Good old fashioned bread dough clay is the best treat for the children during our Little Red Hen unit. Basic Bread Dough Ornament Recipe 4 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup salt 1 1/2 cups warm water I make my dough in my Kitchen Aid mixer with the dough hook. I mix it...
Drawing a pig is very easy for kindergartners. Here are some of the drawings from my class during the three little pigs unit: I begin by telling the children to make a circle on the top half of the page. Next we add an oval in the middle of that circle for the snout...
Letting the children retell a fairy tale is very powerful in building comprehension. The table puppet show can be very simple like this one. I use simple plastic pigs and an old wolf puppet. It works! The children love it! The Three Little Pigs Table Puppet Play...
My educational method is to present one fairy tale for at least two weeks. I read multiple versions of the tale, retell it orally, retell it with puppets, and at the end – have the children act it out. It is a method that I have developed over the last 12...
This is pure educational magic. Pure gold! Give it a try if you have not. It is very simple to do. I have made basic table puppets for the children to use but you could use dollhouse dolls and brown bear figurines. The children just need something to...
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