Happy New Year! Make it a new year’s resolution to integrate more visual learning tools into your classroom this year. Begin with a few of the Inspiration®, Kidspiration® and InspireData® lesson plan ideas and examples we have provided for you in this month’s Inspired Calendar. With the anniversary of Ellis Island, Issac Newton’s Birthday, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day and more, there are many opportunities to incorporate visual learning into lessons around these important events and people.
1/1 National Blood Donor Month, National Staying Healthy Month and the Anniversary of Ellis Island
- Learn about bones and muscles in Inspiration for National Blood Donor Month this January.
- Teach your students the five systems of the human body in Inspiration this January for National Staying Healthy Month.
- Learn about the different food groups in Kidspiration this January for National Staying Healthy Month.
- Do a “Get Well Stay Healthy” activity in Kidspiration this January with your students for National Staying Healthy Month.
- Teach your students about immigration in InspireData this January for the Anniversary of Ellis Island January 1st.
1/4 Isaac Newton’s Birthday
- Create a concept map in Inspiration on Newton’s Laws of Motion January 4th for Isaac Newton’s Birthday.
1/5 National Bird Day
- Do an observational activity in Inspiration January 5th for National Bird Day.
- Learn about the birds of your school with a Kidspiration activity January 5th for National Bird Day.
1/7 Old Rocks Day
- Create a concept map about the different types of rocks in Inspiration for Old Rocks Day January 7th.
1/13 Poetry Break Day
- Create a poem web in Kidspiration for Poetry Break Day January 13th.
- Read cadence and write in rhymes this January 13th with a Shakespeare activity in Inspiration for Poetry Break Day.
1/17 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Do a Kidspiration activity on the film “Martin’s Big Words” for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day January 17th.
- Help students write a paragraph about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a Kidspiration activity January 17th.
- Learn about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day with an activity in Inspiration on the film “Martin’s Big Words” this January 17th.
1/25 Opposite Day
- Do a Kidspiration activity around Dr. Seuss’ “The Foot Book” for Opposite Day this January 25th.
- Learn about opposites with an activity in Kidspiration this January 25th for Opposite Day.
See you next month!
Sarah Cargill
Thinkspiration Ambassador, Inspiration Software
