"The Biggest Pumpkin Ever" | Picture Book Study
A comprehensive picture-book study companion for The Biggest Pumpkin Ever, providing discussion, comprehension, and craft activities for early-childhood classrooms.
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A comprehensive picture-book study companion for The Biggest Pumpkin Ever, providing discussion, comprehension, and craft activities for early-childhood classrooms.
Animated Craft: Paper Bag Pumpkins VI Animated Craft: Paper Bag Pumpkins VI is a dynamic, engaging teaching resource that enhances learning in art, music and craft. It's ideal for students ranging from kindergarten to grade 3. This amazing aid takes learning in an interactive, fun direction. The PowerPoint Journey…
Solve addition facts to complete a color-by-number picture; taste-test apple varieties/apple foods and record preferences on individual and class graphs; write a summary sentence about class tasting results; brainstorm descriptive/adjective words and use them to complete an 'I like apples' writing frame and poem…
Go on a nature shape scavenger hunt and leaf-art stamping activity; play a shape memory game; make a shape tally map; sort natural objects by texture in a relay ('Sort and Sprint'); play 'Nature I Spy'; learn about and match types of animal symmetry (bilateral, radial, asymmetry); build symmetrical structures with…
Students go on an outdoor scavenger hunt for natural shapes/items, then use collected materials (e.g., rocks) to complete craft projects such as a rock caterpillar.
Review a shapes reference page, then follow numbered, illustrated step-by-step instructions to cut out provided paper shape patterns and glue them together to construct a picture of a bug or small creature (e.g., American roach, ant, black widow spider, caterpillar, dragonfly, ladybird, praying mantis, scorpion, tree…
Cut out provided ingredient/item pictures and glue them onto a cup template to show what the Aztecs used to make their chocolate cup.
Students cut out a troll head and hands and glue them onto the page in the indicated spots, then write what they know about trolls on the provided lines, completing the sentence starter 'Hi, I'm a troll and I...'.
Color the pieces (or use the pre-colored version), then carefully cut and glue the pieces together to build the craft.
Get ready to unleash your inner bat expert with the Bat Craft Cut and Glue Activity, a hands-on project that’s way easier than trying to befriend an actual bat. With just a few snips and dabs of glue, you’ll go from a pile of paper pieces to a fully assembled (and far friendlier) bat. No mosquito diet required! Here’s…
Cut out planets, an asteroid, a comet, and a spaceship; color the spaceship and optionally design a new planet; arrange the pieces (order does not need to be astronomically correct) and glue them onto a base sheet.
A hands-on cut-and-paste art project where students create a ladybugs-on-the-grass landscape scene using construction paper, building fine motor skills and self-expression.
Color the cloud pieces (or use the pre-colored version), then cut and glue/assemble the pieces together to create a cloud craft.
Follow numbered, illustrated step-by-step instructions to cut out provided paper shape patterns and glue them together to construct an alphabet-themed picture for each letter A-Z; finished projects can be used for bulletin boards, mobiles, greeting cards, and other classroom displays.
Take your students on an extraordinary journey through time with this Baobab Life Cycle Craft Foldable , exploring the incredible 2,000+ year lifespan of Earth's most iconic "upside-down tree" (Adansonia digitata). This interactive resource transforms complex botany into tangible learning about this African giant.…
Cut out provided pieces and glue them together to build a tree, using a 'Tree photo' reference.
A hands-on cut-and-paste foldable craft teaching the four stages of a butterfly's life cycle/metamorphosis (eggs, larva, pupa, butterfly).
Follow numbered, illustrated step-by-step instructions to cut out provided paper shape patterns and glue them together to construct a picture of a zoo animal (e.g., panda, tiger, hippopotamus, lion, elephant, zebra, giraffe); finished projects can be used for bulletin boards, mobiles, and other classroom displays.
Cut-and-paste foldable craft teaching the four stages of the frog life cycle.
A cut-and-paste craft foldable teaching the life cycle of a bee (egg, larva, pupa, adult).
Follow numbered, illustrated step-by-step instructions to cut out provided paper shape patterns and glue them together to construct nursery-rhyme character pictures (e.g., sheep/lamb for Baa Baa Black Sheep, girl/boy figures, cow, pigs, blackbirds, kitten, cat, dog, bee, mitten, mouse, clock), each paired with the…
Teach the ladybug life cycle (eggs, larva, pupa, adult) through a cut-and-paste foldable craft activity.
Review a shapes reference page, then follow numbered, illustrated step-by-step instructions to cut out provided paper shape patterns and glue them together to construct a vehicle picture (e.g., airplane, ambulance, ark, bicycle, bulldozer, car, combine, crane, dump truck, fire truck, helicopter, mail truck, sailboat…
A cut-and-paste/foldable craft activity teaching the life-cycle stages of a kiwi (fruit) plant.