1-2-3 Come Do Some Superhero Activities With Me

Since superheroes are super popular with my students, I decided to design this fun-filled packet entitled: “Superheroes Wear Masks & So Do We!”

Why wear a mask? Because we are germ fighters! We mask up, social distance & wash our hands.

Hopefully, being a germ-fighting superhero will lesson the anxiety of this crazy time in history.

I've included a pair of superhero posters you can use to introduce your lesson, then later include on your bulletin board.

There are all sorts of “What is your ____ name?” activities on the Internet, such as “What Is Your Pirate Name?”; so I thought it would be fun to create my own Superhero one.

Since my kiddos are working on identifying letters, plus recognizing & writing their names, this is especially worthwhile, and a lot of fun for them.

Unlike the ones on the web, I have more than one option for each letter.

I tried to be alliterative as well, so with just a few exceptions, I've used words that begin with those letters as well.

The “What’s Your Superhero Name?” activity has black & white name cards for students to color, then write their name on. I've also included a pair in color, so that teachers can quickly & easily make an example to share.

These name cards come lined & unlined with 3 boy & 3 girl superhero options for children to choose from.

Completed projects look cute on a door. Use the "What's Your Superhero Name?" poster for the center of your display. 

How does it work?

Using poster #1, students find their initial for their first name, then pick one of the adjectives that they like. 

Using poster #2 they find their last name initial, and choose one of the nouns.

For example, Bella Freeland chose Blazing Falcon, and Isaac Taylor chose Invisible Tornado for their superhero names.

As you can see in the photograph, I've included a variety of onomatopoetic "call outs", which I sprinkled around my posters. This became part of my wall display.

Other things included in the packet:

*** 4 girl & 4 boy “Superheroes wear masks and so do I” (trace & color) worksheets,

*** A girl & boy “I’m a germ fighter” worksheet, which comes in a 2-on-a-page size.

For added pizzazz, take a photo of each student, cut them into circles, and have them glue them to the circle on their pattern.  On my masked-samples, I list the germ fighting rules.

As you can see by my other samples, you can also use these for students to write their superhero names on.

There's also a full-page option, with & without lines, plus a traceable option too.

*** The photographs also show the “starburst” name tags, which come in large & small sizes, as well as black & white, plus colorful options.

All of the activites are easy-peasy "print & go", and suitable for distance learning. 

I recently updated all of my packets, so now all of my products have that clickable option!

These activities also make a cute bulletin board, door or hallway display.

Be sure and use the 9, easy-cut, onomatopoeia “call out” bubbles, such as Crash, Boom, Bam to add some extra pop & pizzazz to your display.

There's also a "call out" worksheet students can trace & color, along with a matching poster.

So you can better get a feel for the "What's Your Superhero Name?" activity, today's featured FREEBIE is the set of posters, which help children create their name. 

If appropriate, take that teachable moment to teach/review adjectives & nouns. Click the LINK to grab a copy.

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"Don't be discouraged; everyone who got where he is, started wher he was." -Unknown

1-2-3 Come Zap Some Germs With Me!

From my heart to your hands, here are some FREE, quick & easy “Germ Zapping” activities that I think your kiddos will have a lot of fun with.

Whether you’re a classroom teacher, or a homeschooling mama, I hope you find something useful here. (Sanity saving?)

Great for “Distance Learning” too: Help practice, graphing, counting, sequencing, tally marks & a bit of word work fun.

The packet includes:

* “Germs Beware! A germ-zapping family lives here!” Color me poster for home, as well as a…

“Germs Beware! Germ-zapping students learn here!” poster for your classroom.

*  Four, “Be a germ buster!” color-me necklace patterns.

*  “Color, Count & Zap!” germ graphing worksheets.

* “ Germ Zapper” certificate of praise.

*  Super-fun “Tally Ho I Spy” worksheet. Children spy, then zap (X out the germ-themed items) as they count & make tally marks.

*  Two, word zapping word finds.

*  “Be Alert! Give a Squirt!” number puzzle with 3 options.

There's a simple one, featuring numbers 1-5, as well as one that reinforces counting from 1-10, plus another, that helps practice those "toughie teen" numbers. 

After students color their puzzle, they cut the strips on the dashed line.

Children mix up the pieces then see how fast they can put the puzzle together. 

