Thanksgiviving Paper Plate Math Craft

Here's another great idea from one of the best blogs on the web, Almost Unschoolers. This Thanksgiving pumpkin pie paper plate craft is also a great math lesson. After decorating your paper plate to look like a pumpkin pie, cut it into pieces to teach the concept of fractions. Follow the link for the full tutorial and explanation on this great idea.

Almost Unschoolers

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Craft Stick Magnet Shapes Craft

This is a great idea from the Teach Preschool site. These craft stick magnet shapes ate very easy to make and useful for toddlers if you have a whiteboard handy.

Materials:

• colored Popsicle sticks or craft sticks
• small round magnets
• glue gun or other strong glue

Directions:

1.  Colored craft sticks are easy to buy at any craft store or color your own Popsicle sticks beforehand.
2. Glue the sticks together in simple geometric shapes like triangles, squares, and diamonds. A glue gun is faster or use regular glue.
3. Glue small round magnets to the back of your shapes. Allow to dry.

You can also glue magnets to the back of individual sticks. Use the sticks and shapes to do matching, color, and counting activities. You'll find these valuable materials to use again and again.

 

Source: Teach Preschool

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Sand Numbers Craft

Here's a similar idea to making sandpaper numbers for a math craft.

Materials:

card stock
white glue
craft sand or beach sand
large tray

Directions:

Draw numbers in thick lines with white glue onto card stock.
Put into a tray and cover with sand. Pour of the excess. If you have colored sand you could use a different color for each number. Allow to dry.
If desired, cut numbers into flash cards or leave on the paper.  Kids trace the numbers with their fingers to teach stroke order.

Do the same thing with the letters of the alphabet.

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Sandpaper numbers craft

Here's a simple and fun math craft idea.

Materials:

• sandpaper
• number templates
• pencil
• scissors
• card stock

Directions:

1. Trace block numbers onto the back of a sheet of sandpaper.
2. Cut out the numbers and glue onto card stock cards.
3. Students trace the numbers with their fingers to teach about stroke order.

You could also use the reverse and make cards out of the negative. Kids trace their fingers through the holes in the sandpaper.

Do the same activity for the leters of the alphabet.

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Bead Necklace Counting Craft

This is a bead necklace craft used for a math lesson. Students count a certain number of beads and make their necklace.

Materials:

• number cards
• large beads
• string or cord
• small paper with "I counted      "
• tape

Directions:

1. Cut string or cord for necklaces beforehand.
2. Review target numbers with cards, 1-20, for example.
3. Lat students choose one card from a pile and read the number.
4. They have to count the same number of beads to make their necklace.
5. After threading their necklace, students write the number on the strip of paper"I counted      "(the one pictured is 17) and tape to their necklace and wear it.

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Paper Plate Counting Math Craft

Here's a very simple idea for a counting math craft activity using a paper plate and foam shapes.

Materials:

• small paper plate
• large tracing number on white paper
• foam shapes
• glue

Directions:

1. Give each child a paper plate and the target number to trace, or let them choose from a set numeber, 1-5 for example.
2. After tracing the number, glue onto the paper plate.
3. Let them choose the correct number of foam shapes and glue on to the paper plate.

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Polar Bear Shapes Craft

This is a cute polar bear made from basic shapes you could make out of felt or paper. Great for a lesson on winter or shapes.

Materials:

• Sheet of blue construction paper
• white construction paper or felt
• 2 google eyes
• tiny pink triangle
• glue
• pink marker or thread

Directions:

1. Cut out pieces beforehand; 1 big circle or slight oval for the body, 1 medium circle for the head, 3 very small circles for the ears and tail, 2 squares for the legs.
2. Assemble and glue on pieces to blue paper.
3. Add google eyes and a triangle for the nose.
4. Draw a pink mouth or use thread.

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Shapes Cellophane Window Craft

This is another idea from my daughter's Japanese elementary textbook. You can make simple, colorful windows from cardboard and cellophane.

Materials:

• cardboard
• various colored cellophane
• pencil
• scissors
• tape

Directions:

1. Give each child a big piece of cardboard. They can draw big geometric shapes on the cardboard and cut out. The teacher may have to help with a box cutter.
2. Tape different colored pieces of cellophane over the holes.
3. Take the cardboard outside in the sun. Have students hold up the cardboard so the sun shines through onto the ground or a wall.

I thought if you could put together some big pieces of cardboard, you could make a house.

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