![]() I add these photos to the children’s portfolio notebooks. Family PhotosĬhildren bring family photos to school to share with the class. Read about about print here: Grid Games Family Social Skills Activities Family PortraitĬhildren draw a picture their family members. We make other graphs: Do you have sisters? Do you have brothers? Baby Grid Game We graph how many boys and girls are in the class, each child placing a people figure on the graph to represent themselves. We use the floor graph and people figures from the block center. An alternate activity would be to classify the pictures as “children” and “parents”. To read more about this, see the blog post here: Classification with Photos. Read the blog post here for details: story retelling Family Math Activities Classifying Boys/GirlsĬhildren classify photos of classmates and glue them on paper divided into two sections: “boys” and “girls”. Choose a book that goes with the theme, and have the children retell the story. This is an activity that goes with any theme. I just slip in a page for the front cover, and slip in the children’s pages inside. It has a sturdy plastic cover with a clear insert, and the pages are also clear inserts. To make our class books, I use “presentation book covers” from an office supply store or Walmart. I found great animal pictures in Your Big Backyard magazine. Just like me and you.” Children cut a picture of an animal from a magazine and glued it on the page. Each page of our book says, “A _ has a mother, too. Family Literacy Activities Animal Families Class BookĪfter we read the book, Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?, by Eric Carle, we made a our own class book. Paper Bag PuppetsĬhildren make a puppet of one of their family members using a paper bag. These are taped to a craft stick to make a puppet. People PuppetsĬhildren use multicultural paint to paint a small paper plate, add yarn hair to match the color of their own hair, add wiggle eyes, and draw a nose and mouth. Or, if you prefer, you can call it a family quilt. Children use it with the classroom baby dolls to role play taking care of a baby. Family Art Activities Baby Blanket (or Family Quilt)Ĭhildren glue small squares of fabric to a piece of felt to make a “baby blanket”. Be sure to include shoes for women, men, and children. ![]() Add Barbie shoes to the area for the children to add to the feet of their family. Play Dough FamilyĬhildren can make people with the play dough. Children use these to cut out the different sizes of bears to make the bear family. Family Fine Motor Activities Bear Family Play Dough CuttersĪdd bear family cookie cutters (made by Wilton) to the play dough area. BooksĬheck here for a complete list of Books about Families! Family Large Motor Games Movement ActivityĪfter reading the book, Jonathan and His Mommy, go through the book once more, and have the children walk in the same ways that Jonathan does. Find more Family Theme Activities for Pre-K on the category page. ![]()
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