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Touch Board
Children love touching things and this board gives them a variety of textures to explore. Ask them to describe what they are feeling verbally or with written words. Use this activity with early learners, special needs students or as part of a unit on the five senses.
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Designed By
Jane Fischer
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Lap Tray Activities
Special needs students will be able to manipulate magnetic shapes on metal trays to learn a variety of reading and math concepts.
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Designed By
Jane Fischer
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Apple Trouble Lapbook
Read "Apple Trouble" by Ragnhild Scamell with children, and then discuss the story using an oversized lapbook. Children love manipulating shapes and recalling the details of the story.
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Designed By
Karin Huttsell/Kathy Bauserman
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Crayon Mini Book
Read "The Crayon Box That Talked" by Shane DeRolf with children, then discuss the story using an index card mini book. Children love holding and manipulating this little book and it will help them develop pre-reading skills.
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Designed By
Karin Huttsell/Kathy Bauserman
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Runaway Pumpkin Accordion Mini Book
Read "The 16 Runaway Pumpkins" by Diane Ochiltree to your class. Help each child glue shapes from the story in an accordion book to make a take-home project they will love to share.
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Designed By
Karin Huttsell/Kathy Bauserman
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Frog Minibook
Read young children any book involving frogs. "The Big Wide-Mouthed Frog", a traditional tale illustrated by Ana Martin Larranaga is a fun and humerous choice. Then help them make this small folded "puppet" minibook. They will enjoy retelling the story to family and friends using their take-home minibook.
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Designed By
Karin Huttsell/Kathy Bauserman
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Snowy Day Mini Book
This palm-leaf mini book will intrigue young children. Read "Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats, then have children construct this book with shapes and words relating to the story.
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Designed By
Martha Moseman
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When I Grow Up...
All children fantasize about what they will be when they grow up. Let them express their thoughts when they put on a headband and choose a community helper figure to represent what role they hope to play.
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Designed By
Martha Moseman
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Elephant Visor
A herd of elephants can parade around the classroom after the children make these visors complete with trunks and ears.
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Designed By
Martha Moseman
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"E" is for Egg
As young children learn about the letters of the alphabet, craft projects like this eggshell art help them remember each letter, its shape and its sound.
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Designed By
Martha Moseman
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