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The GIANT Encyclopedia Of Learning Center Activities For Children 3 to 6

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The GIANT Encyclopedia Of Learning Center Activities For Children 3 to 6

Materials

  1. Magazines with pictures of pets
  2. Scissors
  3. Paper
  4. Glue
  5. Markers
  6. Felt in various colors
  7. Rickrack and pompoms
  8. Material scraps

Instructions

  1. Tell the children they will be making a group pet book. Encourage them to look through magazines and cut out pictures of a type of pet they would like to have. Ask them to glue the pictures to paper and dictate a couple sentences about the pet. Assemble the pages into a book by stapling them together and adding a cover.
  2. Cut out a variety of pet shapes from felt (dog, cat, bird, and so on).
  3. Let the children choose a felt pet and decorate using rickrack, scraps of material, ribbon, and so on.

Instructions

1. Welcome to the Big Top! Set up your room to look like a circus by hanging
balloons and crepe paper streamers around the room. Encourage children to
dress up and pretend to be different circus acts.
2. Set up a row of chairs and encourage the children to hand in their tickets to
see the circus acts.

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