Squirrel Crafts and Activities
Squirrel
with a Cup of Nuts Craft and Learning Activity
Children color
and cut out the squirrel pattern and glue it to a paper or plastic
cup. They can then go on a Scavenger hunt to look for things a squirrel
might eat and place them in the cup.
This craft can
also be used to review math concepts. Children can count how many
of each object they have found. The can make a graph to graph the
number of each object they have found.
You can also
review math facts. Place a certain amount of acorns in the cup. For
example, tell your child that the squirrel has ten acorns in his cup.
He is going to give you four acorns. (Take 4 acorns out of the cup
and give them to your child.) Ask your child, "How many acorns
does the squirrel have left?" Keep playing this game changing
the amount of acorns the squirrel gives your child until your child
can do it without having to count. You can also give your child all
the acorns to start and have him give the squirrel a certain amount
of acorns. Young children will enjoy this activity even better if
you pretend you are the squirrel and talk for him.
The pattern to
this craft is available to members
only. Go to the Educational
Craft Page for the patterns.
Count Your Many Blessing Coloring and Activity Sheet
Help the squirrel count his blessings and then have your children think of ways they have been blessed.
Patterns and Directions for this craft are available to members only.
Squirrel
Color Sheet and Activity Page
Spelling Word
Review and Word Review
1. Have your
children write their spelling words on the acorns and glue them
to the color sheet around the squirrel. 2.
Cut out around the squirrel's arms. If a child spells or says a
word correctly three times in a row, he can place the acorn with
that word in the squirrel's arms. Tell him to keep practicing until
he can get all the acorns in the squirrel's arms on the first try.
You can write "I know how to spell all my words" at the
bottom of the color sheet.
3. Write out
all the vocabulary words on a set of acorns. Place them in the squirrels
arms. Make a matching set for your child. Turn over all the acorns.
Ask your child to find the acorn that matches the top acorn in the
squirrel's arm. Keep playing until your child has matched all the
acorns.
4. Cut out
all the acorn have your child think of words relating to the fall
season and write them on the acorns.
5. Write your
child's vocabulary words on the acorns. Scatter them around the
room. Ask your child to help the squirrel find his acorns. When
your child finds an acorn, ask him what the word is on the acorn
and let him place it in the squirrel's arms. If he doesn't know
the word, save it and hide all the acorns he doesn't know again.
Keep playing until he can remember all his words.
The pattern
to this craft is available to members only. Go to the Educational
Crafts Page for reading, spelling, and vocabulary for patterns to
this craft.
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