Things
I've made for our school :
Picture and Sound Box - Recipe Box, Index Dividers
‘A-Z’. 2pkgs plain index cards,
old magazines, catalogs. Cut and
paste 6-8 pics for each letter.
Fabric Matching Basket - 2 squares of each kind of
fabric. Choose fabrics with
different textures - sensory.
Silence Game - “listen to how many sounds you can
hear” / “how quietly can you breathe” / “sit at the other end of the
room and come when your name is whispered”
- discuss various quiet sounds (breathing, leaves rustling)
Walking the Line - 6’ piece of yarn.
Walk quietly with good balance on string in the shape of a
...straight line ...then a circle
...elipse, etc.
Tanagram out of foam
Fraction Circles out of foam
Fraction Triangles out of foam
Fraction Squares out of foam
Constructive Triangles out of foam
Geometric Insets - 2 contrasting colors of heavy
posterboard (or foamboard). Cut 6 -
5”x5” squares of | /\
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red Cut 6 of blue.
cut shapes from inside each. Attach
a gold brad to inside shape for handle and mix
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2 colors together. - Child should match up, trace along inside edge for motor
control using index finger.
-eventually,
child should trace shapes with a pencil.
Movable
Alphabet
- 6 uppercase and 6 lowercase of each letter written on 1x1” sq foamboard kept
in a box with divisions to see each letter.
Number Rods - Teach
number recognition, sequence. Teach
addition facts of 10. Teach
subtraction facts of 10.
1” strips #1 rod has one
square on it. #10 rod has 10
squares on it, with even numbered squares darkened.
Squares with same dimensions with numerals on them to match with rods.
Things I'd
like to make :
Baric Tablets - blindfolded with all materials cut
in 3” squares,
line up according to weight (5-6pc
from balsa wood to plywood)
Mystery Bag - blindfolded identify 8-10 familiar
objects
-or- everything in a bag starts with the same letter (sock, ship, spoon)
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Command Cards - One at a time for sight words. jump
hop etc.
Sandpaper Letters - 3” - use graphite paper.
(See Phonics folder for number & letter sizes and how to “write”
them with your finger. Use with
Alphabet Tubs (See Preschool Activities)
Sandpaper Numbers - as above, use with 45 counters
(pennies, etc.)
