Hello,
My daughter showed me her homework for this week and I have a few ideas, but not creative enough. I have googled and searched on pinterest for ideas, but not much pops up.
This is what it is- "This week students will be making turkey books for homework! Be creative and have fun. Here are some suggestions. Write some questions you have about turkeys, like what they eat, their habitat, feathers, etc. Research and write about your findings. Create a book with a turkey cover."
Anyone have any cute, creative ideas, or have done this youself? All I really need is just a cute way to deliver what we have researched. I emailed her teacher about whether it should be in story form from the researched questions, or more about facts. She said either one is fine.
Thank you!
I don't think you are being snarky, I know what you mean. I will try to let her do this, and so far, I had her ask all the questions herself. So far, so good, thanks ladies!
Mamaduck, I like the leaf idea. Very creative!
You could use nature objects to illustrate the book... Leaves, sticks, feathers, etc.
Or different types of leaves.
Maybe use body prints... Hands, fingers, feet, nose... to make turkeys.
Ooooor... Let your daughter come up with an idea on her own. I completely understand wanting to help her on this (and I find myself doing the same thing with my DD)... But it is *her* assignment, and is a great chance for HER to come up with something.
Oh no, not the Turkey thing! Lol! About 10 yrs ago, my son had to do this. About 2 nd grade. I made the mistake of showing him a picture of a real turkey in full plumage. Nothing would do but create that awesome turkey.
I still have it! I traced some "feathers" on a brown paper bag and he cut them out. I also had some scrap booking scalloped scissors and cut some with that. He had a fake red pepper hanging down for the gobbler!
My advice, turn back now! Lol!
Please let her do her "turkey book" by herself.
It's a children's project--not a competition for the moms creativity.
I don't mean that to me snarky--just true.
Pick up some dollar store turkey clings or do dads & let her do it!
How about printing off a turkey coloring sheet and let her color it in. Then she can pick fallen leaves of all colors from the yard to glue as feathers? We did this last weekend - the kids had tons of fun finding leaves and putting them on the turkey. He turned out great!
I would have her trace her hand and make a turkey do several of these. Then write her questions and answers on each page. She can decorate it. And step away from pinterest. This is her project not yours
I get it. I have one kid who would look at a project like that and just say "I don't know what to do." and would have like, writer's block or something. He just needed someone to point him towards some thoughts about how to proceed. What's the first step, what does he want to include, and how can that be organized... but help him break it all down.
Then I have another who comes home and writes out of list of stuff she wants me to provide so she can do what she has in mind (fully figured out...) and she'll sit at the computer and print out whatever she needs if she can't draw it.
I tended to "over help" the first child. Of course, the 2nd child probably benefited from seeing projects done by first child... So she witnessed the "process" a few times before having to do her own.
Here's an idea... let your daughter cut out tail "feathers" from colored construction paper and then write the questions on them. Each feather gets a question (a fact she wants to research maybe). Then, put the turkey on the cover. Make a matching feather as a tab along the outer edge of the pages of her "book" and she can answer the questions inside, using whatever illustrations for each that she wants.
It can still be completely "her" project. But an idea of a way to organize it, that isn't overwhelming. And actually, it might give her a head start on learning how to write a term paper. The "tail feathers" are kind of like note cards. One idea for each. She can arrange them in the order she wants to present the in the book. It's like a visual outline with the tabs, and the "cover" is the table of contents.
Good luck. And let her have fun. Show her some supplies so she knows what she has to work with.
Can it be a joke book? We have a book called Turkey Jokes. Each page has a different turkey joke and the other side is a picture of the turkey in the joke. Ex: "what did the kid turkey say when he brought his father breakfast in bed? Happy Feathers Day!" and the picture is of the kid holding a breakfast tray.
