The Connett Connection

Check out this post for activities all about the letter F! F is for feather!  Simply print off a letter F outline , give the student some feathers and have them make the letter F with their feathers! Build the letter F with pouch tops!  Print off the letter F mat to help guide students in making the letter F.  This is one of my son's favorite activities! Another one of my son's favorite activities are playdough mats !  I place the page in a page protector (playdough does not stick to page protectors!) so that the sheet can be reused. F is for fire!  We printed off the letter F on card stock .  I gave each of my kids red and yellow paint and a paint brush.  They painted their letter F with both colors, mixing to make orange as desired.  While the paint was still wet, they crumpled tissue paper to give texture. This is the same mat used for the playdough mats .  I simply removed it from the sleeve and we hunted for...

Spring is such a great time of year!  The cold grip of winter is lessening and the sun is beginning to shine more and the warmer weather is moving in.  I love spring time.  This post is to focus on different crafts and activities that are great for a spring time theme! This first picture is a rainbow.  We looked through magazines to find pages with solid colors on them, tore them into pieces and created our rainbow! This picture is called painting with rain.  We simply placed powdered tempera paint onto the plate and splattered water onto the plate.  Then, shake off the extra paint and you are left with what looks like rain splats on the plate! This was one if the favorite activities of my pre-k kids when I taught.  I had 3 different sized "puddles" and the students had to guess how many feet would fit in the puddle.  They then got to take off their shoes and test their guesses! This is another fun spring craft!  With thi...