Class "Pet" Adventures

So a year ago i did a "Lizzy the Lizard" project. I sent a bean bag lizard home with a student and the student came back and drew or took a picture on what Lizzy did. I also sent Lizzy across the world to Iraq for a visit. I am thinking about doing this project again...What do you think? Of course i would do a different animal.

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

2 lbs of craft sand (beach)
blue glass gems (water)
Complete set of magnetic alphabet letters
Coconuts (brown pom poms)
sea shells
plastic coconut container (opens for dumping, scooping, etc)
silk flowers
wooden painted coconut trees

This is also a pretty cool idea:



kit includes:
Laminated Coconut Tree magnetic cookie sheet to use with all activities
Complete A-Z set of magnetic letters - perfect for recreating the story as you read aloud
26 Uppercase and 26 lowercase laminated CCBB letter cards (matching game)
20 laminated Chicka Chicka number cards + 20 wooden coconut beads (counting)
1 plastic tray
10 "coconuts" (brown pom poms) + tongs for fine motor development
1 Coconut Tree bracelet kit (fine motor development)

Can be used for fine motor and math skills.

Math skills

Letter Recognition


Coconut bracelet

You can buy the kit from: http://www.etsy.com/listing/77390034/chicka-chicka-boom-boom-kit

But you can make it yourself if you have the time :-)

Keeping it Clean

I went to the New Teacher Institute back in August 2010. This was an idea i enjoyed. You place items on this fake ground and the children go through and pick up the items and then sorts them. The items can be recycled items, colors, numbers, etc. You can also put trash and items and then sort which ones should be placed in the trash and items to be recycled.

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