Category Archives: 1st Grade

“GOD’S GREATEST GIFT” WREATH

Stressing the real reason for the Christmas season, we’ve made a project call “God’s Gift Wreath.”  A cardboard wreath is the basis of this project.  The outside circle diameter is 8” and the inside circle is 4 ½”. This is an easy … Continue reading

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HEADBAND

Isn’t this cute.  Imagine a whole classroom full of these little turkeys.  If time permits, use the handprints of the kids for the feathers.  I have included a pattern for handprints if you want to have them printed out before … Continue reading

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LETS MOVE IT

I believe that it was on Artsonia that I saw a project like this a couple of years ago and thought it was a great lesson for the kids.  The class started this  by discussing how we know an animal is running in … Continue reading

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LADYBUG

I think ladybugs are fascinating little insects.  Here is an interesting fact about ladybugs.  Different ladybugs have different numbers of spots. Some have no spots while some have as many as twenty four.   This is a 1st grade project to improve … Continue reading

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ANIMAL MASKS

Last year the first grade students and I had the best time doing this project.  We asked their teacher to leave the room while we made animal masks and practiced a song to sing (or recite) to her.  The kids … Continue reading

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DANCING VALENTINE HEARTS

“Valentine…You make me feel like Dancing.”  That’s what our Valentine card says to the lucky person that receives it.  I’ve included this, “Dancing Hearts,” project under the 1st Grade tab in the sidebar.  If you click on the picture at … Continue reading

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PAPER BAG BUILD-A-PUPPET

We named this project “Lunch Bag Build A Puppet.”  The only supplies needed, other than colored markers and a glue stick,  are a brown lunch bag and the animal features copied on white construction paper. Patterns are included in this project … Continue reading

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TROPICAL FISH

  Tropical fish, in pictures anyway,  always seem to have bright, beautiful coloring.  Since calendar pictures are also bright and glossy, they seemed to be the perfect scales for our fish.  So, this project uses calendar pictures, colored markers, chalk, … Continue reading

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