Recycled Snowmen

We still have plenty of donated paper towel rolls, so we made Roly Poly Pals from "The Mailbox." Luckily, I have an aide who put 28 bags together full of the pieces needed.




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"Cylindeers"

I have been collecting paper towel rolls, toilet paper rolls, and egg cartons. We used the toilet paper rolls this week. Our shape of the week is "cylinder," so we made "cylindeers."
Cylinder + Reindeer = Cylindeer
I precut the triangles and punched out snowflakes for the antlers. The kids cut out their own ears. The red noses are buttons.
I got the idea from Parenting magazine. :)



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Word Machines

We are talking about ways to recycle and reduce waste for the upcoming Earth Day. We are turning these old egg cartons into Word Machines. The students cut out sight words and glue them into the spaces.



The children use bottled glue.



After the words are put into place, a bean is put into the egg carton and closed.



I asked for egg cartons at the beginning of the school year on my supplies list. Very cheap!



The students then paint the outside and I have been writing Word Machine with puffy paint after they dry in their cubbies. The students shake the bean in their cartons, open, and read the sight word it lands on!



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