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Give Me Five at Christmas Time
Students study about senses by taking a walking field trip, creating a word bank, reading a story and singing a song.
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Bunny Rabbit
Students design their own bunny mask to follow-up reading the book, Runaway Bunny.
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Invisible Neighbors
First graders explore the importance of keeping their body clean in order to maintain good health. They explore washing their hands and maintaining other good hygiene practices.
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Early Childhood Summer Reading List and Activities
Dive into summer with classic children’s picture books sure to entertain and inspire!
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Dreamcatchers
After reading a Native American legend about dreamcatchers, why not make some. This resource provides several good links that explain the legend of the dreamcatcher and step-by-step instructions for making them with the class. Tip: If...
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Graffitti
Here is a fun way to encourage a cooperative classroom, drawing skills, and creative expression. Each child draws a design or shape on his paper, then he rotates to the next child's paper where he adds to the previous design. When the...
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"Painting" More Expressive Language
Students listen to the book Papa, Please Get The Moon For Me, by Eric Carle. They create an illustration using a computer paint program. Learners type one sentence describing their picture into a text box in the paint program to explain...
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Winter Syllables pg. 1
It's winter! Bring the winter theme into your classroom with a syllable worksheet. Scholars identify the winter picture, clap the number of syllables in the word, and then write in the matching number of syllables for the word. There are...
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SCIENTIFIC ART
Students cut out pictures from magazines and create collages that demonstrate the five senses.
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Bookmarks
Students create bookmarks. In this art project, students decorate a bookmark with a personal photo attached. The bookmark is laminated and given to the parents.
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Body Outlines
Students trace their bodies onto butcherblock paper and then add clothes, hair, eyes, mouths, etc. They use them to identify their body parts.
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Berry Basket Painting
Students use plastic berry baskets to make different print designs with paint.
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Animals That Fly or Do Not Fly
Students create a chart and classify animals according to if they can or cannot fly. They find and cut out pictures of the animals and glue them in the correct place on the chart.
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Snacks 'R Us
First graders experiment with fat content by analyzing snack foods. They learn what makes up a nutritious snack.
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Letter A Alligator Theme
Students complete a variety of activities related to the letter A. They trace the letter A on a worksheet, paint the letter A, create an apple print painting, cut out and glue magazine pictures of things starting with the letter A, and...
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Phonics -- Alphabet Activities for Letters Aa and Ii
Students practice saying the letters "a" and "i". They examine and identify objects that begin with those letters and sponge paint the letters. They practice with all the letters in the alphabet this way.
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Alligator Craft Paper Bag Puppet
Students make paper bag puppets. They use the puppets as a story teller and reader. Students use the puppets to ask questions during and after reading. They assemble their own puppet. Students use the puppets to introduce new themes,...
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Alligator Printable Puzzle
Students complete a variety of literacy based activities related to a Letter A Alligator puzzle. They listen to an alligator book, discuss basic animal facts about alligators, simulate the movements and sounds an alligator makes, and...
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Hands That Touch The Heart
Students create Valentine's Day hearts in this variation of a classic activity for the early-elementary classroom. The "hands that touch the heart" is a great gift that can be given to family, friends, or fellow students. A materials...
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Hands-on Outdoor ABCs
Students go on a walk outdoors in the fall and collect items that start with different letters of the alphabet. They discuss the different textures, colors, shapes (including alphabet shapes), etc. that they found.
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Tabletop Graffiti Mural
Students examine Keith Haring's artwork and learn new ways of making art such as refurbishing furniture.
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Halloween Counting
In this Halloween math worksheet, learners count the number of black cats pictured on the worksheet and circle the number 13, 14, or 15 as the appropriate number of cats shown.