Easter Chicks!

As Easter is quickly approaching, there are SO many fun Easter crafts to do with kids. This one entails using a toilet paper tube, feathers, googly eyes and beak. First day have the kids paint the tube a bright yellow. After that dries, the students can glue the eyes, a pre-cut beak and choose any color feathers to glue on the sides. So cute! Cheep! Cheep!

Feelings

We are learning about feelings! At circle time we discussed different kinds of feelings (happy, sad, worried, scared) and the kinds of faces we may make when we have these feelings. As a bulletin board idea, I had the students glue googly eyes and a button nose onto a paper plate. We then added easter grass for hair and the children drew their mouth depending on the emotion they were feeling. The student then told me how they were feeling and I wrote the dictation on the paper plate!

Penguins!

As we learn about winter...we also explored winter animals. We discussed what animals are considered winter animals (polar bears, penguins) and what are non-winter animals (dog, cat). We made cute penguins using some cut out shapes (pre-cut by teacher), googly eyes and our handprints! They came out cute!

Making a Bear Den

To accompany our sleeping bears, we made a bear den! I had a TON of old packing paper from deliveries and I gave each child a big piece of brown paper and duct tape. Together at circle time we made a bear den for our stuffed bear to sleep in ALL winter long. It was a great teamwork lesson!

Sleeping Bears

We learned about hibernation! A cute project using a paper plate. Cut two sleeping eyes, a black circle nose and two brown circle ears. Have the children paint the plate brown. When the paint dries, glue the sleeping ears and nose. This is a great project to accompany the book "Bear Snores On" by Karma Wilson.

Advent Calendar Idea

Create your own advent calendar for your classroom! Very easy to make using construction paper. Great way to practice counting skills and the students love it as you fill in Santa's beard!