Elf on the shelf ideas to help parents teachers and occupational therapists engage their children and students in fine motor activities.
The shelf elf helps out activities.
Daily notes from elf on the shelf.
3 diy elf on the shelf photo album from eighteen25.
Explain how students can win the golden shelf elf award to display in their classroom.
Elf on the shelf ideas for toddlers and up all you need to do is print out the idea cards and choose one for each and every day.
Pass out parts to volunteers.
But first i need 7 volunteers to read a magic scroll when the time is right.
The young students really like getting immediate rewards when they have followed a rule.
2 elf on the shelf coloring sheets from living locurto.
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These are so fun.
Even though the jury is still out on whether we will allow this impish character into our home i have to admit i love the stories i hear about other parents doing elf on the shelf.
As a follow up activity to being introduced to the dewey decimal classification system 3rd graders listen to poems from jackie mims hopkins book the shelf elf helps out and sort book jackets by category and call number.
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A quick youtube search will yield hilarious videos of elf on the shelf activities with some bordering on a little dark or geeky.
Read the shelf elf by jackie mims hopkins.
At the beginning of the school year the shelf elf is a good introduction for library rules and book care.
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It has a shelf elf song a creative writing project a fun activity where the kids build a house for the elf and an engaging lesson called how would the shelf elf feel where the kids discuss different library scenarios.
The kids will love coloring a picture for santa.
Make this fun album and keep pictures of all the fun places your elf turns up this holiday.
The kids will get a kick out of it and will want to eat bananas.
In this library media lesson 3rd graders read the book the shelf elf helps out and explore the various neighborhoods in a library by creating a bookmark for each library section.
Fine motor development can help children with handwriting and pencil grip.
Third graders explore the dewey decimal system.