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Learning Projects

Coffee Filter Coconut Letter Tree

Skills:  letter identification

Cardboard Tube Letter Tree

Skills:  Letter Identification

Handprint Coconut Tree

Skills:  name writing, letter counting, name identification

Here is the link for the fill-in-the-blank template

Learning Activities

Coconut Tree Letter Stamp

Skills:  letter recognition and identification

Here is the link for this Coconut Letter Tree

Coconut Tree Color by Shape

Skills:  shape identification, following direction, colors

'Here is the link for the Coconut Shape Tree

Coconut Tree Rhyming

Skills:  rhyming

Here is the link for the 2 rhyming activities

Coconut Tree Cut and Paste Rhyming

Skills:  cutting, pasting, rhyming

Coconut Tree - Spin and Write

Skills:  letter recognition and identification, tracing, writing, matching

Here is the link for the spin and write activity

spinning

writing

Snowmen and the letter G!

Snowmen and the Letter G!

Letter Gg

G is for Grapes

g is for glitter

 Snowman Projects

Snowflake Snowman

Cut a snowflake from white paper and a smaller white circle for the head.  Glue on the hat and broom and draw on the facial features and arms. Print off a snowman poem.

Soup Can Lid Snowman

Paint 3 soup can lids white.  Glue on buttons and nose.  Draw on facial features.  Hot glue the lids together and hot glue on a looped ribbon for hanging.  Tie on ribbon for the scarf.

Coffee Filter Snowman

Glue 3 coffee filters to a piece paper.  Glue on arms, black hats and buttons.  Draw on facial features.

Snowman Learning Activities

Snowman Let's Spy a Letter

Skills:  letter identification

Snowman Patterns

Skills:  Patterns

Here is the link for these fun snowman patterns

Snowmen - Order by Size

Skills:  ordering, size

Here is the link for this Snowman Cut and Paste Activity

Shape Snowmen

Skills:  shapes, cutting, pasting

Roll-a-Snowman

Skills:  counting, numbers, following directions

Here is the link for Roll-a-Snowman

Snowman Scissor Practice

Skills:  cutting, pasting

Here is the link for Snowman Scissor Practice

Snowman Letter Matching

Skills:  letter identification, matching, grouping

The Letter M and Monsters and Mummies!

The Letter M and Monsters and Mummies!

The Letter M

M is for Monster

M is for Mouse

M is for Mountain

Mummy and Monster Projects

Hand Print Monster

Paint both hands and press onto a piece of construction paper, overlapping the thumbs.  When dry, glue on triangle teeth and googly eyes!

Big Green "Frankenstein" Monsters

Cut out a rounded corner, rectangle shape for the head, black hair, black mouth, 2 black bolts, two long, rectangle strips for the legs (accordion fold the legs), black boots.

Directions:  Glue the hair, mouth and bolts to the Monster's head, Glue the accordion folded legs to the back of the head and glue on the boots.  Glue on two googly eyes and draw 2 scars on the Monster's face with black marker.

Coffee Filter Monster

Cut out 3 circle eyes from craft foam - or use different sized googly eyes.  Cut out a black mouth and white, sharp teeth.

Directions:  Paint a coffee filter with watercolor paint and let dry.  When dry, glue the painted coffee filter onto construction paper.  Glue on the eyes, mouth and teeth.  Write M is for Monster at the top.

Shaving Cream Mummy

Cut out a mummy shape from black construction paper.  Mix together shaving cream and white glue.  Place the shaving cream/glue mixture into a baggie and cut off an end.

Directions:  Use the baggie as a decorating tool.  Squeeze the baggie to make white strips on the 

mummy.  Glue on googly eyes.

Cardboard Tube Mummy

Wrap a cardboard tube with white strips of gauze or bandages.  Glue on two googly eyes.

