A hands-on science activity that really digs into pollination for children.
Logorici este o platformă educațională de logopedie pentru cadre didactice, părinţi şi logopezi.
This project offers an alternative three-dimensional way to display children’s artwork. It’s a simple concept with multiple potential variations so you can make it as basic or as complicated as you like. I love it’s kinetic qualities, but unfortunately this made it astonishingly difficult to photograph properly, so all I can say is that the photos don’t really do it justice. You can make them as big or as small as you like depending on the space available. I think a few really long ones would look fabulous suspended down a stairwell. However we don’t have the house for this, so a corner of my kitchen had to do! Before you start, measure the height of the space where you intend to hang your mobile so you know how many frames you need. To make this, all you need is some foam board for the frames, coloured card for the mounts, and I used a clear nylon beading thread to join and suspend the frames. Of course you don’t have to use foam board for the frames. I chose it because it was light and fairly easy to cut as long as you have a very sharp knife and a cutting board. (Be warned, foam board is very unforgiving of blunt knives!) I used white, which is the most readily available colour, but it is also available in black which I think would look rather good too. You could of course use thick card instead, and even create some ‘gilded’ frames. You can cut the frames any size you like – (a variety of sizes can look good, used in mixed formats – i.e portrait and landscape), just make sure you leave the frame wide enough to give a reasonable level of rigidity. The sizes will of course be at least in part dictated by the size of the artwork you want to frame. I had quite a lot of work created on A4 and smaller sized paper which I sorted out, paired up and stuck back to back on pieces of stiff coloured card, leaving a small border around. The window of the frame was cut to be slightly larger than the mounted artwork so that it could be suspended freely within it. Once you have cut your frames, you can either leave them plain or paint or decorate them in any way you choose. I chose to leave mine plain and minimal so as to place all the focus on the artwork itself. To assemble the mobile, start by punching a single hole at the centre top of each mounted artwork, and threading a length of the nylon through it. I then used a needle threaded with an end of the nylon to take the thread through the top inside edge of the frame, and secured it with a knot. Having done this for all the frames, I then laid them all out on the floor in the order I wanted them, and again used a needle threaded with the nylon, to join the individual frames together with equal spaces between. Bear in mind where it is going to be placed so that you don’t create it too long. Your mobile will then be ready to hang, so stand back and admire!
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These hands-on insect activities for kindergarten are a great way to add literacy and math practice to an insect thematic unit.
Hola familias! Hoy es el turno de la tercera parte del proyecto de abejas y vamos a hablar sobre la polinización. Este, es un proceso por el cual el polen se transporta desde el estambre hasta el e…
Hola familias! Hoy es el turno de la tercera parte del proyecto de abejas y vamos a hablar sobre la polinización. Este, es un proceso por el cual el polen se transporta desde el estambre hasta el e…
Artesanato com materiais recicláveis
Carnaval 2015
pol·li·nate [ póllə nàyt ] transfer pollen and fertilize plant: to transfer pollen grains from the male structure of a plant anther...
مدونة لتوثيق رحلتنا في التعليم المنزلي (الهومسكولينج) أو التعليم المرن
This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure here. Spring has sprung in our neck of the woods. We hear birds chirping, the flowers are blossoming and bees are buzzing! Bring Spring inside by setting up these fun honey bee dramatic play centers. Taking...
Fabrication d'arbres en papier mâché et objets de récupération avec les enfants des classes de CP
L'ape è un insetto piccolo, quasi invisibile nel bellissimo progetto della creato eppure ha davvero tanto da insegnarci. Intelligente e laboriosa è un animale sociale specializzato che produce miele, cera e meravigliose opere d'arte! E' importante che i bambini imparino osservando la natura, e soprattutto che rispettino ogni anello di questo grande quadro chiamato Vita.
Hola familias! Hoy es el turno de la tercera parte del proyecto de abejas y vamos a hablar sobre la polinización. Este, es un proceso por el cual el polen se transporta desde el estambre hasta el e…
In 3rd grade the students study all about bees. So in art we decided to take their knowledge about bees from what they learned in their cla...
Do you remember the My Heart to Yours craft? These are the extra egg casings that were left over. We couldn't use them because of their incomplete shape. So these were cut down further. I'm really happy that some of the older kids from our other group helped us, the younger group. There is no way the younger ones could have handled the Exacto knife to cut slits in the top of the casings so that they could be cut away. Kuddles to them! Watch out! Box cutter in use! "I got the hang on how to push them out!" Sai got tired of trying to get the centers out and opted to cut more fringes for the anemones. Let the painting begin! These "barnacles" were painted with latex paint. Supplies: 1. egg cartons 2. scissors 3. Exacto knife or box cutter 4. latex paint Directions: 1. cut individual casings out of egg cartons 2. with box cutter, make slits into top of egg casings (makes a starter for scissors) 3. with scissors, cut circular pattern on top of casings 4. paint casings Duration: This takes two days: cutting, one day; painting, one day Note: I used water-base latex paint because of the variety egg carton material. It seemed this type of paint would take care of any show-through.
