Christmas cracker templates By Kate on December 10, 2011 I can’t imagine tucking into a Christmas dinner without pulling a cracker first. I love the naff hats, the cringe-worthy jokes (and just the tradition of it all). Crackers are so easy to make…and if you don’t fancy making some for the table you can make some miniature ones to hang in the tree. I’ve put some templates together if you wanna try. Here’s how: 1) Download the pdf and print onto thin card. 3) Score along all the dotted lines. 5) Fold along all the vertical lines. 6) Fold along horizontal lines as shown. 7) Bring ends together and join using a glue stick or double sided tape. 8) Tie one end with a length of cotton/ribbon/string* 9) Wrap a gift/sweets/hat/joke/confetti* in some tissue paper 10) Pop inside cracker and tie the other end with cotton/ribbon/string* * delete where appropriate!! Job done!! Hope all your Christmas or Hanukkah crafts/preparations/plans are coming along a treat.
Storytelling Activities & Lesson Ideas Storytelling Activities & Lesson Ideas This collection of storytelling activities-developed by storyteller/author Heather Forest for her storytelling workshops with students, teachers, and librarians-can be expanded by educators into language arts lesson plans to support speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. Storytellers on Tour 1001 Nights Festival A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words A Story Treasure Hunt Old Time Radio Show Finding Stories in Songs Story Circle Local Historians Collecting Family Stories Puzzle Tale: Putting the Pieces Together Front Door: An Imaginary Journey Chain Sentence Describing a Stone Spontaneous Poetry The Autobiography of Anything Devising Plot Structures: Creating New Tales Proverbs: Wisdom Tales Without the Plot Creating Personal Fables Storytelling Festival Day Art History is Filled with Stories Storytellers on Tour Have students practice retelling folktales in their classroom. A Picture is Worth 1000 Words A class selects a classical painting. Setting Problem: End
Paper gems (+ templates) This has got to be one of my favourite projects to date…which is a good job because I nearly broke my brain putting the templates together!! I’m not so good at maths and figuring out angles (my lovely Mum is a retired maths teacher so I should know better!). By the way this project is quite fiddly so more aimed at grown-ups or older kids. My paper gems were very influenced by these wonderful crayons (via Deborah’s Pinterest board). You can use these paper gems as hanging decorations (for your Christmas tree) or you can incorporate them into a mobile or garland. If you spray them lightly on one side they look very pretty and a bit more crystal-like! If you love crystals and gems as much as I do then check out these cool projects: Home-made rock candyHome grown geodes Edited to add: Check out this great advent calendar idea using my paper gems. Kids craft coming up next week…I absolutely promise this time! I’ve been a total slacker on email lately…but intend to catch up over the next week. !!
Handwriting for Kids - Handwrite A different order of teaching a child to write the alphabet. Most children are taught to write the alphabet in chronological order, ABC…etc. But try this different approach. Progress from the simplest to the most complex characters. I hope you find this method of teaching profitable. But before you begin go to the "UPPERCASE animated alphabet" to show the child the characters being formed. First, practice writing characters which contain vertical and horizontal strokes, the E, F, H, I, L and T. Second, move on to characters formed only by diagonal strokes, the V, W, and X. Third, practice the characters having vertical and diagonal strokes only, the K, M, N and Y. Fouth, practice the character having horizontal and a diagonal stroke only, the A, and Z. Fifth, practice the simplest of characters formed by circular strokes, the C and O. Sixth, do the G and Q. Seventh, Now comes the combination of vertical and curves strokes, the B, D, J, P, and U. Eighth, the R. Finally, the S.
English › Pencil Bookmark Pencil Bookmark We are adding a model that we like so much and hoping you will like too. We played around with these pencils for so long and photographed them each time. You may use them not only as bookmark but also in organizing task. For us you can even give it as a gift! Gallery
The Kids on the Web: Pen Pals A special note to kids: as with doing anything online, you should make sure to let your mom or dad, or whoever takes care of you, take part in any online penpal exchange. They'll enjoy meeting the people just as much as you, and can also help guide you through this complex world, finding people with interests and hobbies the same as yours. Don't do this stuff alone! Share in the fun. :-) Featured site: ePals ePals is the world's largest and fastest growing online classroom community! Founded in 2004, Sincerely Yours Pen Pals is geared toward linking teacher to teacher so that they can allow their classrooms to buddy or pair up. KIDLINK is a grassroots project aimed at getting as many children in the age group 10 to 15 as possible involved in a global dialog. Back to the main kids page Please send comments and suggestions to Brendan Kehoe (brendan@zen.org).
ESL Kids Classroom Games & Activities Action Race: This is a fun game using actions. Use actions like jump, hop, clap, run etc. Have the Ss split into two teams and sit in lines with a chair by each team and one chair at the other end of the room. One S from each team stands next to their chair and T calls an action, e.g. "Jump". Ss must jump to the chair on the other side of the room and back, sitting down in their chair Ss say "I can jump". Adverb Action: T writes on the board an activity like "brush your teeth." Airplane competition: First, have your Ss make some paper airplanes. Apple Pass: Have all Ss sit in a circle. Art Gallery: This is a great activity for reviewing vocab. Attention: Call out commands such as: Attention, salute, march in place...stop, sit down, stand up, walk in a circle, clap your hands...stop, run in place...stop, jumping jacks...stop, swim in place....stop, etc. Backs to the Board Game: This one is good for higher level kids. Banana Race: Children just love this! Bang! Buzz: A counting game. 1.
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