Bug Activity

Bugs, Bugs and More Bugs!

This activity is pretty simple for utilizing with students to practice new words and/or targeted articulation.  One SLP used it as a matching goes for synonyms so the ideas are endless!  It gives you the opportunity to practice but make their activity into a game.

Materials Needed:

            Bug template

            White copy paper

            Construction paper or Card stock

            Laminate paper

            Whiteboard Marker

            Mason jar, paper bag or some kind of bug holder

Prepping for the activity:

1.     Print the bugs out onto white copy paper.

2.    Make copies of the bugs onto 5 or 6 different pieces of construction paper or card stock.  (Tip: If you are using a copy machine load the construction paper on the side tray to print)

3.    Cut out the construction (or card stock) paper bugs.

4.   Laminate the bugs.

5.    Cut the bugs out again.

6.    Create a little bug hold either out of a mason jar, paper bag or a bug holder. 

Activity:

You will be able to write on the back (with a whiteboard marker) of the bugs new words and/or targeted articulation that you want your students to work on. The students will have fun picking bugs!

Sunday Funday - Easter Cupcakes and Cake

Since I was seven years old I remember Glynis (my other mom) making an Easter bunny cake.  She would let me help make the ears but for the post part Glynis did it all.  I LOVED waking up on Easter and seeing her making the bunny cake.  He always had this droopy sad face because she was cooking for us and baking at the same time.  So needless to say the cake didn't have time to cool all the way before she started icing the cake.  Even as an adult on Easter morning Glynis was making her infamous Easter bunny cake.  So this year as an engaged woman I decided to make the Easter bunny cake for Mark!  And then I was got a little carried away because I thought cupcakes would be a great idea as well.  The basic idea for the bunny cake can be found here.  The Easter basket cupcakes I got the idea from here and the Hatching Baby Chick Cupcakes I got from here.  I saw the pictures and just kind of made up how they should look.  I made over 20 cupcakes so I did 10 that had coconut and 10 without.  So Mark can take them to work and his coworkers could enjoy. 

On the Hatching cupcakes next time I make them instead of using warheads for the egg I would probably use a cookie or fondant.  To color the coconut I used a concentrated gel to mix with butter cream icing.  And I used sour patch jelly beans instead of regular jelly beans for flavor!

Enjoy!

Sunday Funday - Easter Egg Sound Blending Activity

 

Easter Egg Sound Blending Activity:

I created this Easter egg with the help Microsoft Word AutoShape.  This by the way was a total challenge to make the lines match up!  If you have ever tried to use this function in Word you can feel my pain. 

Materials:

White copy paper

3 different colored pieces of construction paper

Easter egg template

Laminate paper

Whiteboard Marker

Prepping for activity:

1.   Print out Easter egg template.

2.  Copy template onto 3 different pieces (colors) of construction paper. (Tip: If you’re using a copier put the construction paper in the side default tray)

3.  Cut out the egg template pieces.

4.  Laminate your egg piece.

5.  Cut out your laminate egg pieces.

6.  Write on the egg pieces with a whiteboard marker.

With the letters on the different sections of the Easter egg it allows students to play around with their sounds at the beginning and ending of words with different vowels in the middle.

  

I was inspired to create this egg activity because of a candy corn sound blending activity I found.

Sunday Funday - Bulletin Board Spring/Summer Idea!

I found the original bulletin board idea here but the original bulletin board source can be found on Mrs. Picassi's Art Room Blog.

This bulletin board idea just seems perfect for Spring!

Instructions (sort of):

I put the blue bulletin board paper up first as the main background.  Since we didn’t have any brown paper I used black bulletin board paper for the tree limb.  I used a few pieces of light green cardstock that I cut for the grass.  Over the light green grass I put up green bulletin board paper as more grass.  I used three different pink and green pieces of 12x12 cardstock to create the bird pieces, leaves and flowers.  I drew on with black marker the bird’s legs.  I’m not sure if I gave great directions/information but feel free to ask questions if needed! 

Materials Used:

Sky: Blue bulletin board paper

Tree limb: Black bulletin board paper (we didn't have any brown paper)

Grass: Green cardstock

Grass: Green bulletin board paper

Bird template

Leaf Template

Flower template (it's really a leaf template)

Scrapbook paper

Black marker

Pictures of my process:

Fly!