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Everyday Teaching
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MONDAY, JUNE 16TH, 2008 (Monday entries are for children ages 4-8 and their families) |
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A PICK UP STICKS GAME! This game is very easy for children to make, and will provide hours of fun all summer long. After painting the individual barbeque or shish kebab sticks for this game, you're all set to play! Throw your bundle of sticks, look for the matching color cue at each end of the tangled pile, and then try not to move any sticks as you try to pick up or pull out - ever so carefully! - your selected stick. Find further instructions on how to make the game set and holder here. Print out the template and directions for this delightfully designed bug box, and with a few simple cuts, folds, and glue, your children can have their own treasure box for small, summer collectibles - pebbles, shells, and sundry trinkets. Try printing this box directly onto cardstock so it will last longer, or paste the design onto a manila file folder, let it dry, and cut it out and proceed from there. You can print it out in color and ready to go, or in black and white for coloring and design fun.
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BUILD AN INTERACTIVE PRINCESS TOWER OR FORTRESS! Kids can select to build either a tower or a fortress for the princess in this online critical thinking skills game, depending on whether they want a fairly easy challenge, or a more difficult level of play for older players. Be aware that at the higher level, the game requires a certain order of construction, so have your kids put on those thinking caps and tell them not to get frustrated! Kids will have to fit all of the puzzle pieces together in order to complete the tower or fortress construction, and then the fireworks will go off to celebrate. |
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TEDDY BEAR SEQUENCING CARDS Cut out these teddy bars on cards, color them however you want, and then practice sequencing them from the largest to the smallest bear - or the smallest to largest, picking out the middle-sized teddy bear as well. WATERMELON MATH Summer is the perfect time for enjoying watermelon, but wait a minute! Why not do some watermelon math before cutting into those juicy slices? Have your children estimate how much their watermelon weighs, then get out the scale and weigh it. Ask them to find or name other objects that they think weighs as much, less than, and more than their watermelon, introducing the concept of comparison. Get out the ruler, yardstick, or measuring tape next. How long is the watermelon? Compare the length of the watermelon by measuring your children's feet, as well as the length of their arms. Ask them to put them in order, according to which is smaller, longer, and longest. Get out a piece of ribbon, string, or rope next, and measure the circumference of your watermelon. Lay out the string against the yardstick, and record the watermelon's girth. Keep your records to compare to the next watermelon you buy - pretty soon your kids will be begging you to buy a watermelon again, and not just to eat it! Last of all, cut into that juicy treat, estimating how many seeds each person thinks his or her slice will contain. Collect seeds - this way your kids will be sure not to swallow them - and count or tally each person's share and record them. Who got the most seeds? Who got the least? Who will get the most seeds next time? Use our watermelon record sheet at the link above to keep your records. |
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FIVE LITTLE MONKEYS! |
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