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