Hi Friends! This is Julie from Mrs. Lee's Kinderkids. Thanks so much for hoppin' over to read the great things we have going on here at Blog Hoppin' this week! Today's theme is Activities Like…so my title would be: Activities Like This Make my Prep Life Easier or Activities Like This Keep my Students Engaged I began our Alphabet Journal this year and I absolutely love it…so do my kiddos! They are totally engaged in this hands-on journal. I've seen ABC journals before, but haven't really found one that was very hands-on. I didn't want simply a tracing journal, but one that was fun, hands-on, and one that was a little unpredictable from week to week. Now, for the part that makes my prep life easier…once these are made, it is something that's always there and ready each week. I prep most all of the materials for the year at the beginning of school. I keep the letter manipulatives in a drawer caddy that I got at K-mart years ago. I forgot to snap a picture of it, but I got it in the tool section. It has 12 drawers that are see-through. A few of the things I do have to pull out each week like cotton balls, glitter etc. Once my kiddos got the hang of how to complete the journal, they rarely have to ask for my help if ever, which maximizes my teaching time. Here are a few examples that my students have done this year… Each letter has a decorate it, trace it, write it, dot it, and build it section. Here, we used apples to decorate our Aa and we built it with torn paper which is great for fine motor skills. For Tt, we decorated it with triangles and built it with toothpicks. For Pp, we painted the Pp's with pink and purple, and built our Pp's using pipe cleaners. *************************************** Elizabeth here from Kickin' it in Kindergarten. This is my all time favorite sight word game. The kids beg to play it on Friday. Word Wall Wizard. I read Word Wizard at the beginning of the year to introduce the activity. We play this game every Friday to review the sight words introduced from the week and all year. We all cozy up in the library...since that's where the word wall is. One student is the wizard and they get to wear the wizard hat (which is falling apart) from Party City. I think I paid a whopping $1.50 for it. The wand was in the dollar bin at Target. You could also use the wooden spoon as a wand since that's what the girl uses in the book. Once they put on the hat (and tell me the word they are thinking of...), they wave the wand and say: I used to have this as a poster next to the word wall, but there I don't have room for it this year. If you want a copy of it, feel free. Just click on the picture to get the PDF. So here's how it would go down. One lucky wizard is picked, I have them whisper their word to me. They put on the hat (and it always falls off) and wave the wand and do their schpeel. For example, the word is "you". They stand in front of the word wall and wave the wand and say "Words, Words, I know them all. I'm the wizard of the word wall. I'm thinking of a word that has three letters and begins with a "y"." The wannabe wizards raise their hands until someone says "you". Rinse and repeat. I love this activity 1. Because they love it and 2. Because they are all activley engaged in finding words on the word wall. ************************************ Hey ya'll! Erin here from Eberhart's Explorers. Today I'm bringing you "Activities like....Family Projects." I know I've discussed this before on my blog, but I cannot stress these enough. They are so great because they encourage family involvement and everyone loves them! I've had a few teachers show concern over some students not bringing the projects back, but honestly - I've never had a problem. I make such a HUGE deal out of them that all of my students are dying to share their project. Granted, some are better than others and some students receive more help than others...but usually, everyone has SOMETHING to share. Here are just a few samples of what my kinders put together... August: All About Me page. Pages are shared and combined into a class book. Students LOVE looking at this book during their classroom library time. October: Pumpkin Book Reports November: Decorate a turkey feather to add to our class turkey. December: Disguise the Gingerbread Man and help him hide from the hungry fox! February: Decorate a Valentine mailbox March: Design a Leprechaun trap If you've never tried something like this, I totally recommend it. Give it a whirl one month and see how it goes...then pencil them in your schedule for next year! You'll love them - promise. ************************************ Hey there!! It's Katie from Little Warriors! I've got....Activities like this are inquiry based! Activities like this are engaging, challenging and fun!!!! I was lucky enough to be able to participate in a STEM grant a few years ago and it really got me thinking about how I could include Science more often in my curriculum. Sadly, Science is often overlooked in the primary grades. But, it is so important for us to spark their interest and imagination when they are young. It is so important in our ever-changing world today to inspire critical thinkers and problem solvers. Science plays a huge roll in that. So, it's important for all of us to try to integrate it into our current curriculum. Here are a couple of my favorite science lessons that I do throughout the year... The first one is Where Does Garbage Go? I do this activity around Earth Day. They have a cup of Cheerios that represent tires in their dump. They have to crush them up so that can actually see and have a fabulous visual of what it means to REDUCE waste. Then, we use our smashed up tires as one of our ingredients to make a road. Another one of my favorites is Cheeto Pollination! I like to throw this in during my insect unit...but, it would work equally well during a plant unit. For this one, they use their little bee puppets to fly to a flower. The kids are allowed to each their Cheetos (remind them NOT to lick or wipe their fingers.) They notice how the Cheeto dust (pollen) sticks to their fingers. When they are finished with their Cheetos, they fly to a friends' flower and land on it to see how the pollen is transferred and pollination occurs. Now it's your turn! Link up and share your Activities Like.....
