J - Jirafa

This week we introduced the letter "J" as well as the animal "la jirafa" (the giraffe).  This project was super simple. I found a clipart head of a giraffe and put it into a word doc, along with the word "jirafa" in gray lettering that the children could trace, and a line for their names.  Then I stamped out a bunch of letter J's. They assembled the giraffe by gluing the letter J as the body and then coloring.  Of course, they had to draw in legs, feet, and a tail for the giraffe, but being the little artists they are, they had to create backgrounds. One even drew a giraffe-riding human!  ;)

What you need:
- worksheet with a giraffe head and the word "jirafa"
- yellow construction paper
- letter J stamp (or you can cut out a bunch of J's by hand)
- crayons

My sample (left), student work (right)

H - Helado

What you need:

- ice cream scoops with the syllables "he-la-do" written on them.

- a paper with H helado written at the top and an ice cream cone at the bottom

- crayons

- scissors

- gluesticks

Directions:

- have students color the ice cream scoops and the H page

- cut out the ice cream scoops

- glue them onto the cone in order: HE, LA, DO 

Monster Body Parts

For my first grade class learning about body parts, we made little monstruos and labeled the body parts.

Suggested Items:

- yarn

- pom poms (small and big)

- googly eyes

- feathers

- felt

- foam cut-out shapes

- stickers

- liquid glue

- construction paper

Directions:

- prepare several trays students can share of miscellaneous materials (pipe cleaners not suggested as they are hard to glue onto the paper)

- split students into groups and give a tray per table (this is a LOT easier than trying to hand out supplies to each individual student)

- let students create a monster by gluing materials onto their construction paper

- label the different body parts/describe the monster

- collect projects and set them out to dry

B - Búho

You need: 

- coloring sheet of the owl body and "B búho" written at the top

- crayons

- paint or giant stamp pads

Directions:

- color the letter B, words, and owl

- dip hands in paint or stamp pad and create wings for the owl

- let dry

P - Pato

You need:
- the letter P and an oval
- feathers
- construction paper
- crayons
- glue

Directions:
- glue the oval onto the construction paper as the duck body and the P as the neck and head
- draw in the beak, eyes, and feet with crayons
- glue feathers as the tail and wings
- write "ato" after the P

A sample project by one of my JrK students

M - Mariposa

You Need:

- construction paper

- beads 

- liquid glue

- sparkles/glitter (optional)

Directions:

- cut out butterfly wings from construction paper

- cut out the letter M as well for Mariposa

- use liquid glue to draw designs on the butterfly wings

- let students place beads or sparkles on the glue.

- allow the glue to dry 

- glue the wings and M onto a big sheet of construction paper or cardstock

- hang in your classroom!