I have had a request for some summertime indoor craft ideas! I am sure there are lots of folks out there that are either parents or teachers who could come up with ideas or even sites for ideas! Of course, as a teacher, I would recommend lots of reading activities. There is a site called schoolexpress.com where you can make your own word finds and they publish a newsletter in which they offer lots of activity worksheets on different themes. There are new free ones every week. As far as crafts are concerned try a site called makingfriends.com. I have not been there in a while but if it is still there, they have a huge library of fun things to make and do. They even have paper dolls and clothes for them. zoomschool.com has fun things to do, also. Let me think about this and I will bring some books home from school and write some more ideas. If anybody has any good ideas, please post them!!
Friday, May 23, 2008
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Hi Heather's Mom! OHHH I need these ideas. I have a craft area set up for my kids and we do the usual playdoh, painting etc. But I need something else. Something new. I also want to ask you your opinion as a teacher. We aren't out of school yet, but I am already planning our summer schedule so it doesn't just become a sleep in, eat, go to the pool kind of summer. My daughter is a rising third grader and is a an avid reader so I don't need to worry about that. But I want to make sure that she does some kind of school activity a couple times a week to maintain skills she learned this year...you know like math etc. I don't want to over do it, but what do you suggest?
A fun art activity that I learned from my son's preschool class-- Items:
*plaster of paris, or drywall mud
*pieces of cardboard-any size 10"x10" or smaller
*watercolors- other paints work too
Place a fist size amount of mud on cardboard, and have the kids smear it around for a little while.(this is suppose to be good for their little fingers) After they have finished then set it out to dry- it should be bumpy, not smoothed out. When dry then they can watercolor on it. It makes a beautiful art piece.
Well said.
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