Use these printables, activities, and lessons about families to teach your class about social interactions and relationships. By learning about families, students will begin to understand their place in groups, communities, and the world. You'll find writing assignments, Venn diagrams, art activities, and much more for the cross-curricular study of families. These resources are appropriate for kindergarten, first, second, and third grade teachers.
Printables for Grades K-3
Use these activities to help students explore and learn more about their family history. Included are finger plays and fun poetry.- All About My Family
- My Family Tree
- My Family and Me!
- Following Directions
- Your Heredity
- Family Finger Plays
- Family History Project
- More Family Printables for Grades K-3
Printables for Grades 4-8
Help students learn about family genealogy, traits, and relationships with our engaging printable activities.- Your Heredity
- Family Tree: Student Planning Page
- Inherited and Observable Traits
- We Beat the Street Discussion Guide
- The Lemonade War Teacher's Guide
- Your Family Tree, Version 2
- Judy Blume's Fudge Series Teacher's Guide
- More Family Printables for Grades 4-8
Printables for Grades 9-12
Discuss issues that families face such as emotional, drug use, the meaning of family, and the power of love with these thought-provoking activities.- Crank Reading Guide
- Silent to the Bone Reader's Guide
- When I Crossed No-Bob Reader's Guide
- If I Stay and Where She Went Discussion Guide
- More Family Printables for Grades 9-12
Slideshows
Our slideshows provide lists of engaging activities to help students understand more about different family relationships. Included are templates, guides, information on adoption, and math extension activities.Lesson Plans
Increase students knowledge of their own families through comparisons to other cultures. Activities include creating an immigrant's story, researching manners and customs of families from other countries, and creating a powerpoint presentation.- A Family Tree
- Table Manners
- An Immigrant's Story
- Life on the Prairie
- Family Tree PowerPoint Presentation
- Country of Origin Comparison
- African Storytellers
- More Lesson Plans
Educational Technology Resources
Use our resources to enhance students' learning about families. Activities include research for powerpoint presentations and their family tree, as well as learning about family life long ago.- A Family Tree
- Life on the Prairie
- Family Tree Organization Chart with PowerPoint
- A Family Tree Checklist
- Life on the Prairie Worksheet
- A Family Tree Vocabulary
- Table Manners Scoring Rubric
- More Educational Technology Resources for Families
Family Learning Resources
Students explore their family through printables such as a family tree wordsearch or family roles with printable activities.- Helping Hand
- Family Tree Wordsearch
- Family Roles: Who Am I?
- In All Kinds of Weather
- We Are a Family
- Interviewing an Older Relative
- Every Family Has a Name
- More Family Learning Resources
Father's Day Resources
Use these resources to help students explore Father's Day. Students read a passage and fill in cross-curricular charts, as well as complete a chart using statistics they researched about Father's Day.- Your Heredity
- Fathers as Caretakers -- Using Statistics
- Father's Day Brainstorming and Writing
- Fathers as Caretakers -- Facts and Figures
- More Father's Day - Teacher Resources
Mother's Day Resources
Our Mother's Day Resources offer worksheets, charts, and more to help students increase their knowledge through looking at similarities with their parents and fun wordsearches.Family Activities for Art, Music, & Drama
Creative and fun activities enhance students' family knowledge through puppet making, creating and drawing a puzzle, and determining the logical order in their family life.- Family Puppets
- Morning to Night
- Picture Locket
- Pop-up Family Portrait
- Learning About Voice Through Photographs Assessment
- Family Puzzle
- House Dot-to-Dot
- More Family Activities for Art, Music, & Drama
Family Resources for Health & Safety
These resources are great for students and their family to discuss and work together toward healthier, more nutritional choices as a family unit.- A Family Wordsearch
- Taking Care of Your Health: Family Activity
- Nutrition: Family Activity
- Confessions of a Closet Catholic Teacher's Guide
- More Family Resources for Health & Safety
Families & History Connected
Choose from our literary resources and activities to help students understand how family life may be different, but also the same in different time periods throughout history.- A Long Way from Chicago and A Year Down Yonder
- Life on the Prairie
- Across Five Aprils Discussion Guide
- The Wall: Literature Guide for Teachers
- Caleb's Story Reading Guide
- A Year Down Yonder Discussion Questions
- Star of Luis
- More Family Resources for History Class
Math Activities for Families
These printable activities help students focus on using math skills by practicing counting or filling in charts and graphs with collected information.- How Large Is Your Family?
- Your Family
- Where You Belong: Census Activity
- Communities -- Teacher Checklist
- Fathers as Caretakers -- Using Statistics
- All Sizes, All Shapes
- Family Charts and Graphs
- More Math Activities for Families
Families, Literature, & Language Arts Connected
Family-centered books and stories will increase students' learning by helping them understand all families travel different journeys. Included are writing activities, creating word webs, and discovering traditions passed down in families.- Sign of the Beaver
- Stellaluna
- Table Manners
- Wuthering Heights
- The Keeping Quilt
- Life on the Prairie
- More Family Resources for Literature & Language Arts
Science & Families Connected
Our Science and Families Connected resources highlight the differences between families. Students' learning is extended through reading about different types of human families, as well as animal families with activities included.- Stellaluna
- And Tango Makes Three Educator's Guide
- Communities
- Plan a Holiday With Your Family
- Communities Vocabulary
- Which Is It Anyway?
- More Family Resources for Science Class
Community Life Resources
Students realize that families struggle with various problems through reading the books in the Community Life Resources section. Activities include worksheets and writing assignments.- Communities
- Spitting Image Reader's Guide
- Even Firefighters Hug Their Moms
- Communities Worksheet
- Old Sturbridge Village
- Father's Day Brainstorming and Writing
- More Community Life Resources
