DLTK's Educational Activities
February "I'm So Smart!" Bulletin Board Project
The Theme:
The children will write an "I'm So Smart!" poem and glue that to the stomach of a paper craft of themselves for this "All About Me" themed bulletin board. This theme can be combined with some discussion about loving yourself and being proud of your talents and skills.
Additional educational activities for PreK and Kindergarten: Learn about circles and rectangles (the bodies are made mainly of circles and rectangles). Learn the color Red (you can choose to make all of the bodies red. Complimentary Resources not shown on the layout: Circle shapes buddy, Robbie the Rectangle shapes buddy, Rosie Red colors buddy
Additional educational activities for Grades 1 and 2: Learn about poetry -- five Live Poems resources at KidZone Poetry. There is also the option of typing the poem on the computer to build basic computer word processing skills.
Additional Sunday School theme: Tie the "I'm So Smart!" theme into a Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors lesson plan featuring the children's talents.
Directions and Links:
Cover the bulletin board with pink (or white).Print the February title template "I'm So Smart!" color or B&W) Glue it onto the top corner of the board.
Have the children:
- Complete their "I'm So Smart!" poetry projects.
- Sunday School Version: Tie in with a message similar to "This week we learned about Joseph and his coat of many colors from Genesis 37. We learned that we all have special talents and that its important not to want other's talents; but to be happy with what God gave especially to us." When designing the craft, you can have the children color the body different colors (to make each on an individual coat of many colors).
Tape the completed projects onto the bulletin board.