Early childhood student teacher?

Question

Hi all!

I'm an early-childhood student teacher doing my teaching practice in a 0-3 age setting, the children have demonstrated an interest in tigers, any tips on how i could extend that interest, where it could lead and any future planning and related websites...much appreciated

Answer 1

The two people before took my answers.....good answers!!!  have you googled birth to three with tigers and see what you come up with.  The web has such good activities to use.  But I think if you use the answers on this page you have it made.

Answer 2

sort cats

classify tigers

sort tigers by shape

act out plays about tigers

paint a tiger shaped white piece of paper

listen to the sounds in the beginning and end of word tiger

music about tigers

poems about tigers

stories about tigers

Do all areas of the curriculum and use tigers to do it.

Look at the globe show where tigers live

look at the way people live near the tigers natural habitat.

bring in a tiger expert, possibly a cub too

show a group of tigers, show a smaller group of tigers, have kids tell which group has more or less

tell which tiger is bigger, smaller

tell about tigers lives, what they eat whet athey do, where they live (habitat)

life cycle

compare a lion and a tiger, similarieties, differences

compare a tiger and a human, similarities, differences

Answer 3

Read a story about tigers, make tiger masks, let them pretend to be tigers or on a  tiger hunt vs a bear hunt.

Answer 4

http://www.preschooleducation.com/

http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/

http://www.everythingpreschool.com/

Answer 5

There is a great book called "The Beast".  You could also have them paint tiger prints using orange and black finger paint.  Paper plate masks are always a hit also.  Compare a tiger to a household cat.  How are they alike and different?  Tiger coloring sheet to teach patterning.  In pretend center, set up a zoo with animals.  Some great resource sites are perpetual preschool, preschool printables, a to z teacher stuff, and DLTK.  I highly suggest checking out these sites.  I use DLTK almost daily.

Answer 6

YOU COULD TALK ABOUT OTHER ANIMALS, TALK ABOUT HE LETTER "T", SING A SONG 10 LITTLE TIGERS TO THE TUNE OF 10 LITTLE INDIANS, WHERE TIGERS LIVE, WHAT THEY EAT, WHAT COLOR(S) THEY ARE, ETC.  THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE WITH TIGER AS THE THEME.