Monday, February 8, 2010

Spelling

The boys don't need any help with their spelling (unlike their mother) but we had a great idea for a little project to help study our words.
You start with craft close pins,


Paint them black,




Wash up while the paint dries,




Glue some googly eyes on and tape a paper cutout of your spelling words to your close pins and you have something that looks like a caterpillar.


Put them in a jar of your choice, (you don't want them crawling all over the house, do you?)


And when a word is mastered, slip on it's wings,



And hang up for everyone to enjoy.

More work than it's worth? Yeah, maybe, but it was fun.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just one more reason to love homeschooling!! Love that jar, it has a cool lid!

kauffeegrl said...

What a great idea! Maybe the spelling words could have velcro on their backs so you would get more use out of each "caterpillar"...

Unknown said...

Wow... love this idea! Cute as can be!!

Maddie isn't old enough to spell yet... maybe I'll do this with my husband? ;) j/k He's a great speller.