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Back to School
Safari
Welcome
Bulletin Boards:
"Now
boarding: The Learning Safari!" Find a safari jeep on clipart and
make a big poster to get students ready for the year.
"We're
going on a learning safari!"
"Looking
forward to a great year!" include binoculars, a tiger, and a
jungle background.
"Swing
into a great year!" include a monkey on a vine and a jungle
background.
Good work bulletin
board:
"We're WILD about good
work!"
"Spotted good
work!"
Art Activities:
Play dough snakes.
Paint paper towel tubes
brown, cut green palm leaves and attach. Find a colorful clipart parrot to
add to the tree.
Make a snake skin. Go
wild use crayons, glitter, sequins, etc!
Make binoculars out of 2
tissue paper tubes. Students can decorate their binoculars.
Cooking Activities:
Serve various fruits:
bananas, oranges, kiwi, etc.
Make trail mix: use M&Ms,
nuts, raisins, etc. (Remember to check for food allergies.)
Make ants on a log:
celery sticks filled with cream cheese or peanut butter topped with
raisins.
Bake animal shaped cookies.
Reading Corner:
Use fabric with
animal prints to make pillows. Drape the ceiling with netting add
some dollar store bugs. Make a palm tree, add green vines
(streamers). Cover book boxes with animal print fabric. Put
paw prints on the walls. Find calendar pictures of jungle animals
or add jungle animal posters. Add jungle stuffed animals.
Title: "Come into the Reading Hut!"
Check out lots of
jungle animal books from the library.
Games and Puzzles:
Ants in Your Pants
Barrel of Monkeys
Students can make their own
jungle animal puzzle out of old calendar pictures. Glue the
picture onto tagboard, laminate or cover with clear contact paper, cut
into puzzle shape pieces.
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