| For instance, your class went on a Field Trip to a | | | | 8. If you are feeling extra-industrious, make as |
| farm. You saw various animals, went to the | | | | many copies of the photos as you will need to |
| farmhouse, ate lunch, and made a scarecrow. | | | | make the following games - Bingo, Dominoes, |
| Here are a few activities for you to try: | | | | Concentration...you get the idea. |
| 1. Let the children put the pictures in sequential | | | | 9. Use snapshots as story starters. Let children |
| order. Depending upon the age group, choose a | | | | write an original story or poem about the trip. |
| different amount of photos for them to use. | | | | 10. Older students can do research on farms in |
| 2. Make Xerox copies of the snapshots and have | | | | different areas and fill in a Venn Diagram with the |
| the children make their own book about their trip. | | | | information they found. |
| This will be useful for sequencing, writing, spelling, | | | | Parents, you can use these same activities with |
| grammar, vocabulary development...all depending | | | | photos you take. If your children are old enough, |
| upon the age group. | | | | you may even allow them to make their own |
| 3. Choose a photo and ask who, what, where, | | | | scrapbook. Instead of writing captions, try typing |
| when, why, and how questions about it. | | | | them using different fonts on the computer. Use |
| 4. Choose a picture and ask what happened | | | | craft scissors with different edges. Your children |
| before and after. | | | | will be reviewing sequencing, spelling, grammar, |
| 5. Let the children categorize the snapshots into | | | | vocabulary, writing or typing, becoming |
| groups (for instance, animals, farmhouse, lunch, | | | | computer-literate...all while remembering a pleasant |
| and scarecrow). | | | | time. |
| 6. Choose a photo and have students write the | | | | For children learning English as a second language, |
| adjectives, nouns, and verbs (for instance, | | | | simple pictures with their corresponding words can |
| black-and-white cow mooing). | | | | be matched. For instance, a picture of a pig is |
| 7. Choose a picture and ask for letters and/or | | | | matched with the word p-i-g. This will develop |
| sounds. For instance, with a picture of a pig, ask | | | | vocabulary, spelling, and reading. |
| what letter it starts with and what sound that | | | | I hope you have found these tips useful. Have fun |
| letter makes. A bonus is to ask what sound the | | | | and remember that Reading is FUNdamental!! |
| animal makes. | | | | |