"Ff" is for "Follow" and "Fish"... (craft project)

Construction paper sky, water, and fish.  Netting is cut from the bag that lemons, oranges, or other fruit come in. 

"D d" is for Dinosaur...

I found these dinosaur (and dinosaur skeleton) images on the internet, free to copy and use.  They were originally just line drawings, which a friend of mine colored for me.  I laminated them, and taped them to a dry-erase marker board  (which is hanging in our classroom). 

It makes a great visual aid for the letter "Dd", of course, as well as matching a dinosaur to its skeleton.  I use the internet often to find images to use as tools for teaching my grandchildren.

"Days of Creation" poster...

My Grandchildren - ages (soon-to-be) 5 and 3

images obtained from Shining Star Publications

 

"M m" is for "Mittens"...

 

 

We have been learning the letter "M m".  "M m" is for "Mittens".  Today we learned the poem / story about the "Three Little Kittens Who Lost Their Mittens" (literature / reading).  My two young students and I made a large poster depicting these kittens wearing their mittens (art).  The kittens represented each of them, as well as their baby brother.  This poster makes a great visual aid for learning the story, learning rhyming words, recognizing the letter "M m" and the sound it makes (phonics), learning the opposite words "lost" and "found", learning colors (brown, black, tan, etc.),  and learning to recognize the numbers 1-2-3 (math). I suppose the story of the three little kittens could also be counted as a social studies lesson as it shows how irresponsible behavior will result in a negative consequence. 

 

"M m" is also for "Mammal".  We discussed the characteristics of mammals (science).  They are warm-blooded, have hair / fur, give birth to live young, and they produce milk to feed their babies.

Our poster is almost as large as the children's school table, which will comfortably seat 4 small students.

2012 Spring Classroom Decorations...

 







Images of flowers can be copied free from the internet and colored.  Chenille stems were used for flower stems.  Construction paper leaves.  Craft foam butterflies and bees (purchased as is).  16 oz. drinking water bottle covered with construction paper.  Small vase is made from a cardboard toilet paper roll with a cardboard circle cut for the base and covered with construction paper.

 

Spring "Holiday/Seasonal" Tree

 



A close-up view of our 2012 Spring Bulletin Board



2013 Spring Bulletin Board Idea...

 

This bulletin board idea for Spring can be used as a visual aid in Preschool and Kindergarten for:

Social Studies - The Family Unit / My Family / Farm Life

(My new grandbaby's name will be added next week, after his birth.)

Science - Birds/Chickens

(Info about birds/chickens maybe found on the internet.)

Arts / Crafts 

(Similar images of chickens, eggs, and flowers may be copied from the internet. The grass is made from green construction paper.  The nest is made from brown and tan construction paper, cut into thin strips and "fan" folded to make crinkled paper strips. The strips are then glued together into a nest shape.)

Math - Introduction to Addition

Health & Nutrition - Chicken & Eggs as Food - Protein

Home Economics - Cooking

(Your child can help gather and measure ingredients for your favorite chicken recipe.)

Cooking is also a great way for teaching your child about fractions.

Jesus Loves the Little Children of the World (bulletin board idea)

Red, Brown, Yellow, Black, and White

They are precious in His sight.

Jesus loves the Little Children of the World.

(adapted from the popular children's song)

2012 Christmas Classroom Decorations

Bulletin Board idea taken from  Interactive Bible Story Bulletin Boards - grades K-3, published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company, Inc.

The snowmen are all homemade.  The large ones are made from small  plastic bleach? bottles and large styrofoam balls, covered with quilt batting.  The small ones are made from men's tube socks, stuffed with rolls of toilet paper and medium-sized styrofoam balls.

September / Back-to-School Bulletin Board

The leaves are some that we gathered from our neighborhood last fall and then laminated.

The pictures of children doing the various activities and the "fall" picture are from the internet.

The "September" visual aid is from Answers in Genesis Preschool Curriculum (I think!)