Afterwards, to add to the fun, students can pick a partner & take turns rolling a dice.

Whatever number they roll, they place that matching numbered puzzle piece on their work space. 

You can play that if they roll a six they lose their turn, or make the six wild. Children can then choose any numbered puzzle piece that they need.

The first to complete their puzzle is the winner.  Simply use more dice & add for the other numbered puzzles.

Well that's it for today. Thanks for stopping by.

If you’re asking yourself, “Who ya gonna call?” the answer is “Germ Busters!” cuz...

“We ain’t afraid of no germs!” 

Wishing you health and peace of mind, as you navigate this crazy time.

"Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success." -Henry Ford

1-2-3 Come Do Some Hand Washing Activities With Me

Are you looking for something to easily explain hand washing to your students/children?

Then I think you'll find my fun-filled "Hand Washing" packet helpful, and it's FREE!

I've included a poster of the CDC's, 5-step recommendations for correct hand washing, it comes in both color for teachers, as well as black & white for students to color & take home.

There are also two posters which list important times when you should wash your hands.

Before you share the list with your students, see how many they can come up with, during your discussion.

As a fun way to further reinforce the lesson, I've also included a 5-piece puzzle for these hygiene rules.

Teachers can print, laminate & trim the colorful puzzle to use for a center activity.

I've also included a #5 base for the puzzle, which will help preschoolers assemble the pieces..

Keep each of your puzzles in a large ZipLock Baggie.  

As always, there are black & white patterns, so that students can color and cut apart, to create their own puzzle. 

Demonstrate how to cut out the number 5 and then snip each section off.

When everyone has completed their puzzle, reinforce the rules as a whole group. 

Hang the base #5 pattern on your white board.  Stick magnetic dots on the back of your 5 puzzle pieces and hold them in numerical order.

You show the #1 puzzle piece and read it, then stick it to the matching #1 section on the base. 

Children follow your "monkey-see, monkey-do" directions & do the same with their puzzle piece. 

After everyone has placed that piece down, read the rule again, then have children "read" it with you.

For added fun, and more reinforcement, have children pick a partner & take turns rolling a dice. 

If they roll a 1 they place the matching #1 puzzle piece on the puzzle base, and so on.

If they roll a 6 you can decide if they lose a turn, or if the 6 is wild & they can choose any numbered puzzle piece that they need. The first one to complete their puzzle is the winner.

Because children love to sing, I've also included a song in the packet.

The CDC recommends 20 seconds, as the minimum amount of time for effective hand washing. They say that humming the “Happy Birthday” song twice will do the 20-second job.

However, I wanted children to have a more appropriate song to specifically go along with hand washing.

So I took the tune from the nursery rhyme/song “Here We Go ‘Round the Mulberry Bush”, ( public domain) and changed the words to “This is the way we wash our hands”.

When I was a little girl we also sang “This is the way we wash our clothes” to that same tune, as we pretended to scrub away on grama’s old washboard.  

As you sing the song, with my “wash your hands” lyrics, demonstrate lathering the hands with pretend soap, showing how you rub over & under the hands, as well as in-between the fingers, plus scrubbing the nails. Singing, while “washing”, will take the desired 20 seconds.

You can practice with this online timer: LINK

To show you the correct hand washing technique, check out this  video, (46-seconds) then do those movements as you sing the two verses.

I for one, discovered via this video that I was missing the “nails” step. I think that many others will find room for improvement too. Hopefully, the entire world will now do a better job of hand washing.

I’ve made a poster-poem of the “This Is The Way We Wash Our Hands” words, which you can share with your students.

Children may wonder, “What’s the big deal about hand washing?”, so it’s a good idea to introduce your lesson with WHY hand washing is so important.

I like this 3-minute video entitled "Germs, Germs, Germs" because my students also say, “…but my hands don’t look dirty.” 

Finally, I've also included a little certificate of praise your kiddos can color.

There are two, on-a-one-page pattern, for quick printing.

One template features a colorful frame, the other one has a black & white one. 

Well that's it for today. Thanks for stopping by.

Stay tuned for more "Germ Fighting" FREEBIES, that you can do with your own children or with your students. 

Wishing you a safe & virus free day.

"Did you sneeze? Did you cough? Be sure and wash those nasty germs off!" -Unknown