Fun New Year Activities for Kids

Are you looking for some very easy, fun activities to do with the kids for New Year's Eve?

Here are 2 that I posted last year. Just click on the links to go to my posts.

 ~ Make a New Year's Eve Noisemaker!
~ http://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2011/12/making-noise-makers-for-new-years-eve.html

~ Make a New Year's Eve Clock!
~  http://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2011/12/make-new-year-clock-craft-activity.html

~ Plus here are some great ideas from Deb Chitwood  at Living Montessori Now for New Year's Eve and the beginning of the New Year.

~ http://livingmontessorinow.com/2012/12/31/montessori-monday-montessori-inspired-activities-for-new-year/


Happy New Year!

W!N Great Teaching Resources at The Happy Teacher

Here is another awesome GIVEAWAY! Liz at The Happy Teacher is also having a New Year GIVEAWAY!!!!
You can WIN over 70 Teacher Resources to use with your students!!! WOW! That's a lot of materials! PLUS, you can also win a Starbucks Gift Card!

New Year GIVEAWAY! :)

You can enter 5 different giveaways!

My donation is my Winter Addition with Doubles Game for Grades 1-3. It is in Giveaway #1.

WINTER ADDITION with DOUBLES GAME for Grades 1-3

To take a peek at my donation, click on the picture directly above.

To go to Liz's blog to see all the prizes and enter the GIVEAWAYS, click on the TOP picture.

Happy New Year!

W1N Amazing Teaching Products at Second Grade Nest

Here is a wonderful GIVEAWAY with over 60 Teaching Products that you can WIN!

500 Follower Giveaway

Jessica from Second Grade Nest is having the giveaway at her blog. She has divided the 65 teaching products into 5 giveaway. Check them all out and enter one or all five.

My donation to the GIVEAWAY is in Giveaway #5. I have donated my Winter Addition with Doubles Math Center Game.

Winter Addition with Doubles Matching Activity

To learn more about my donation click on the picture directly above.

To go to Jessica's blog to see all the donations and to enter the giveaway, click on the top picture.

Have fun! I hope you win lots of amazing new Teaching Products to use with your students.

5 Fun, Inexpensive, Christmas Tree Crafts

Here is a selection of fun, inexpensive, Christmas Tree crafts to make with the kids. 

Christmas Tree Crafts

Two of the trees are made with paper, one tree is made with yarn, one tree is made with ribbon, and one tree is made with rickrack.

To get directions for the Christmas Trees pictured above, click on the appropriate link below.


Paper Trees    http://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2011/11/creating-paper-cut-outs.html

Yarn Tree  http://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2011/12/yarn-tree-craft-activity.html

Heart-Shaped Paper Tree  http://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2011/11/paper-christmas-tree-craft.html

Ribbon Tree   http://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2011/12/easy-ribbon-christmas-tree-craft.html

Rickrack Tree  http://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2011/11/easy-christmas-tree-card-craft.html


Have fun crafting for the holidays!

  

Handmade Christmas Ornament Crafts

Have you thought about making some handmade Christmas ornaments with the kids?  Here are few that are fun and inexpensive to make.

To get the directions for the different types of ornaments pictured above, just click on the appropriate link below.

Paper Ornaments  ~ http://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2011/12/easy-inexpensive-paper-christmas.html

Poinsettia Ornaments ~ http://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2011/12/tp-roll-poinsettia-craft-activity.html

Candy Cane Ornaments ~ http://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2011/12/easy-candy-cane-craft.html

3D Ornaments ~http://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2012/11/make-3d-ornaments-in-math-class.html

Have fun crafting for the holidays!

Silence for Sandy Hook Elementary

Christmas Time - Fun Paper Plate Clocks

Seasonal Decorated Paper Plate used to make a Fun Clock

At this time of year the children are so focused on the holidays! Use that interest to try some activities that have a holiday theme and are also educational.

A fun paper plate Holiday Clock can be made with the students then used to teach or review Telling Time or Elapsed Time.

You can make lots of clocks with a simple paper plate. Use a white paper plate and paint it a fun color, or use any of the fun colors found at dollar stores (usually 20 plates for $1.00), or a seasonal decorated paper plate found at supermarkets, craft stores, etc.

Supplies Needed

• paper plates
• sticky foam numbers (or a marker to write the numbers)
• heavy paper or foam to make the clock hands
• scissors
• paper fastener (1 per plate)
• Construction Paper or Christmas stickers (optional)
• Paint + paint brush, Markers, Crayons (optional)
• Glue (optional)

Plain Red Paper Plate used to make a Fun Clock

The Christmas clock pictured directly above was made with a plain red paper plate. The tree in the middle of the plate is a paper gift tag that can be glued or fastened to the center of the plate to give the clock a festive look. Children can also design or color their own trees with drawing or construction paper and crayons. The clock hands are made from foam sheets purchased at a Dollar store. The foam clock numbers were also purchased at a Dollar Store (200 numbers in a package)! A package of paper fasteners was purchased at Staples.

Have fun at Christmas Time learning about Time!

For more examples of paper plate clocks and some cool telling time resources for kids, click on the link below:

~ http://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2012/02/paper-plate-clocks-round-up-and-telling.html