This is a fun project if you are having a small festival. Children love to peek through the holes and parents like taking photos! This was made for a Spring Fest at an English school in Japan.
The main point to remember is that the three holes (or however many the big board you score will fit) should be the right height for toddlers.
The scene can be painted or just pastels.
Great for birthday parties, classrooms, and anti-war rallies too!
31 July 2006
A-B-C Bottle Cap Game
This is a good way to recycle bottle caps while teaching your child how to match up the ABCs.
Laminate a sheet with capital letters on the front and small letters on the back all in their own circles. You can put this on sturdy cardboard too...just something durable so that it can be used over and over.
Get round labels that will fit onto tops of your bottle caps. Put A-Z on these.
Children can try matching up their cap letters with those on the board. They enjoy picking up the caps in their little fingers. Someone should sit and play with them so that they can hear the letters being said as they match up the shapes.
Level two is flipping the board over and matching capitals with their small letters.
I've put a small picture next to some of the letters on the board so that toddlers can associate a picture with its first letter.
Laminate a sheet with capital letters on the front and small letters on the back all in their own circles. You can put this on sturdy cardboard too...just something durable so that it can be used over and over.
Get round labels that will fit onto tops of your bottle caps. Put A-Z on these.
Children can try matching up their cap letters with those on the board. They enjoy picking up the caps in their little fingers. Someone should sit and play with them so that they can hear the letters being said as they match up the shapes.
Level two is flipping the board over and matching capitals with their small letters.
I've put a small picture next to some of the letters on the board so that toddlers can associate a picture with its first letter.
30 July 2006
Diary Covers
Each child will need a hard cover notebook.
The adult facilitator should ready glue, fabric scraps and scissors. Books can be covered just like covering school books by folding over length-wise and gluing to be the exact height of the book; then folding around the front and back of the book. Quite a bit of glue should be used to keep the cover on for a long time.
The adult facilitator should ready glue, fabric scraps and scissors. Books can be covered just like covering school books by folding over length-wise and gluing to be the exact height of the book; then folding around the front and back of the book. Quite a bit of glue should be used to keep the cover on for a long time.
26 July 2006
Stand-up Figurine Fun
These figurines were made by a woman who trains teachers on how to make their own teaching materials. They can be used in classrooms or for play with toddlers at home. They will certainly bring a wooden train-box village alive.
Use stiff paper and attach figurines to match boxes, toothpaste boxes, toilet rolls, or other cartons to make them stand up.
For all sorts of English lessons:
"These two people are bigger than these two people."
Use stiff paper and attach figurines to match boxes, toothpaste boxes, toilet rolls, or other cartons to make them stand up.
For all sorts of English lessons:
"These two people are bigger than these two people."
25 July 2006
Art Switch Game
You will need to prepare many sheets of paper that are exactly the same size; a perfect square, your choice of size. Each edge needs to have a little marking to show the exact center.
Have children (also fun for adults though) sit in a circle with a variety of art supplies in the middle. First, each person connects the top marking with the bottom marking, and the two side marks with any sort of line they want. Then they began to "make art" on the square.
When the leader says, "SWITCH," every person has to hand their square to the person sitting to their left. It continues on til (ideally) each person has "made art upon" each square.
The leader then keeps all the squares and puts them together like a quilt, matching up the middle markings to make the lines all connect. Finally, it is best to go over the black lines to bring the whole piece together.
This is truly a group project and no square becomes any one person's. The project is the work of the entire group.
Have children (also fun for adults though) sit in a circle with a variety of art supplies in the middle. First, each person connects the top marking with the bottom marking, and the two side marks with any sort of line they want. Then they began to "make art" on the square.
When the leader says, "SWITCH," every person has to hand their square to the person sitting to their left. It continues on til (ideally) each person has "made art upon" each square.
The leader then keeps all the squares and puts them together like a quilt, matching up the middle markings to make the lines all connect. Finally, it is best to go over the black lines to bring the whole piece together.
This is truly a group project and no square becomes any one person's. The project is the work of the entire group.
24 July 2006
Bored with your cupboard?
If you have some old piece of furniture you aren't all that crazy about anyhow, you can always let the kids have a go at it! They might help you make it last just a bit longer. You may need to guide them a bit. We de-glued a lot of old stamps to do one side and the kids tried their own designs on the other.
01 July 2006
Boxville
These village structures are a great addition to train tracks, dollhouses and car sets. Collect a bunch of boxes, turn them inside out or cover them with paper and build your own community.
MORE...
• Cut windows and make curtains
• Design awnings with matchsticks
• Incorporate other toys
• Make a copy of your own stomping grounds
• Make trees and gardens too
MORE...
• Cut windows and make curtains
• Design awnings with matchsticks
• Incorporate other toys
• Make a copy of your own stomping grounds
• Make trees and gardens too
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