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Music |
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All
About Me
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They're a Part of Me
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Where
is Thumbkin?
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Head,
Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
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| The
Hokey Pokey Various artists |
Attention spans are very short
in the beginning of the year so it is extremely important to make each
song that you sing with the children interactive. Using props is
a very effective method for engaging students, I highly recommend
using lots of hand motions, props, and standing up to sing whenever
possible.
Activities
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| Hands
Class Book
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Materials: multicultural paint, white construction
paper, black sharpie marker. Use
multicultural paint (or mix varying shades of white and brown)
and have each child make handprints on a sheet of construction
paper. Caption each page "Here are ____'s
hands". Bind pages into a class book.
Another twist on this
idea would be to add the following sentence to the bottom of
each page "_____ (child's name) can _____ with his/her hands." |
| Paper
Plate Face
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Materials: paper plates, crayons Give each
child a blank paper plate or a piece of paper with a large
circle drawn on it and have them draw their face. Keep
this in the portfolio to compare with end of the year sample. |
| "Mini
Me"
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Materials: multicultural cardboard people cutouts,
crayons or markers, yarn, fabric scraps, glue. Give each
child a multicultural cardboard cutout from the teacher store
and have them decorate the person as themselves. Crayons
and markers are fine, if you have more help you can use yarn
and fabric. Use these little people to take the daily
attendance all through the year :) |
| My
Name Is...
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Materials: white construction paper, boy & girl
stencils, paint or crayons, black sharpie marker.
Have each child trace stencil a
boy or girl on their paper. You can use paint or crayons
for the stencil depending on your preference. At the
bottom of each paper use your black marker to write the words
"My name is _________". If your students are able they can
write their name on the line, or if they aren't able you may do
it for them saying each letter out loud as you do so, this way
they will begin to become familiar with the letters in their
names.
A great twist on this
idea is to bind all of the pictures together and make into a
class book. You could also glue a photo of each student to
the head of the picture. |
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Graphing Activities
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Materials:
large sheet of butcher paper, markers
This theme lends itself well
to many graphing activities. You could graph any of the
following with your class: hair color, eye color, boys vs.
girls, number of letters in names. |
| The
Birthday Book
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Materials:
months of the year poster, 13 pieces of white cardstock, glue,
scissors, black marker, student pictures
Take a cheap months of the
year poster/chart from the teacher store (usually .99 cents) and
cut apart. Glue one month to the top of each piece of
cardstock, then glue the title piece "Months of the Year" to a
piece of cardstock to make a cover page. Next, glue
student photos to their correct birthday month page. Next
to each student photo write their name and birthdate with the
black marker. When finished laminate and bind into a class
birthday book. This book will be a big hit all year long
and it's a great way to learn the months of the year. |
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