First up: Quiet Critters!
My inspiration comes from a fellow teacher and was found on Pinterest.
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We all have those times when we just need the kids to work QUIETLY! Quiet Critters are a little tool to help us achieve those moments of quiet work time. When it's time to put away their voices, you pass out a Quiet Critter. If you notice someone talking, you move the Quiet Critter to the edge of their desk. Gotta give them a warning. If they continue to talk, then you take the Quiet Critter. When the quiet time is over, anyone who still has a Quiet Critter on their desk gets a prize, an extra sticker on their chart, a hole punch on their behavior card, or whatever you use as a behavior management system. You're rewarding those who worked quietly, not just always punishing the disrupters. I love it! So of course, I had to make some of my own.
Materials:
- pom poms
- wiggly eyes
- felt or foam feet
- glue gun
Easy, peasy, fresh and squeezy, that's all you need. And the best part? I found the eyes and pom poms in the dollar section of Target (along with some other organizational finds that you'll be seeing soon ;) and the foam was just a few bucks for 16 sheets.
First thing I did was make the feet. I found a size and shape that I liked and then traced them on the sheets of foam.
Then, I hot glued the pom poms on the feet. I tried a different glue at first, but it didn't hold well at all. So when in doubt, get the glue gun out!
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The eyes were self-adhesive so we'll see how well the sticky holds up. There were two different sizes, so I mixed it up and put both sizes on the Critters. And now, I have a whole family of Quiet Critters just waiting for a whole class full of kids.
How will you reward the "quiet critters" in your class?http://teachingchick.blogspot.com/2012/07/monday-made-it-3.html