Learning Activities

Monster Memory Game

Skills:  number recognition, counting

Here is the link to the Monster Memory Game

Monster Tracing Lines

Skills:  tracing, beginning writing, fine motor

Monster Patterns

Skills:  patterns, gluing

Here is the link to Monster Patterns and Tracing Lines

Monster and Mummy Lacing Cards

Skills:  Lacing, fine motor 

Here is the link to these cute Lacing Cards

Monster Mm Writing

Skills:  letters, letter M, letter writing

Here is the link to these cute Monster writing and drawing pages 

Mother's Day!

Mother's Day!

Projects

Paper Flowers

Here is the link to this cute Flower Project.  It has templates and very detailed directions!

Magazine Flowers!

I saw this recycled flower project in the May 2009 issue of Parents Magazine.  

Here is the link for Flowers for Mommy  This project uses magazines, chenille stems and buttons!

I'm Your Little Flower Mom

Trace hand on green paper

Cut a vase shape out of colored construction paper

Glue hand and vase onto paper

Decorate the fingertips with foam flowers or flower stickers

Glue on the following poem:

I’m your Little Flower MOM

Different from the Rest.

Help me GROW each day

To be my very BEST!

I love my mom because . . . 

Paint hand green 

Press onto white paper

Cut out a vase shape and write:

I love Mommy because . . . 

Dip fingertip into colored paint and press onto the five fingertips of the hand print

Coffee Filter Flowers

Paint a white coffee filter with watercolor paint

Let dry and then wrap a chenille stem around the filter to make a stem

Halloween Fun!

Halloween Fun!

Projects

Handprint Spider

Paint child's hand black

Press onto 5x7 piece of orange construction paper

Let dry - add googly eyes and spider webs!

Book Connection:

Spooky Bunny Tales - The Blue Tarantula

Max & Ruby Three Stories in One

 

Witches Broomsticks

Press a pretzel stick into the middle/bottom part of a Mini Reeses Peanut Butter Cup

Book Connection:

It's Halloween Night

By: Jennifer O'Connell

 

Mosaic Candy Corn

Draw a candy corn shape on black construction paper with white chalk

Separate the candy corn into 3 sections

Cut white, orange and yellow paper into squares

Glue the colored squares onto the paper

 

Square Monsters!

Cut a green square  and 2 rectangles -for the legs from green construction paper

Cut two squares, a skinny rectangle and a zigzag for the bolts, hair and nose piece

Cut two rectangles for the feet

Glue the feet to the square

Glue the other pieces to the Monster!

Draw on two scars and two eyes

Book Connection:

Inside a House That is Haunted

By:  Alyssa Satin Capucilli

 

Coffee Filter Pumpkin

Paint a coffee filter with orange water color paint.

Let dry - Glue a green stem to the top!

Handprint Jack-O-Lanterns

Trace hand on orange construction paper

Cut it out and draw a face on the hand print

Glue on a green stem

Candy Corn Footprint

Paint the bottom of one foot white, orange and yellow.

Press the foot onto a piece of construction paper

 

Learning Activities

Candy Corn Number Match

Skills: number recognition, counting, number words,

Cut out pieces to candy corn - white, orange and yellow

Write the numeral on the white piece, corresponding dot/dots on the orange piece and the number word on the yellow piece

Directions: 

 Match the three pieces of the candy corn and glue them on the black construction paper

 

Halloween Shape Sort

Skills:  Shapes, gluing, name writing

Create a document with 3 circles and 3 triangles

On the side of the document copy 3  jack-o-lanterns and 3 candy corn

Directions: 

Cut out the jack-o-lanterns and candy corn

Glue the pieces into the correct shape

Halloween Counting Book

Skills:  number writing, counting, reading, name writing, coloring

Here is the link for this cute Halloween Counting Book

 

At the Pumpkin Patch Beginning Sounds Sort

Skills:  beginning sounds. cutting, pasting, letter recognition

 

Here is the link to this great beginning sounds activity.