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Earth Day is coming up, so today I’m sharing with you an Earth Day craft that we did last year. I love having the chance to teach my students about our planet and how we can help look after it. So, we made these handprint Earth crafts. My students LOVE getting their hands full of paint. When we first introduced… Read More
Tomorrow is World Autism Day, one of the most important dates in my diary. I wanted to share this Autism Awareness craft with you that my students made to put on display around our classroom. We spend time all year long trying to spread autism awareness – and acceptable too. But, in April, we always step it up that extra… Read More
We LOVE to use our handprints to make crafts in our classroom, and this time we’ve made a leprechaun! Celebrating St Patrick’s Day is always lots of fun in our classroom and it’s definitely one of our favourite holidays. You can find so many great activities for St Patrick’s Day, including this handprint leprechaun! Read on below to find out… Read More
Every year we love to get our students to make Valentine’s Day card to either hand out to friends or take home to their family. We like to keep our craft sessions as independent as possible, so we try to find cards and craft activities that are easy for them to make. This year, we made this adorable cat card…. Read More
We love doing lots of different crafts in our classroom. They are great for working on so many different skills and the end result is just perfect. My kiddos love being able to take crafts home to their families – and we know their families love them too! Valentine’s Day is one of my favourite times of the year to… Read More
Our students love making crafts through the year, and we wanted a way to display them. We also have quite a dark classroom, and we wanted to brighten it up. It was important that when we brightened it, we didn’t overload our students with colour. We also wanted to make sure that the ‘brightness’ could be ‘hidden’ if needed. After… Read More
I’m so excited to share our Easter card craft with you all today. For each holiday we try to make a card craft for our students to send home for their families. It’s a great way to get them not only working on different skills in their craft sessions, but also to work on their writing skills – especially when… Read More
I’m so excited to share with you my Easter bunny craft that is perfect for young kids. Easter is one of my favourite holidays to celebrate in the classroom. There are so many learning opportunities. This craft is a great way for your students to work on their fine motor and creativity skills. I love making sun catcher crafts with… Read More
We LOVE art therapy sessions in our class, and when there are holidays or celebrations coming up, we theme our sessions for them! This week we done a St Patrick’s Day art therapy session and the children LOVED it! Read on below to find out about all the different stations that we had in our session. Colour With our art… Read More
We have been super busy in class learning all about St Patrick’s Day. We love to learn about different celebrations around the world, and this is one of our favourites. There are so many fantastic activities that you can do for St Patrick’s Day that the list is endless. Today, we made this adorable leprechaun paper plate craft. We always… Read More
