When the Child Teaches

Xmas Craft Ideas - (Pre-K to K1)

2009-02-14T17:04:00.001-08:00

Though Christmas is still months away, it won't hurt to share some craft ideas for yuletide.

Recommended age group
3 to 4 year olds

Materials required
1) Reindeer
3 ice cream sticks
A pair of "eyes"
Coloured pom pom
Pipe cleaners

2) Star
Ice cream sticks
(1 part) Glitter & (1/2 part) glue - mixed

Subject
Art and Craft

Objective
These craft ideas are very easy for excellent for display work.

Activity
1) Reindeer
a) Glue 2 pieces of ice cream sticks to form a 'V'.

b) Glue a third ice crean stick and place it such that it does not form a complete triangle.

c) Glue the "eyes" and pom pom (as the nose)

d) Tie the pipe cleaners at the top on each side and twist it so that it may look like a pair of horns.

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Voila! Rudolph the Reindeer.

2) Star

a) Glue 3 pieces of ice cream sticks together to form an equilateral triangle.

b) Do as the above. Hence, you wii have 2 sets of equilateral triangles.

Note: Choosing 2 different colours will make your start even brighter.

c) Glue the 2 triangles together.

Note: Remember to glue the second start in the opposite direction as the first.

d) Decorate your star with the glitter and glue mixure.

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Star light, start bright..

Venn Diagram - Sorting (K1 - K2)

2006-10-31T02:59:00.000-08:00

Recommended age group
4 to 5 year old

Materials required
2 different coloured hoops
Photographs of children

Subject
Math

Objective
We were exposing the children to Venn diagrams and sorting. Personally, I feel that Venn diagrams can be slightly complicated for some 4 year olds. However, using their photographs is a great way to hold their attention and provides personalized introduction into the new Math concept.

Activity
The children were given options on their favourite food, apples, pears or both. The center portion were obviously those who liked both. Each child were given a chance to choos between the 3 given options and after which, they placed their photos on the correct areas.

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2005-07-26T03:31:00.000-07:00

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I made use of the abundant wall space by this inspiring quote.

I was getting slightly annoyed at the students for their negative comments when stuck at a certain task.

Therefore, the objective of the decorating the wall space with this quote was to motivate, motivate, motivate and motivate.

And it worked!

Paper Tearing - Pre-K

2005-03-20T03:48:00.000-08:00

Recommended age group
3 year old

Materials required
Contact paper
Different coloured tissue paper
Ice-cream stick (The wide ones)

Activity
Due to the simplicity of the activity, it is probably not recommended for the older age group.

The Pre-K children were required to tear tissue paper and stick them onto the contact paper.

Tearing proved to be a pretty challenging for the little ones so this activity is a great way to improve on their fine motor skills.

I decided to transform the finished product into butterfly wings in order to coincide with our Garden theme.

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In fact, we transformed our display board into our very own pretend butterfly garden.

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