Category:Raise an Animal

Teaching Tools

These tools can be used with any topic, and may be done indoors or outdoors, each giving different results and utilizing different muscles to broaden the range of motor skills. For potentially messy activities, it may be best to do them outdoors, or have a drop cloth under the table in the activity area.

Paper and Other 2-Dimensional Mediums

Cartooning

Origami, paper folding, and making pop-up books

Papier-Mache

Drawing (regular pencil, charcoal, pastel, color)

Painting

Inking (Pens, Stamps, etc.)

Collage

Combining drawing, painting, collage, and other mediums

Making or coloring in coloring books

Blackboard with fluorescent markers

Dry-Erase Board

Graphing Board/Paper

Paint with water on a chalkboard

Make a pinhole picture related to the subject

Use stencils

Magnets

Puzzles

Cereal Box Covers (find interesting ones, or make your own)

Books (make and/or read books with colorful word pictures relating to the subject)

Felt Board

Dot-to-dot

Make a stamp of it with apples or potatoes that are not for consumption

Draw and/or look at charts and maps of the natural range, important places, etc. (can be put under glass table top)

Make and/or look at graphs related to the subject

Use and/or make place mats about the subject (may have dot-to-dot, crossword puzzle, drawing section, games, fun-facts, and pictures)

Make stained glass and sun catchers with sheet protectors, vinyl sheets, or clear photo sheets (CAUTION: do not leave sun catchers in a window where they could cause a fire [as a magnifying glass can do])

Lace-up cards

Jigsaw puzzles made with cereal boxes

3-Dimensional Mediums

Masks

Dioramas

Sculpture

Clay (modeling, sculpting, etc.)

Ceramics (painting, decorating, reusing)

Jewelry-Making, including making beads and doing beadwork

Cement work (includes making stepping stones and using plaster)

Rock Sculptures

Design a garden, situate rocks, and/or manicure trees in a pattern that relates to the subject

Make silly putty and use it to mold into a shape related to the subject of study

Finer Visual Arts

Photography

Photo editing

Pictures (name/label parts of birds, boats, flowers, buildings, etc.)

Put pictures in a bag, wall hanging, or quilt with slots for the pictures

Language Arts

Crossword puzzle

Word Search

Vocabulary

Finger Plays

Action poems

Needlework and Textiles

Needlepoint

Embroidery

Appliqué

Knitting

Crocheting

Cross stitch

Finger knitting

Macramé

Quilting

Using a knitting spool

Rug making

Clothing (look at, wear, and/or design clothing to fit the subject - possibly clothing that can be worn multiple ways)

Make a textile print related to the subject

Edible Arts

Alphabet Foods (foods that begin with a particular letter or are in alphabet shapes)

Cake Decorating

Chocolate and Candy Making

Recipes (can be from different countries and/or cultures)

Making bread

Make fruit leather or gelatin cutouts

Mold it with marzipan

Sculpt and/or paint with mashed potatoes

Painting on bread/tortillas

Make pizza, biscuits, and/or cookies in a shape related to the subject of study

Use cookie cutters to cut food and/or dough into the shape, or use as a stencil

Music

Singing fun songs and playing musical games

Play instruments, such as fiddles, flutes, rhythm instruments (drum, cymbal, tambourine, etc.), and bell choirs

Write and/or listen to songs about it

Miscellaneous

Metalwork (aluminum and copper rubbings, welding, wire-working, using metal snips for cutting, etc.)

Shadow puppets

Pressed flower book mark

Make kaleidoscope

Explore with chemistry, physics, astronomy (such as the Farmer's Almanac), geology, and biology

Marble or bead "pixel" pictures

Nature Walks

Geo-board

Finger Math

Candle Making

Soap Making

Using a microscope and/or magnifying glass

Woodworking (includes carving, using a wood press, making jigsaw puzzles, sanding, nailing, and using a scroll saw)

Field Trips

Puppets (made from bags, papier-mâché, fabric, or wood)

Sponges cut into various shapes

Displaying items related to the subject (such as on top of the shelves or in a table with a clear top so you can see what is in the drawers)

Look for it in the clouds

Napkin folding

Make a miniatures museum

Leather work

Use feathers as a pen, for painting, or for making pictures

Find the uses for the subject of study (its place in the ecosystem, how people use it, how animals use it, how plants use it)

Make ice, slush, snow, and/or frozen water sculptures

Make a board with holes in it and put a light behind it, using colorful transparent pegs to make a picture

Fun Facts

Points to Ponder

Mind Bogglers

History Hindsights

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