These portraits are each unique. The instructions were in TLC Art’s Winter Book. There used to be a free Lesson of the Month for January, 2004, on their site. This is the address in web archive: http://web.archive.org/web/20040101025840/www.tlcart.com/Jan_2004/MLKing.pdf To make these friendship wreaths, the center was cut out of a paper plate. The hands…
Ideas for Math Centers Use manipulatives to make patterns. Glue or stamp pennies in a coin counting booklet. Use stamper markers or glue on packing peanuts to practice counting skills. Make math counting centers to supplement themes such as frogs on dotted lily pads. Place seeds on felt watermelons (in the background) and put…
The photos on the pages listed below offer some math instructional ideas. Addition/Subtraction A plate divided into three sections can be used to illustrate both addition and subtraction. For addition, put manipulatives in both small sections (5+3). Move all of them down to the larger bottom section to show the sum. For subtraction, begin with…
Welcome to the Little Giraffes Teacher Page. The links below are teaching ideas, many of them photos, from past school years. Some ideas are original, while others are “borrowed” from other teachers and sources. Thank you for your willingness to share! **This page is still in the old format and will be updated soon.** …
ABC Letter Formation Poems Check out the handwriting worksheet generator, too! A – Pull down twice from the point to the top. Add a seat to view the apple crop. a – First make a round apple to eat, then a slide for an ant when he’s finished his treat! B – Big old B…
[box] More Christmas Ideas: Arts/Crafts • Snacks/Recipes • Christmas Party Games • Gingerbread Theme • Polar Express Theme [/box] Literacy Rudolph! Rudolph! New Printable available for this activity: Printable Rudolph! Rudolph! Book In this book, Rudolph has a different colored nose on each page. I used a piece of velcro to make the book interactive by matching…
[box] More Christmas Ideas: Math & Literacy Ideas • Christmas Party Games • Gingerbread Theme • Polar Express Theme [/box] Snacks/Recipes Reindeer Reindeer-cut bread into triangle shape and spread on peanut butter. Use pretzels for ears, chocolate covered raisins (or brown M&Ms) for eyes and a red M&M for a nose. Apple Santa Make an Apple Santa…
Ideas for Christmas Party Games 1.MUSICAL SHARES Set up the chairs facing outward in a circle just like in Musical Chairs. Start the music and stop it. Everyone gets a seat just as usual and everyone takes a seat. For the next round, remove one chair, but NOBODY leaves. Everyone stays. Start the music again,…
Class Graphs This is our class graph of how many people are in our families. This graph depicts each student’s “place” in their family–the oldest child, the middle child , the youngest child, or the only child. Family Photos These are the family pictures we brought to share. Family Flags We made “family flags” by…
We made an igloo out of milk jugs to use as a reading center. How many milk jugs will you need to make this igloo? 155! Start collecting now. There are 23 jugs hot glued together in our base row. The yardstick helps to maintain the circular shape. Row 2 consists of 22 jugs. There…
Touch Place six different shaped objects in six socks which have been labeled with numerals. Have students divide a paper into 6 boxes and number them. Pass the socks around and have the students make a picture of what they think is inside from feeling them. Take out the objects and compare the drawings to…
Related Teaching Ideas Pages: Christmas Theme • Gingerbread Theme The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburgh Have a Polar Express Day in your class! The photos below depict some of the activities I’ve done with my class and information regarding the resources I used to make this an exciting day for the children. My students…
Literature Dem Bones by Bob Barner Shake Dem Halloween Bones by W. Nicola-Lisa Skeleton Hiccups by Margery Cuyler The Skeleton Inside You by Phillip Balestino Funny Bones by Janet and Allen Ahlberg Poems/Songs Bones (to the tune of “Home on the Range”) Oh, give me some bones That are sturdy as stones, That connect from…
Activities Bat puppets are folded and cut in bat shape. White reinforcements are used for eyes and a mouth with fangs is drawn on. To make it into a puppet, staple a scrap strip of paper to the back on each side of the fold. Don’t staple this piece flat; leave a bit of play…
Begin the unit by filling in a KWL chart. Ask the students what they Know about food and what they Wonder about food. At the conclusion, fill in the “What I Learned” section. Taste test and then graph students’ favorite milk flavor. You could also make strawberry-flavored milk so they would have three choices. …