Valentine’s Day E-Books @ A to Z Teacher Stuff’s Store How to Make a Valentine * Valentine’s Mini-Books * Valentine’s Theme * February Word Wall Words * Love Bug Cut and Paste Our Valentine Quilt The heart lions are from the 2004 February Lesson of the Month at TLC Art (http://www.tlcart.com) Valentine Candy Box Picture Magnet These are magnets we used to…
[box]Don’t Miss: October Theme Activities & Teaching Ideas[/box] Decide on a schedule for center time–how long before the children rotate to the next center. When the centers are finished, gather all the children together for a Halloween sing-along. Some center choices are: PUMPKIN BOWLING: Use 2 “pie” pumpkins (the small ones – about 4-6″ across), break…
[box]Visit these pages for additional seasonal activities: Pumpkins | Bats | Spiders[/box] Literacy Halloween Erase-A-Rhyme Draw pictures on the chalkboard. Allow children to complete the rhyming word and then erase that picture part. These rhymes came from barb on Teachers.net. Jack-O-Lantern Erase-A-Rhyme If you want a big surprise, then you must erase his (eyes). If he has a light that glows,…
Literature The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle Miss Spider’s Tea Party The Little Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Be Nice to Spiders by Margaret Graham The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti by Gerald McDermott Spider, Spider by Kate…
The photos on the pages listed below offer some math instructional ideas: [twocol_one]Addition/Subtraction Centers Graphing Math Journals Math Links Measurement[/twocol_one] [twocol_one_last]Money/Time Number Formation Poems Number Sense Number Word Songs Other Math Ideas Patterning/Counting[/twocol_one_last]
[box] More Thanksgiving/Turkey Ideas: Songs and Poems • Class Books and Literacy Activities • Art/Crafts • Math, Science, and Social Studies • Bulletin Boards, Recipes, and Classroom Feast Ideas [/box] Bulletin Boards Ears Lookin’ at You Kid! Give each child an outline of a piece of corn on the cob and have them dip their fingers in different autumn colors to put their fingerprints all over…
[box] More Thanksgiving/Turkey Ideas: Songs and Poems • Class Books and Literacy Activities • Art/Crafts • Math, Science, and Social Studies • Bulletin Boards, Recipes, and Classroom Feast Ideas [/box] Math Roll a Turkey Game Students need a blank sheet of paper. They work in small groups and take turns rolling a die to make a complete turkey, including a body, a head, a face…
[box] More Thanksgiving/Turkey Ideas: Songs and Poems • Class Books and Literacy Activities • Art/Crafts • Math, Science, and Social Studies • Bulletin Boards, Recipes, and Classroom Feast Ideas [/box] Art/Craft Activities Handprint Turkeys Paint child’s palm and thumb brown and each finger a different color. When dry, paint the tip of the index finger red and put on thumbprint for the turkey’s waddle. Use orange…
[box] More Thanksgiving/Turkey Ideas: Songs and Poems • Class Books and Literacy Activities • Art/Crafts • Math, Science, and Social Studies • Bulletin Boards, Recipes, and Classroom Feast Ideas [/box] Student/Class Books If You Meet a Turkey This is adaptation of the Wright Book, “If You Meet a Dragon. Glue a turkey cutout (I used an Ellison die-cut turkey) to each page. Use a real feather…
[box] More Thanksgiving/Turkey Ideas: Songs and Poems • Class Books and Literacy Activities • Art/Crafts • Math, Science, and Social Studies • Bulletin Boards, Recipes, and Classroom Feast Ideas [/box] Alburquerque the Turkey (tune of :”O’ My Darlin’ Clementine”) Alburquerque was a turkey, And he’s feathered and he’s fine. And he wobbles and he gobbles, And I’m awfully glad he’s mine. He’s the best pet you…
[box]More Pumpkin Activities: Pumpkin Literacy – Pumpkin Math – Pumpkin Science – Pumpkin Bulletin Boards – Pumpkin Art, Recipes, Games[/box] Art Pumpkin Windsock You will need 2 orange paper plates for each windsock. Draw a jack-o-lantern face on each plate. Glue about four yellow and black crepe paper strips to the back of one plate. Then glue the plates together back to back. Punch…
[box]More Pumpkin Activities: Pumpkin Literacy – Pumpkin Math – Pumpkin Science – Pumpkin Bulletin Boards – Pumpkin Art, Recipes, Games[/box] Pumpkin Life Cycle Sequencing – Make a pumpkin sequencing story with pieces stored in a paper plate pumpkin. Pumpkin Report Complete a pumpkin report. Draw a picture of the pumpkin above this sentence: “This is our pumpkin.” Under the sentence, “Our pumpkin is:” have a…
[box]More Pumpkin Activities: Pumpkin Literacy – Pumpkin Math – Pumpkin Science – Pumpkin Bulletin Boards – Pumpkin Art, Recipes, Games[/box] Pumpkin Glyph (from Dr. Jean’s website) Each child will need an orange sheet of paper cut in a pumpkin shape. Have them decorate the pumpkins according to these directions: *Stripes-How many letters are in your name? Put that many stripes on your pumpkin *Eyes-Make the…
[box]More Pumpkin Activities: Pumpkin Literacy – Pumpkin Math – Pumpkin Science – Pumpkin Bulletin Boards – Pumpkin Art, Recipes, Games[/box] Poems & Songs Once I Had A Pumpkin (from Dr. Jean’s website) Oh, once I had a pumpkin, a pumpkin, a pumpkin. Oh, once I had a pumpkin with no face at all. With no eyes and no nose and no mouth and no teeth….
Go on a Fall walk through the school neighborhood, collecting colored leaves, acorns, etc. in lunch bags or in student-created “Baskets of Beauty”. Use your five senses prior and during the walk: Before the walk, sit in a quiet spot and have the children close their eyes. Speak in hushed tones. Ask them to listen…