When I teach health, the idea of emotions always comes up. I always read the book “Wemberly Worried” by Kevin Henkes. I then created these worry stones with all of the kindergarten students that I teach on prep. Students choose 2-3 different colours of oven baked clay and they slightly mixed them together. They rolled it...
I try to avoid activities/art that results in a lot of cookie cutter creations. However, I think that there is a place for activities that challenge kids to follow step-by-step instructions especially when it fits with their current inquiry. One of the classes have been learning about frogs, so we created a small frog craft that...
I enjoy every minute of teaching art. In kindergarten, however, I prefer to just introduce the medium and let them experiment. In one of the classes, children showed an interest in being able to draw frogs since they had been studying them. Therefore I created this kindergarten art activity. Students used a small thick board...
Homemade paint made from rocks? It’s easier than you think! I used small groups for this activity. Students wore safety goggles when doing this activity and had one-on-one help with the hammers (if needed). Students smashed down rocks (I used lava rocks) with the hammers and then grinded them down further in a mortar and pestle. The...
120 homemade drums in one day? Why not? We read “Drum City” by Thea Guidone. This book has a great beat to it as you read. It is a wonderful introduction to a drumming activity because you can’t help but to read the book to a beat. After the book, I gave each student a styrofoam cup and...
We’re going on a bear hunt! After reading the book “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt”, by Michael Rosen, we discussed the different areas the hunt took them through (ie. the mud, forest). I then put students into small groups. Each group was assigned one of the different areas form the book to create a small setting for. ...