Activity for pre-schoolers, aged 6 ( Grade 0) any idea's?

Question

I am a student and during the holidays I am working at a re primary school. I am working with grade 0's who are 6 years old. The teacher asked me to think of an activity to do with them around the christmas theme. What can i do? Something that prep can be done at home!!!!!!

Answer 1

You already have lots of great suggestions here.

An easy activity is to have them make Christmas cards for their parents or grandparents, using construction paper, cotton balls, etc. I always saved Christmas cards from previous years for this exact project so the kids would have cards to cut up to use to decorate their own. Maybe you know someone who can give you some of their old used cards. Invest in some glitter - gold, silver, red, green - kids love adding glitter to their cards - just sprinkle it on a little glue.

As others have suggested, making Christmas tree decorations is another great activity. I used to do one using macaroni. The different shapes of macaroni work well for angels - the large bows make great wings glued to rigatoni to make the body, and a small wooden ball for the head, etc. Paint them with gold or silver craft paint and draw on the face.

Snowflakes cut from folded paper are easy to make as Christmas decorations.

Check at your local library. They often have books of Christmas origami for young kids. If you use this one make sure you practice the item first and understand the directions exactly, as sometimes the directions are not totally easy to understand unless you are accustomed to origami. I have seen some good ones for younger kids.

At a craft shop you can buy large bags of beads and pipecleaners. They are great for tree ornament candy canes. There is a picture at one of the links.

The lacing project for bells, a stocking, etc. using construction paper, wool, and ribbon and decorating with glitter, pictures from old Christmas cards, etc. is very easy and inexpensive. (Link below)

Paper plates lend themselves to all kinds of projects. The paper plate angel, Santa, and snowman are good ones. See link.

One of my absolute favorites was the "stained glass window" decoration. You can make simple ones with young kids. You need construction paper and cellophane. Directions are at one of the links.

I suspect that when you look at all your answers you will have more ideas than you can possibly use. Best of luck with it. Have fun! :)

Answer 2

You are going to want something with few and cheap supplies, preparation and easy to do. I always have found at the preschool that gluing and things like that are best done the children. Here are a few ideas I have used in the past around the Christmas theme:

Rule of thumb... leave religion out of the activity because it may be offensive to some, unless the school has already asked the parents if it is ok.

Children making gifts for their parents is always a good craft. It helps them understand the meaning of giving and makes them proud of themselves when they are done with the project.

These exact addresses to gift projects I have used in the past:

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/xmas/puzzle_piece_picture_frame.htm

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/xmas/snowman_soup.htm

A craft and story we did one year was called "The Candy Cane Story"

It has somewhat of a religious theme with it but the parents at our daycare didn't mind and the children loved taking home the candy canes they had made to hang on the tree. We also had candy canes they could eat and did a color review project with it.
This is where you can find the story:
http://www.walkthroughlife.com/Holidays/christmas/stories/Story20.html

And these are a few of the crafts we have done with the story over the years that are not religious:

http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/beadcandycane.html
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/candycane.html
http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/ArtsAndCrafts/Holidays/Christmas/CandyCane.html

This website has a few ideas and differnet poems you can attach to your candy cane crafts:

http://www.homeschooled-kids.com/candycanelegend.html
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/candycane.html

We also did gifts for parents that involved mixing ingredients in a jar. They came out very cute.

You will need one baby food jar, a bag of cocoa mix without marshmallows (can get them in boxes of 10 or 12 count), marshmallows , rubber bands, ribbon, 9 inch by inch piece of cloth, and mini candy canes.

Clean the baby food jars really well.
Have the children open the pouch of cocoa mix and put in jar.
Fill jar to the top with marshmallows.
Put lid back on and place the fabric over the lid.
Use a rubber band to hold the fabric to the lid by wrapping around the jar lid.
Take a piece of ribbon and have the children tie the candy cane (to cover the rubber band) to the jar so that the ribbon makes a bow.
We have also used the ribbon to tie a card by the children or a small gift card to the jar.

Hope these help and good luck

Answer 3

When he gets to Kindergarten next year, the things he will need are: Letter recognition with sounds- Put little papers around the house with letters on them, like a 'L' on the lamp and then say 'will you please turn on the Lllllllamp?' This will make it a constant game. Sorting by size and color. At Walmart in the kid school stuff row there are little sets in clear boxes (about 4 x 4 x 6 ). They have one with 50 colored bears and matching dishes for only about $5 and you can use this for sorting, counting etc. Also, there are lots of web sites like Noggin, Playhouse Disney, Lets Go Sprout, PBS Kids and many more that are full of kid online kid games that help with learning. Using the computer is a skill that he will need in Kindergarten too. I am sure he will catch up soon.

Answer 4

Search on these sites for Christmas Activities

Answer 5

Cooking and/or making Christmas ornaments!
http://brighteyeslearning2.tripod.com/
http://brighteyeslearning.tripod.com/

There will be Christmas activities/ recipes by the first weekend in December at the Brighteyes Learning sites.

I'm actually working on them now.

Answer 6

Have them help you make cookies out of Christmas themed cookie cutters, or have somebody dress up as Santa and have the kids do crafts with him.

Answer 7

They can collect things from their home to bring for donation and you can teach them how to give it to a needy.You can make cards for those who are in orphan homes.

Answer 8

take her to the park ask her to write her abc's or even make GINGERBREAD HOUSES that is allways fun