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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Family, Featured, First Day of School, Personalize, Reading and Language, Recycled art, Teaching Ideas, Transportation
Personalized School Bus with the Old Shoe Box
by Cheryl Golangco on Feb 12th, 2012
This activity was supposedly a really simple art and craft activity for our theme on transportation. However, as we were planning it, more ideas kept popping out and we eventually came up with this. The idea came from the teachers, but it wouldn’t have turned out this great if the kids weren’t as creative! Good job kids!
What you will need
Shoe box
Yellow cartolina/ paper
Thin strip of black paper
4 circul...
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Filed under: Family, Featured, Fine motor skills, Flowers and Plants, Messy art, Role Play, Skill development, Stories, Teaching Ideas
Our Self-made Cardboard Playhouse
by Cheryl Golangco on Oct 8th, 2011
Whenever I see old boxes coming from soaps, shoes, gifts or the like, I often want to keep it in hopes of finding a purpose for it in the near future. I’m guessing most preschool teachers agree with me too! We like to keep all sorts of stuff, especially boxes! Regardless of how small or BIG the box may be, we just want to keep it because we feel throwing it away will make us regret it in the future.
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Just a few weeks ago, on our unit o...
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Colors and Shapes, Family, Flowers and Plants, Teaching Ideas
A Family Tree in Fall
by Cheryl Golangco on Sep 24th, 2011
In their song “FAMILY”, the Laurie Berkner band sings, “If you’re in my heart, you’re in my family… if I’m in your heart, I’m in your family.”
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When teaching toddlers and young children, we often start our lessons with things that are already common to them. In our case, our lesson moves from the self, to the people around them… the FAMILY.
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Most, if not all of the teachers who would read this post have probably ...
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Family, Featured, Holiday crafts, Mothers' Day, Teaching Ideas, Valentines Day
Holiday Gifts: Thumbprint Heart Rings
by Cheryl Golangco on May 7th, 2011
I previously shared our activity on Thumbprinted Heart Pendants and Flower Pendants, this time, I want to share with you how we made a ring using the same procedure! Out of all the jewelry we made using plaster of paris, this has got to be my favorite!...well at least for now! :)
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What you will need
1 cup Plaster of Paris
1/2 cup water
Plastic spoon
Old adjustable ring
Paint
Glue Gun
Circle shaped cookie cutter (or any roun...
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Filed under: Family, Featured, Flowers and Plants, Holiday crafts, Mothers' Day, Teaching Ideas, Valentines Day
Flower Pendants for Mom
by Cheryl Golangco on May 7th, 2011
They say jewelry is a woman's best friend. To a mom, jewelry is great but not necessary. However, handmade and personalized jewelry from the kids... now that's a lifetime treasure!
Just moments ago, I shared a post on making THUMBPRINT HEART PENDANTS/NECKLACES. This is a perfect gift for mother's day or for any other occasion if you ask me! So, since we had so much fun making these, I decided to experiment a little. After our tutoria...
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Filed under: Family, Fathers' Day, Featured, Holiday crafts, Mothers' Day, Personalize, Senses and Body Parts, Teaching Ideas, Valentines Day
A Mother’s Day “HUG” card
by Cheryl Golangco on May 6th, 2011
There's no better gift to give our moms than a hug and kiss, so why not make this moment last a little longer with a HUG card? Of course, this hug may not give the warmth that a real hug could give, still, it's a great gift to give!
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What you will need
Cardboard paper
Bond paper
Paint
Yarn
Tape
Print out of child's picture
Crayons or other coloring materials
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Step 1: Decorate the card by pasting or drawing. We decided ...
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Colors and Shapes, Family, Fathers' Day, Featured, Holiday crafts, Teaching Ideas
Daddy and Me Shape Collage
by Cheryl Golangco on Feb 18th, 2011
It's always fun to play with shapes! You can always come up with a random things just by putting them all together. For our theme on family, we decided to play with some shapes and make a picture with daddy!
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This activity not only puts the children's imagination to a test, but it also gives us teachers the opportunity to start a small conversation with our students about their relationships with either their mom or dad. For older kids, yo...
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Colors and Shapes, Family, Featured, Teaching Ideas
Bib Necklace of Family Members
by Cheryl Golangco on Feb 11th, 2011
There are so many activities that come to mind when you think of FAMILIES, however, we try not to be too redundant else risk our students getting bored.
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We wondered what activity we could do that would make the children more aware of the number of people in their families, as well as recognize the roles each one plays. We thought of several ideas, but none which really made us say, "This is it!"... until...
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My co-teacher told me a...
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Family, Featured, Teaching Ideas
Family Tree in Preschool
by Cheryl Golangco on Feb 7th, 2011
When learning about our families, the family tree is one lesson or activity that we just couldn't miss out on. A family tree making activity can be done for all ages, from preschool to high school. It is one activity that would simply differ in the process it is made. So for my toddler class, what's the best way for the kids to make it?
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My partner and I were discussing how we were to let the children make their family trees. Should we ask...
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Filed under: Family, Featured, Teaching Ideas
Draw a Family Portrait
by Cheryl Golangco on Feb 3rd, 2011
This January, we are learning all about our families. So after telling the kids a story about families, we decided to let them draw their own.
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Children's drawings are more important than most think. To some, their drawings might just look like random scribbles, to others, they might just look like normal drawings of a 3 year old child, but what most fail to realize is how the tiniest bit of detail is already a window to the child's feelin...
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