The kids will love coloring a picture for santa.
The shelf elf helps out activities.
Once student gets a sticker all will soon be turning each page by the corner waiting for you to notice.
Third graders explore the dewey decimal system.
Elf on the shelf ideas to help parents teachers and occupational therapists engage their children and students in fine motor activities.
Fine motor development can help children with handwriting and pencil grip.
The young students really like getting immediate rewards when they have followed a rule.
Daily notes from elf on the shelf.
Read the shelf elf by jackie mims hopkins.
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As a follow up activity to being introduced to the dewey decimal classification system 3rd graders listen to poems from jackie mims hopkins book the shelf elf helps out and sort book jackets by category and call number.
3 diy elf on the shelf photo album from eighteen25.
2 elf on the shelf coloring sheets from living locurto.
It has a shelf elf song a creative writing project a fun activity where the kids build a house for the elf and an engaging lesson called how would the shelf elf feel where the kids discuss different library scenarios.
You can still have fun posing your elf all around the house but instead of having him do some silly or a little naughty he can be holding up one of these activity cards instead.
These are so fun.
In this library media lesson 3rd graders read the book the shelf elf helps out and explore the various neighborhoods in a library by creating a bookmark for each library section.
The kids will get a kick out of it and will want to eat bananas.
Make this fun album and keep pictures of all the fun places your elf turns up this holiday.
Call on volunteers to read their magic scroll throughout the story when prompted.
A quick youtube search will yield hilarious videos of elf on the shelf activities with some bordering on a little dark or geeky.
Explain how students can win the golden shelf elf award to display in their classroom.
Pass out parts to volunteers.
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At the beginning of the school year the shelf elf is a good introduction for library rules and book care.
Elf on the shelf ideas for toddlers and up all you need to do is print out the idea cards and choose one for each and every day.