http://tinyurl.com/3b2ajh5
National Year of Reading 2012 http://www.love2read.org.au
Craft ideas on the theme of READING, suitable for activities in libraries.......
PLEASE ADD YOUR IDEAS and any useful links to this shared document.
Preschoolers:
School aged children:
- Paper craft cut-outs and models (inclues crown, Great pyramid, Eiffel Tower, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and more) http://papertoys.com
- http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/cutting_skills_printables.htm Shapes, lines for followng to cut (early tracking skill), reading certificates, activity pages.
- http://www.crayola.com/aus/index.cfm craft, activity and colouring pages. I have used the letters of the alphabet, flags of the World, Earth colouring pages, and Valentine’s Day for Library Lover’s Day. Craft pages such as the ideas for Spring also great to match to books. Paper Bag Pumpkin Patch good for Halloween Craft http://www.crayola.com/crafts/detail/paper-bag-pumpkin-patch-craft/
- Braille bookmarks http://www.myhomelibrary.org/booksinbraille.htmlb
- Lego poetry http://legopoetry.posterous.com/
Teens: