Here Are My Hands – An Activity with a Book

Materials:
   Here Are My Hands by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
   chart paper
   markers
   camera and film
   plain paper
   glue
   construction paper
   stapler

1. Read Here Are My Hands to the children. Talk with them about other things their hands can do.
2. Write each child’s name on a piece of chart paper. Ask each child to tell the group one thing his hands can do and write his response next to his name on the chart.
3. Take pictures of each child doing the activity he said his hands can do.
4. After you get the pictures developed, glue each one to a separate sheet of paper. Underneath each photo, write what the child said he could do with his hands.
5. Staple all of the pages together with a sheet of construction paper in front. Write “Here Are My Hands” on the cover.
6. Read the book with the children, and then place it in the class library so they can read it when they desire.

More to do:
   Make similar books about feet, legs, arms, etc.

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