Book Lesson Objective: To recite a story with an important moral and have children either recreate this story or make a similar on that follow the same themes. Prep: Choose a story with an important Lesson at the end. For this example Lowanu the Wise Woman was chosen. This was …
Lesson To have students show the bringing together of loved ones accomplished by bridging the gap between them. Recommended Ages Preschool to elementary Background Qixi is a Chinese story about the cowherd and the weaver girl in Chinese mythology. Their love was forbidden so they were banished to opposite sides …
Barnyard Origami Lesson Objective: To show a love for mankind and animals by having students build their own barn with different animals. Prep: Create a powerpoint that has the instructions to build an origami house and other animals. The best way to do this is to go on google images …
Project Title: Big Fish, Little Fish Description: these projects take a look at fish and their different sizes. One is small enough to live in a bowl. While the other project focuses on fish that need big spaces like rivers, ponds, and the ocean. Author: Candice Grade Level or Target Age …
Project Title: Creatures of the Sea : Whales and Jellyfish Description: focuses on the widely different types of living creatures you can find in the ocean. Author: Candice Grade Level or Target Age Range : preschool Vocabulary: shape, size, color, krill, stingers, waterspout Materials: paper plates with a section cut off, …
In addition to many life skills, the kids at the Minnow program are learning about letters! This week’s letter was P, so today we focused on creating a “Pond”. Everyone started with a piece of blue construction paper. We discussed what a pond was, what sort of creatures live in …
No food says party quite like pizza! Today we will show you how to teach your young ones to combine the excitement of pizza with healthy choices! Be sure to watch our video tutorial so you can create your own healthy-pizza-art-party! This is a great project for any day, maybe …
Today at the Minnow Program we worked on penguins made from paper hearts as part of their Valentine’s Day celebration! I made some examples to show the kids that they could make heart animals at home, even if they don’t have construction paper, or if case they prefer coloring! Because …
