and pick your first unit here.
Thanksgiving thematic unit
Our Thanksgiving Unit can be used for Canadian and American Thanksgiving festivals or as a harvest festival celebration.
In this Thanksgiving unit your children can:
:: make marble leaves
:: preserve leaves in wax and make a thankful tree
:: make leaf bookmarks
:: make I Am Thankful placemats
:: lace leaf cards for fine motor skills
:: make play dough leaf prints
Play Academy members can download this Thanksgiving unit with all the accompanying printables here.
Not a Play Academy member yet? Find out more and pick your first unit here.
Hanukkah thematic unit
The date of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah varies from year to year, so this unit can be taught in November or December, as applicable.
In these Hanukkah lesson plans your children can:
:: learn about Hanukkah and make a mini book
:: play dreidel
:: make a Star of David
:: make potato latkes
:: make a Menorah
Play Academy members can download this Hanukkah unit with all the accompanying printables here.
Not a Play Academy member yet? Find out more and pick your first unit here.
Time thematic unit
A second unit from our Math & Science curriculum pathway, our Time Unit teaches your children about seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years and going back in time. We use hands-on activities, art and play to really help children understand these complex concepts.
In this Time thematic unit your children can:
:: explore 100 seconds
:: learn about telling the time and make a watch or clock
:: journal a day in their life
:: learn about weeks, months and years
::make a day/month spinner, art calendar or nature wheel
:: go back in time and learn about their ancestors
Play Academy members can download this Time unit with all the accompanying printables here.
Not a Play Academy member yet? Find out more and pick your first unit here.
Choose from over 50 ready-made thematic units
The Play Academy gives you over 50 grab-and-go thematic units which integrate perfectly with your curriculum. They’re carefully planned to introduce each topic and give children a range of hands-on lesson plans that really engage them in learning and developing cross-curricular skills and ideas.
Each unit is clearly laid out, showing you how to introduce and lead each lesson, so you can pick up your chosen unit and be ready to teach.
You can use individual units and also group units together to build a year-round pathway of cross-curricular leaning based around extended themes including Festivals, Science and Math, Art, and Nature.
Your teaching is about to get a whole lot better and easier!
Take a tour of the Play Academy and choose your first thematic unit here.
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