DIY Song Cubes to help children learn music "old favorites" and practice finding and keeping the beat; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.
If you are looking for a fun camp craft idea for scouts or a summer craft for tweens, then this soda straw weaving bracelet is perfect! Read on to see how to do straw weaving. Your child will love making colorful yarn bracelets.
Engaging process art activities are the foundation of this pre-k art curriculum for children ages 3 and up. Also great for art therapy.
I am linking up with Tara and her fabulous linky once again. My list keeps growing with all of the great ideas everyone posts weekly. I used zebra duct tape and wrapped popsicle sticks for my mystery person jar. For those who do not know what that is, I pull a random stick from the jar daily and never announce who it is. All day long we watch this student for good choices. If they make good choices, they receive a prize at the end of the day. It worked extremely well last year! I went on a dollar tree hunt for these green bins that fit perfectly on my bookshelf. It will hold my personal books that I read to the students at large group time. I thought they needed some pizazz so I added the chevron tape. I really like how it turned out! I found this on pinterest and decided I needed one ASAP for my classroom. Pre-K students have a hard time communicating how they feel instead of tattling. I am hoping this chart will help. The chart is just a picture on pinterest without a link so whoever made this kudos to you! My version is below. At the end of the school year we threw all of our dry erase boards out and discussed going to Lowes to buy the dry erase board. Well when everyone posted their versions on Monday Made It I was inspired to follow through with cute duct tape too. The teal color is a scotch tape and it doesn't stick really well. The corners keep coming off. The bottom was my favorite. It was a small roll of duct tape and worked perfectly! Hope everyone has a great Monday. My cheerleading camp was cancelled an hour ago so I can enjoy my Monday at home working on school stuff. I am trying to not be MAD about the fact that the AD scheduled something in the time frame the cheerleaders were allowed to have the gym. Have a great Monday!
Counting and adding have never been so fun! This Pre K math activity is a great hands on way to learn how to count and do simple addition.
Last week was finally our first week of school. It was great!! I was thinking about posting some of the cool things we did and realize...
Here's a list of fun activities you can do with preschool and kindergarten using rhythm sticks!
Kids will have loads of fun learning about different star formations and their names with this easy-to-make Constellations Cootie Catcher.
Would you like to decorate your classroom with fun, hand-drawn anchor charts/posters? Do you simply not have the time to get them done? Well, you have come to the perfect place! I love making these engaging and appealing anchor charts. I also can draw/create any other topic you would like, just contact me directly and ask! My students absolutely love these posters and references them every day. Many of them are visual learners, so the colorful images really help them connect and remember what they have learned. This particular anchor chart is for readers/writers learning all about the different parts of speech. My students always struggle with this skills, and easily confused the various parts of speech. They found this anchor chart for helpful, especially with the fun, engaging visuals! **These will be copies unless asked otherwise for a custom poster. They are not laminated, and are printed on normal, anchor chart paper. I ship these out ASAP after being ordered, but please keep in mind once shipped, it is outside of my control. Therefore, if shipping does not meet your expectations, I highly encourage you to please reach out to me first, and we have always been able to work something out to make up for anything that may have occurred after I have sent your package, thanks so much!! Hope you love it :)
Your skin is the largest organ! Isn’t that crazy to think about? Have you ever wondered about what lies beneath your skin? What does it look like under there.. Well here’s a fun craft t…
Learn how to integrate art into your plant science activities by having students make chlorophyll paintings. Similar to leaf rubbings, this simple science based art project is a fun and creative extension for teaching kids about photosynthesis.
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Use the correct positional word to describe the position of the bee in this preschool positional word worksheet.
Have you ever had a class that just tried your patience day after day? Have you ever felt like you could walk away from teaching forever tom...
Try this easy engineering and science project making a Popsicle Stick Catapult! This STEM project for kids uses materials you have at home.
How to make theraputty for occupational therapy to improve fine motor skills and hand strength.
Want to learn how to make pinwheels? This simple tutorial with a printable template is the perfect place to start. It's easy and fun to make with kids!
Learning about Shadows and Reflections We talked a lot about how shadows move with the sun and how the location of the sun determines which way your shadow falls. This was a fun craft to help the kids to visually understand how the sun casts shadows. We used the projector to see the 'shadows' different objects make. We played a game too, I sent each kid to hunt for something in the classroom that was small enough to fit in their hand. I called them up one by one and they placed their object on the projector, the other kids had to guess what the object was! It was fun and some of the items were tricky!!! We have these cool bugs in our classroom, we brought them over to the projector to see what kinds of 'shadows' they would make, because they are clear the kids observed how you could see color....more like a reflection then a shadow! Exploring with different objects. Shadow puppets!! Each kid had a chance to make a shadow puppet on the wall. This is actually my hubby and my son at LACMA in Los Angeles but it was fitting since we were talking about shadows! I made these shadow games by taking objects and photocopying them onto a sheet of paper, then I glued the paper onto a file folder and laminated it. I taped a envelope on the inside to store the pieces. The kids take out the objects and match them to the correct 'shadow'! These are my favorite! Have you ever tried to trace the silhouette of 24... 3 and 4 year olds?!?! It's NOT easy!!! But this is!!! I simply set up the projector and put a chair in front of a white sheet of paper on the wall. I took my CAMERA and turned the flash off, then simply snapped the picture....TA-DA instant silhouettes minus the tracing and cutting!!!! We spent lots of time looking into mirrors and seeing our reflections! Talking about the differences between our shadows and our reflections! Questions to ask when talking about shadows and reflections! Can we see our shadow at night or in the shade? Why not? Do our shadows have colors? Do our reflections have colors? Why do our shadows get bigger and smaller? Why do our shadows move? We also took the kid outside and traced their shadows with chalk then we went out later and had them stand in the same spot.....their shadows moved!!!! We of course also played shadow tag! We also read the book Moon Bears Shadow. It was a GREAT week learning about Shadows and Reflections!!!
