Misc  

Contact_FullName: Laura

Contact_Email: davidandlauralott@yahoo.com

Area: buttons;family

Idea:

I keep an assortment of misc. buttons in my classroom. When we talk about different family types, I pour out all the buttons and let the kids decide what kind of family to make by sorting. Ex: two hole button family, pink button family, etc. We are all different, but we're still families.

Contact_FullName: lori

Contact_Email: lkayen

Area: buttons

Idea:

read "A Lost Button" from Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel Use buttons to talk about opposites: thick/thin, large/small, white/black, round/square.

Trace circles and squares

Sew on buttons using a tapestry needle

Sorting buttons using a muffin tin-sort by color, size or shape

Contact_FullName: Dawn

Contact_Email: DAWNRANEE@HOTMAIL.COM

Area: Buttons-Misc

Idea:

A good button story to read:

Frog and Toad Are Friends:

The Lost Button