On the Go

I have shown this clock on my other blog I think, but I thought I would just throw a quick picture here so I know where to find it.  This is a simple clock with the hands put on with brads and the numbers with velcro.

I also made a "5 Little Monkeys" thing for Justin (and TB).  The monkeys attach with velcro.  The figure for the doctor is on a craft stick so J can pick him up and shake him at the appropriate part in the rhyme.  Mama monkey is printed on the page with the bed and does not move.  The number strip moves up and down to show the number of monkeys on the bed.  (I know that there are five and not three monkeys on the bed, it's just a picture.)

Since the boys have enjoyed reading "Five Green and Speckled Frogs" I made a page for that rhyme too.  The number wheel is attached with a brad and turns so you can label how many frogs are on the log.

We will see what else I can come up with to put in the three ring binder.  I have an "Itsy Bitsy Spider" one in the works.  When I taught kindergarten, I had many of these boards made up on poster board and had the words with Boardmaker PCS as well. 

Hickory Dickory Dock Clock

Ryan and Justin enjoyed our Jack Jump Over the Candlestick and our Row, Row, Row Your Boat activities, so I proposed we do something for Hickory Dickory Dock.  I knew that I had a clock art project from when I taught kindergarten.

I decided to just draw the clock rather than trace it.  I used crayon to make nice thick lines.  Justin cut out the brown clock body and the white rectangle all by himself!  I was quite impressed.  I cut out the pendulum, clock hands, and face of the clock.  Those are a bit tricker and he was tired from working so hard on his parts.

I printed out the numbers 1-12 and gave them to Justin to place on the clock.  I had him look at a clock and told him to put on the 12, 6, 3, and 9 first.  I was so thrilled with how well his project turned out that I decided to laminate it.  The clock was too long for my laminate pouches, so I used 1 1/2 of them.  I was nervous that it wouldn't work, but it did. :)

I taped the back of the clock to a shoebox so that it could stand up.  I made a paper mouse with a string tail and Justin was set.  He could now act out the nursery rhyme.  He loved it, but wanted to know where the other animals are.  His book has an animal for each hour.  I used my Boardmaker software to print out the other animals that are in the story.  They store nicely inside the shoebox when they are not being used.  Of course Ryan likes it too.  They will just have to share because we really don't need two of them around the house.