Archive for the ‘Colors and Shapes ’ Category
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Colors and Shapes, Fruits and Vegetables, Seasons, Spring, Teaching Ideas
Red Apples
by Cheryl Villareal on Aug 4th, 2010
For our toddlers, anything involving their fine motor skills is still difficult. Usually, children this age enjoy painting and pasting most. So, that's exactly what we gave them! A pasting and painting activity that really easy to do! My 2-year old students really had fun doing it! :) . What you need: Small paper plates Red paint Glue Red Japanese Paper Brown Construction Paper Green Art Paper Step 1: Cut th...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Colors and Shapes, Edible crafts, Fathers' Day, Featured, Holiday crafts, Mothers' Day, Patterns, Skill development, Teaching Ideas, Valentines Day
Fruit Loop Bracelets
by Cheryl Villareal on Jul 31st, 2010
Children.. and even adults love eating fruit loops! So why not use this to further strengthen the lesson? This specific activity is actually a lacing activity that helps develop fine motor skills. It would also be easier for older kids to do since young children’s fine motor skills are not yet fully developed. Still, the end product works for all ages. The teachers simply need to assist the young children more in doing this activity. Since w...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Animals and Insects, Arts and Crafts, Colors and Shapes, Seasons, Spring, Teaching Ideas
The Hungry Caterpillar goes ROUND and COLORFUL
by Cheryl Villareal on Jul 27th, 2010
This week, the kiddos are learning all about the circle shape! Shapes are such a fun thing to teach because there's just so many things we can do! Though, we do have to restrict ourselves from doing too much cause we might ran out of activities for future lessons. (hehe) - For our circle activity, we decided to have the children make caterpillars! If you're a kindergarten teacher, I'm sure you'll agree with me when I say there are several w...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Colors and Shapes, Teaching Ideas
Crayon resist magic
by Cheryl Villareal on Jul 17th, 2010
Young children are easily fascinated.. that's why magic always works with them regardless of how simple it may be! It becomes even more fun for them when they are able to perform that "magic" on their own. Even after they've done it, they still couldn't believe it! It often gives them a feeling of great joy and accomplishment that they were able to do such a mind-boggling task! Last week we prepared a crayon resist activity for the children. I...Read More » Tags
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