Kids Corner: On A Rainy Day Bring the Beach To You
As a Kindergarten teacher, especially after COVID, it’s important to bring play back into education. By doing this, and sparking children’s imagination, they’ll be socially and emotionally ready to learn.
I tend to take a thematic approach to my teaching. For example, the other week, I implemented a beach theme in the classroom. Everyone got sunglasses, brought a beach towel, and we read beach themed books, made a beach scene with shapes since we are currently in our geometry unit, and had a beach themed snack.
Craft Materials:
Shape cut outs or shape stickers.
Crayons
Paper
Glue stick
Instructions:
Make a scene and pretend you’re at the beach. It’s open ended and use your imagination. Extend the activity by writing a story about your collage.
Ocean Snack Ingredients:
Graham crackers
Icing
Blue food coloring
Swedish fish
Directions:
Dye the icing blue with food coloring
Spread on a graham cracker
Add some fish to your ocean
