that we have been playing with this past month.
Straw stars that I photocopied for matching.
For some families these stars brought back memories from
their childhood.
Old fashioned clothespins decorated as toy soldiers,
they were able to straddle them on the wire basket by colour.
Gingerbread house toy for sorting shapes and matching to the correct hole.
A magnet was added to the bottom of the car then a magnet wand
is placed underneath the box.
I saw this idea on someone’s blog but can’t find the link,
if it’s yours please let me know.
We discovered that the box was a bit too small so…
we created a bigger one.
Star shape ice cube tray, gold stars and little tongs.
Boxes to stack on top of each other or inside one another.
With a little surprise in the smallest tin.
I saw this idea of matching an object to it’s shape on several blogs like,
De Tout Et De Rien and Irresistible Ideas for Play Based Learning.
This would work with many, many things. I’ll be using it again.
Clipping coloured clothespins to the same coloured light bulb.
The cards I printed from Childcareland.com several years ago.
Santa suit pieces to match together.
But then I noticed one of the children using our coloured clothespin
to dress so I pulled out these old fashion clothespins to use.
I even saw a mother use them as a finger puppet to entertain her toddler.
And finally, a star sorting activity.
Maureen thanks for these great ideas. I work at a small rural public and have a literacy space in our Youth Area. I am always looking for simple yet teachable activities for it. I know I will be using several of these. :)
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome - it's amazing what we can use if we just look at them a little differently - have fun.
DeleteMaureen, when I read your blog and look at the pictures, I think about the time that I used to take my own children to the local parent participation preschool. Your program looks quite similar to "Teacher Kathy's," but actually it is a little better, I think!
ReplyDeleteYou are an amazing teacher, and your students are lucky to have you!
Heidi Butkus
Thank you Heidi that is very kind of you to say. But I feel the lucky one for having so many wonderful families to get inspiration from.
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