Felt Monster Game

Want to see some kooky monster fun?

Here is a felt monster game I made for the classroom. It has oodles of learning objectives: color identification, body part identification, counting, cognitive matching, making choices, fine motor manipulation, and participating in organized play. But it is also just plain ole fun.

The object of the game is to complete your monster first.

Players roll a die to see what they can add to their monster.

The sides of the die are:
* eyes*arms* horns* noses* mouths* a flashlight (child uses a real flashlight to scare off a piece of another player's monster)
I ended up adding a free turn where you could pick any piece to add because the game was going on forever...I made my die using a free printable from online.

Here are the pre-designed monsters:





The game can be altered to allow for varying degrees of difficulty.

You set out the pieces in varying ways:

already grouped in color setsgrouped by type found on the diemixed up all crazyChildren can also be encouraged to create their own kind of monster (either using the die or completely open ended)


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School Scrapbook

Today, I earned major cool mom points.

Why?

Because I gave my daughter a binder filled with page protector sheets. I slid in one of her many preschool works of art.


She gasped. "It's a preschool scrapbook!!"

Yes. That is exactly what it is.


"Can we keep this scrapbook forever and never ever throw it away?!"

"Mom, it's not full yet."

"I can't wait to make more stuff with Miss Amy!"

She loves it so much that we are going to need another one for all the artwork she creates at home.

Here is a picture of her scrapbook at the end of the school year, just bursting with memories:


This is similar to what I do with my students as a school memory book as well. We include photos, artwork, dictations, songs, and poems from throughout the year and send them home the last week of school.

Hello, Sunshine!

Celebration chair cover for school:



My student of the week is called "Our Sunshine".

You are looking at nothing but felt, hot glue, and a little bit of Sharpie action.

Nice and simple.

{For the cover: No measuring, just eyeballed. Trim. Fold. Glue.}


{For the accent: I traced a bowl from the home center. Cut the rays. Cut out sunglasses and glued. Drew a nose, eyebrows, and a smile.}