Have fun exploring star patterns with this fun, Constellations Printable Wheel. This hands on constellations activity is great for kids of all ages!
Make a rainbow paper craft that changes colors as the paper is tipped back and forth in sunlight! Create gorgeous rainbow patterns and designs while teaching children the basics of thin film interference. Add this rainbow paper experiment to your list of simple experiments for kids and creative art and STEAM projects!
Learn how do hands work with this fun, hands-on human body project for kids. In this working model children will learn about muscles!
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Learn how do hands work with this fun, hands-on human body project for kids. In this working model children will learn about muscles!
There is so much about Australia that I love, however, I have always been interested in the beautiful art of our indigenous Australians . With this in mind I thought it might be fun for Possum and I to make our own version of the traditional musical instruments called clapping sticks. Suggested Age: 2 years + You will […]
This fun wind tunnel project is so easy! Inspired by inventor and scientist Mary Jackson, students can discover the power of a wind tunnel!
1-2-3 Come Fly A Kite With Me! As the wind is whipping around your school this month, are you looking for some kite-themed activities? Well you've come to the right place! I'll talk about a few of my favorites here, and then give you a link for the rest. To help you review the Common Core State Standard: MD.1.3, I've designed a kite clock. The game is entitled "Time Flies!" and reviews digital as well as analog time. Click on the link to view/download the analog and digital time - kite clock. If you're working on colors and patterning with your students, you'll enjoy the Kite Patterning packet. You can quickly and easily whole group assess your students, as they have fun adding a variety of colored strips, to make a patterned kite tail. Kites come in a large array of sizes and shapes, so I thought it would be fun to see if I could find examples of all of the 3D shapes. I learned a lot doing this research, and found many examples of spheres, cones, cubes and cylinders. In the easy reader: 3D Kites, students trace and write the shape words as well as glue the matching pictures to the numbered boxes. Click on the link to view/download the 3D Kite booklet No kite unit is complete, without studying the -ite and ight word families. I made a kite poster listing these word families as well as included them in the My Kite Booklet. The easy-reader kite-booklet packet, is chock full of -ite & -ight activities, like the Zite Story Poem. There's also some trace and write worksheets as well as well as a graphing extension, plus 25 traceable word cards. The packet also includes an -ite -ight word family kite "craftivity." Click on the links to view/download the My Kite Packet. Finally, since all of the glyphs have been such popular downloads, I decided to make a kite glyph too. Click on the link to grab this freebie. To see more kite activities, click on the link to zip over to the kite section, with 23 kite activities! Thanks for visiting today. Feel free to PIN away. "Distance means so little, when someone means so much. " -Unknown
Make your own kaleidoscopes with cardboard tubes, and reflective paper and see the world differently! Kid craft kaleidoscopes.
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Invite kids to create art in the style of Leo Lionni to go along with the book Pezzettino.
Learn about the skeletal system (and the letter X) with this X-Ray playdough activity. Print off the skull and use Q-Tips for the bones!
How do people around the world make music? In some really amazing, beautiful, and diverse ways! The instruments used to make music around the globe are also quite diverse and often made from uniqu…
Explore chromatography using coffee filters and markers and turn your results into a colorful bouquet of flowers! Such a fun combo of art and science!
Banish back to school anxiety and worries with these homemade worry stones for kids. A simple craft that can become part of your anxiety toolbox.
Fourth grade class wrote some terrific "sound songs". I got this idea from another music teacher. Thank you! It was a hit.
An incredible list of service projects ideal for children who want to help make the world a better place. Kids can make a difference!
These 25 Paper Plate Crafts for Kids are fun and cheap. (Because, paper plates.) Try a couple with your kid today!
First off, we at Hopster would like to wish everyone a happy Holi celebration! Whether you are familiar with this celebration or are hearing about it for the first time now, we’ve got some great id…
Teaching young children mindfulness is a lot easier and more fun than one might think. As an early childhood therapist, I adapt and find ways to make social and emotional lessons more creative and …
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We spent a lot of time exploring with our 5 senses. Here are few things we glued into our science journals. We sorted things that we see, h...
This science center display explores water and sound. To make this display, I used glass vases from a craft store ($0.99 each). I added liquid
Learn about wind with 25 activities for kids: arts & crafts, science, motor skills, books, & more! Plus all the science behind what makes the wind blow.
DIY Song Cubes to help children learn music "old favorites" and practice finding and keeping the beat; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.
