To start the year off, because August was a short month and because we are just in the beginning stages of Phonics development, I chose Chicka Chicka Boom Boom as my August themes. We read the book and did fun activities to accompany it. This is one of the activities that my students loved. As part of a math activity, I had a printout of 2 coconut trees with numbers on the leaves. Along the bottom of the tree were coconuts with the corresponding numbers. The students had to color the trees, them cut out (fine motor practice) the coconuts and glue them to match the number on the leaves.
Later, in preparation for Grandparents Day and to go along with our August theme, the students used their handprints to make a family tree.
Brown hand print for the trunk and limps, torn green tissue paper glued to the top of the limbs for the leaves. Then the students told me who was a part of their family and we added names. (We are also doing a unit in social studies about family relationships so this tied right in.)
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