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? This I gave each student a styrofoam cup and some wax paper. They were given markers, stickers etc. to create their drum in any way they choose. We secured wax paper on top with an elastic. Once everyone was done, we practiced with our drums together and...
Need quick, fun, and hands-on kindergarten math activities? Try this! I handed out small baggies with 10 goldfish crackers in each back. (I made one bag for each student.) We first counted how many fish everyone had and made sure that we all had 10. We then lined up our crackers and we followed along...
Who doesn’t enjoy playing with sock puppets? One of the classes I cover prep for were exploring an inquiry on puppets. I really wanted to give students the chance to hold and move their own puppet. I created a very basic sock puppet for each student. (I was able to find 6 pairs for $1.25 at...
I’m not sure if Leprechauns work this hard to find treasure! I did this at home, but I will try it in the classroom next time! I froze a large container of water that I had added food colouring, some coins and sparkles into. In the morning, I let my kids try to get the...
We had quite the time searching the school for our friendly Leprechaun! Once we got settled in the classroom, we heard a voice from the hall saying, “Try and catch me!” (I had placed my portable speaker just outside the classroom door and played the pre-recorded message/voice from my phone.) There was a lot of excitement...