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*Black History Month
Stamp On Black History
Blank stamp frame to design your own "Black History Postal Stamp,
also has a number of
coloring pages and word search puzzles.
USPS Black Heritage Series Facts (pdf file)
Shows the stamp and short information on each person.
George Washington Carver
Coloring and activity book from USDA
Black History Month color page
Harriet Tubman and Martin Luther King Jr.
Handprint - Dove (Unity) Wreath
Make a handprint wreath of different skin tones.
Mankala Counting Game
African counting game made from a egg carton.
*1st
Superbowl Sunday
Art Activity: Your Football Team!!!
You are the proud owner of a football team. You will need to:
Make up a name for your football team.
Name a city they are from.
Choose your teams colors.
Choose a mascot for your team.
Design a pennant for your team.
Design a helmet for your team.
Football hemet pattern
*2nd
Groundhog Day
*Fingerplay/Songs
Groundhog, Groundhog
Sung to: "baa baa black sheep"
Groundhog, Groundhog, popping up today.
Groundhog, Groundhog, can you play?
If you see your shadow, hide away.
If there is no shadow, you can stay.
Groundhog, Groundhog, popping up today.
Groundhog, Groundhog, can you play?
I'm a Little Groundhog
sung to: "I'm a Little Teapot"
I'm a little groundhog short and stout,
February second I will come out.
If I see my shadow they will shout,
Six weeks more winter without doubt!
*Art
Sponge paint Groundhog
Cut a groundhog shape out of a sponge and let the children sponge
paint a collage of groundhog shadows, with black sponge painting on
white paper
Shadow Hunting
Need: paper, markers, black construction paper, scissors.
Children draw sunny pictures and then identify things within them
that could have shadows. They can cut shadow forms from the black
paper and glue them on. Encourage children to tell or write about
their pictures.
*Group Time
Shadow Detectives
Need: paper, crayons.
Ask children to find unusual shadows in the classroom. Encourage them
to hunt for shadows that intrigue them. Model how to lay the paper on
a shadow and trace it. Display the tracings and ask children to
identify the different objects.
Invite children to talk about why they chose a particular shadow.
Shadows
Need: Various objects and white paper. (would be better to use black
paper and white crayons/chalk.)
Ask children to look for shadows around the room and to guess which
objects are making them. They can experiment by using their bodies to
make shadows in sunny parts of the room.
Trace your fingers around shadows in order to make sure children
understand what you are asking them to find.
Show them how to use their hands to create shadow animals. Then ask
children to make shadows with their hands or simple objects on white
paper while others others trace the shape with a pencil.
Ask them to tell you or show you how they make shadows, and give them
time to experiment with shadows until they begin to understand that,
shadows are formed when the light is blocked.
*Games
Shadow Dancing
Need: cassette player, instrumental cassettes displaying musical variety.
Gather children in a sunny area and invite them to move to music. In
doing so, challenge children to observe their shadows and find ways
to use their whole bodies to make the shadows taller or shorter,
creating unique "shadow dances."
Shadow Tag (outside game)
Have children find their shadows. On the word "go". the
tagger tries to "tag" the "walker" by stepping on
his/her shadow and yelling "caught". Last child tagged
becomes the next tagger.
*Science
Shadow Clocks
Need: Coffee can or sand bucket, stick, 12 rocks.
Explain to children that we can use shadows to make a kind of clock.
As children make their clock use the hours of the day in a natural
context. At 11 o'clock we eat lunch. What time do you eat supper?
To construct a clock, ask children to fill the coffee can to the top
with moist sand. Then press the stick firmly in place. Place the can
in direct sunlight with a stone in the sand at the top of the shadow
cast by the stick.
Later, let children check to see where the shadow of the stick
appears and mark it with a new stone. As the day passes, they will
observe how the shadow changes position. Ask children to predict
whether they will see a shadow at the end of the day, when the sun
goes down
*Other Sites
Lil' Fingers Groundhog's Day has fun for younger children with
a hide-n-seek game, spring predictor and coloring pages.
Groundhog shadow/no shadow color pages
Will The Groundhog See His Shadow? color page
Printable activity sheets for pre-school & kindergarten.
Help
the Groundhog find his shadow
Match
the Shadows
"Here's
a little groundhog" Cute color page. Groundhog poem and
picture to color.
The Official Site of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club
*8th Dental Health Week
*Art
Dental Floss Painting
Thin tempera paint. Spoon small amounts of paint onto construction
paper. Children move the dental floss through the paint to make a design.
*Centers
Art Easel
Paint with toothbrushes. Paint on tooth-shaped easel paper.
Water Table
Add peppermint extract to the water in your water table.
*Science
Making Toothpaste
For each child in a plastic baggie, place 4 teaspoons of baking soda,
1 teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon water. Add a drop of food flavoring
extract such as peppermint, mint, or orange. The children can mix
their own toothpaste.
*Other Sites
Monthly Tooth
Brushing Chart (pdf file)
Also has 2 color page to print.
Super Tooth Puppet pattern (pdf)
Garfield color pages
Colgate
Lesson for grades K-3. Kids section with games, stories,
video, printable activities.
Virtual Tour Tom's of Maine
*12th
Lincoln's Birthday
Shine up the Lincoln Penny
Set out containers of with each of the following: water, soapy water,
vinegar, and lemon juice.
In each container place some pennies to see which substance will
shine the pennies up best.
Abraham
Lincoln 16th U.S. president, Hardin County, Kentucky
Printable
fact sheet on President Abraham Lincoln provides you with photos
and personal information.
Lincoln
Log Cabin
A simple-to-make Lincoln Log Cabin using craft sticks.
Lincoln
Home Photo Tour
Tour Abraham Lincoln's home.
Read online:
Young
Tad Lincoln saved the life of Jack, The White House turkey!
Letter
regarding Tad's Goat
*13th
Get a Different Name Day
On this day a person may change his/her name to whatever he/she
wishes and have the right to expect family and friends to address the
person by their new name.
Have children decide on his/her new name. Children can decorate name
tags with their new name on the tags.
*24th
Mardi Gras
The
History of Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras Color Pages
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