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Related Resources
for Ideas:
I also have a great book called Hand-Shaped
Art that is published by Good Apple. I have had it for years,
but you may be able to find it in a library.
Also check out my Memory
Book ideas for my Kindergarten classes at abc123kindergarten.com.
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COVER:
I know you wipe
some away
But these handprints were made to stay.
Once a month I made for you
Some are red, some are blue.
So keep them forever, a treasure they'll be.
A special "I Love You" for you from me.
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Kindergarten 2002
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JANUARY:
Sometimes you get discouraged
because I am so small,
And always leave my fingerprints
on furniture and walls.
But everyday I am growing
-I'll be grown up someday.
And all these tiny fingerprints
will simply fade away.
So here's a final handprint
just so you can recall,
Exactly how my fingers
looked when I was very small.
I love you!
To make the handprint
art - Handprints
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FEBRUARY:
One Red Valentine
One red valentine,
Two red valentines,
three red valentines, four,
I'll snip and cut and color and paste,
and then make twenty more
To make the handprint
art - Heart:
Fingers together
- fingertips point downward and palms make curves of heart.
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MARCH:
Look at me
Look at me!
It isn't showing.
You can't see it.
But I'm growing!
To make the handprint
art:
Just a handprint!
Add a small photo
of the child - I used the kindergarten photo taken at school.
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APRIL:
Rain
The rain spills
down
Upon the town
Like water from a cup.
The thing I just can't understand
Is how the rain gets UP.
To make the handprint
art - umbrella top:
Spread fingers
and stamp at an angle. Fingertips are the scalloped bottom of
umbrella, palm is top. Add handle and rain with crayons.
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MAY:
Tulips
In the garden
Tulips grow
Straight and golden
In a row.
Each one holds its
Empty cup
Drinking rain and
Sunshine up.
To make the handprint
art-tulips:
Stamp handprint
with fingers together and fingers pointing up. Use one finger
painted green for the stems and a thumb painted green for the
leaves. This year we just used crayons for details!
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JUNE:
Fuzzy Wuzzy
Caterpillar
Fuzzy wuzzy caterpillar into a corner will creep.
He'll spin himself a blanket and then go fast asleep.
Fuzzy wuzzy caterpillar
will wake up by and by.
To find he has wings of beauty, changed to a butterfly!
To make the handprint
art-butterfly:
Make two handprints
with thumbs touching in the center for the body of the caterpillar.
Add details as desired.
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JULY:
The Fish
I hold my fingers
like a fish,
And wave them as I go.
See them swimming with a swish,
So swiftly to and fro.
To make the handprint
art-fish:
Fingers together
and thumb pointed down. Fish face is placed on the palm area
of hand.
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AUGUST:
The Sun
Over there the
sun gets up,
And marches all the day.
At noon, it stands right overhead.
At night, it goes away.
To make the handprint
art - sun:
Use several handprints
with palm overlapping and fingers pointing out for sun rays.
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SEPTEMBER:
The Apple
Tree
Away up high
in the apple tree,
two red apples smiled at me.
I shook the tree as hard as I could
and down came the apples,
Mmmmm were they good!
To make the handprint
art - apples:
Stamp palm of
hand twice. Make stem and leaf with thumb and finger prints.
Add smiling faces with crayons.
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OCTOBER:
Pretty Leaves
Pretty Leaves
are falling down.
See them lying on the ground?
Falling down with the greatest ease,
Don't you love the falling leaves.
To make the handprint
art - tree and leaves:
Paint child's
hand and arm brown and stamp on paper to make tree. Then use
fingers to stamp leaves all around.
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NOVEMBER:
The Turkey
This isn't just
a turkey,
As anyone can see,
I made it with my hand,
Which is a part of me.
It comes with lots of love
Especially to say,
I hope you have a very
Happy Thanksgiving
Day!
To make the handprint
art - turkey:
Paint palm and
thumb brown. Paint each finger a different feather color and
stamp hand with fingers spread apart.
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DECEMBER:
Busy
Busy making popcorn
balls,
Busy with the tree,
Busy making greeting cards,
Busy, busy me!
Say I will be bound---
I'm so busy---I don't see
How Santa gets around!
-Leland B. Jacobs
To make the handprint
art - Tree
Paint hand green,
but not the thumb. Stamp the hand with the palm on top to make
the tree. Students can add details such as gifts or decoration,
as well as the tree trunk.
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