Category: Nature

Turtle Sensory Play

10/22/2013

This is a good way to incorporate sensory play and literacy. Print out some clip art photos and have the children mold the play dough around the turtle shells and letters.

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Turtle Peek-a-Boo

10/22/2013

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Turtles play peek-a-boo in their shells, waiting for you to find their sibling.

Play peek-a-boo turtle!

Read: “One Tiny Turtle”: Read and Wonder by Nicola Davies and Jane Chapman. This book is all about the turtle’s life; thirty years at sea, and returning to lay her eggs.

Materials needed:
plastic eggs, small toy (or pictures of turtles), two of each kind.
Instructions: Put pairs of turtles in the eggs. Have at least 5 pairs of turtles.
Game: Read the story, and the rhyme. Then tell the children that Penny and Paul are trying to find all their twin cousins. Two of each kind.

Let the children open one egg, then choose another to see if they can find the twin turtle. If they do not find a pair of turtles, they put them back together and try again.

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Turtle Body Parts

10/22/2013

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Print out a picture of a turtle. Label the turtle. Make labels of the body parts of the turtle. Encourage the children to put the correct body part label near the body part on the turtle.

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Hungry Snapping Turtle!

10/22/2013

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Hungry Snapping Turtle has some fun counting

Meeting a Snapping Turtle Story

In North Dakota when I was a little girl we had Snapping Turtles. They found their home near rivers, and lakes. One spring when I was a little girl the river overflowed and our backyard was flooded with about a foot deep. What an exciting adventure for a five year old! When my mother wasn’t looking I snuck out to see how different my backyard looked. Yes, I got in trouble!
When the water receded it left a surprise! There in the muddy grass was a huge Snapping Turtle! It was about the size of a tire. My little brothers, sister and I rushed out to meet it. My Mother rushed out to get us back into the house. Snapping Turtles SNAP!

Movement:
Say the rhyme and choose a number of bugs to eat. You could have the children pick the number, or draw a number of bugs out of a bag and set them out. Clap hands together like a turtle for the number of bugs they eat.

Repeat

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Turtle Snack

10/22/2013

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Use green grapes, green apples, cream cheese, and mini chocolate chips to create a healthy turtle snack.

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Recycled Art Turtle Project

10/22/2013

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This is a good recycled art project.

Use an old egg carton, paint, and old scraps of construction paper.

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Turtle Rock

10/22/2013

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Take the children on a field trip outside.

Have them select rocks to create their turtles.

Paint the rocks and then add the turtle's head and legs.

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Turtle Facts Craft

10/22/2013

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This fun turtle has lots of fact to help you learn. Made out of two paper plates, a brad, construction paper, and string. Paint the two paper plates, after they have dried connect them with the brad. You can then attach paper legs to the center brad with some string. Next write down some cool facts about turtles on the legs and head. Need some facts? Try some of these facts from Animal Planet.