Elmer the elephant by david mckee has been a childrens classic for years, as have his other elmer stories, and tells the story of a patchwork elephant that goes on many adventures. A patchwork elephant and life lessons best indian american. Elmer, the elephants story is set in an idyllic jungle, where the animals appear to live in harmony. Elephant stick puppets from frogs and snails and puppy. Each child can decorate another elephant cutout to contribute to a parade of elephants similar to the one in the original elmer book. Elmer david mckee lesson plans and ideas early years. This was such a great activity for both little guy and baby girl.
Elmer is an extremely funny character and all elephant in the herd found elmer hilarious. Lessons and ideas books and authors top teaching blog teachers tool kit. Elmer, the patchwork elephant s story weaves themes of identity, diversity and tolerance into its narrative. Start with a grocery bag, cut apart, to use as the canvas because the color of the paper bag has a good coloring to resemble the elephant before adding a colorful coat. The early years eyfs and key stage 1 ks1 resources here aim to support your teaching of this wonderful story and include craft activities, games, posters, banners and lots more. Elmer the colourful patchwork elephant has been a nursery favourite since this first. For example, does someone become a class clown by making a lot of jokes.
Elmer the elephant is brightcolored patchwork all over. The story of elmer the patchwork colored elephant is a fun book that provides a good moral story to young children. If he were ordinary elephant color, the others might stop laughing. This activity is based around the popular childrens book elmer the patchwork elephant more affectionately known as simply elmer by author david mckee. The illustrations are warm, friendly, colourful and bold and the text leaves lots of ideas open for discussion.
Elementary childrens book art lesson elmer the elephant. Students can practice counting, onetoone correspondence, and recognizing numbers from 120. Elmer the elephant activity for kids days with grey. Classroom teachers, librarians, booksellers, community groups, home learning. The early years eyfs and key stage 1 ks1 resources here aim to support your teaching of this wonderful story and include craft activities, games, posters. Likewise, many gifted students struggle to fit in with their peers. Elmer the elephant with images elmer the elephants. Paint or color your own patchwork elephant with our free printable drawing.
Elmer centers activities elephant book companion math literacy centers patchwork. Make your own stained glass elmer the patchwork elephant elmer by david mckee tissue paper art fabulous craft to use with the book elmer and a great lesson to boot. Days with grey is a participant in the amazon services llc associates program, an affiliate advertising program. Elmer, activities and games, early years eyfs, story sack, elme. Little red riding hood roleplay masks loads of free printable roleplay masks for popular stories and nursery rhymes. The biggest takeaway for me is that the patchwork elephant s friends love him because hes different. Elmer the patchwork elephant teaching resources mostly coloring handouts to accompany the book in which elmer loses his colors in the rain and then gets tired of their square shapes. David mckees comical fable about everyones favorite patchwork elephant teaches readers to be themselves and celebrates the power of laughter. Featured here are elmer activities, elmer story sacks, emotion words display posters, story sequencing activities, patchwork displays and more to make your lessons more interesting and fun. Subitizing activitiescircus activitiesbook activitiespreschool activities.
The lesson is based on david mckees illustrated story about elmer the patchwork elephant. We have really been pounding the i am special theme here lately. Book and activity for elmer the elephant teach preschool. After elmer disguises his colors, he realizes that he cannot suppress his inner self and is honored for playing a wonderful trick on the elephants. The subtle message is that it is ok to be different, and combined with the vibrant colour and cheeky humour of the main character, this large format edition is a celebration of its continued popularity. Elmer the elephant writing and art display i am one of a. Elmer is an elephant who doesnt look like the rest of his herd. If your children or students are fans of elmer the elephant, youll definitely want to try. Create your own patchwork elephant using contact paper and pom poms. Elmer the patchwork elephant, london, united kingdom. These elmer the elephant count and clip cards can be used with the book elmer by david mckee. They include craft activities, games, posters, banners and lots more. Home decorating style 2020 for coloriage magique elmer, you can see coloriage magique elmer and more pictures for home interior designing 2020 at coloriage kids.
In elmer, the main character elmer the elephant struggles to fit in with the rest of his herd. Use collaging techniques to stick tissue paper to a elmer the elephant collage about being yourself. Elmer the patchwork elephant lesson plan template and teaching resources. Elmer the patchwork elephant childrens book youtube.
The evolution of elmer the patchwork elephant bbc news. It offers parents an opportunity to think about and start a dialog with their children around these topics. First published in 1968 by david mckee, elmer was released as a slightly different version in 1989. Elmer the patchwork elephant also features in a wide range of merchandising.
For this early literature analysis lesson, students read elmer by david mckee and discuss elmer as a character and how what they read applies to their life. Elmers colors elmer the elephants, book activities. So why not let that role model be a multicoloured elephant. Early learning resources elmer the patchwork elephant. Read more about these links in my disclosure policy. Elmer the elephant is a fantastic book created around the theme of diversity and how it is good to be different. Elmer david mckee, lesson plans and ideas, primary resources, story sack, elmer, elephant, david mckee, elmer story, patchwork elephant, early years ey. If you purchase it, you will be able to include the full version of it in lessons and share it with your students. Use david mckees classic book elmer in class with our long list of activity. Mostly coloring handouts to accompany the book in which elmer loses his colors in the rain and then gets tired of their square shapes. Elmer has so much color in his patchwork coat that it is only natural to follow up the book with a little patchwork sponge painting.
Browse our range of elmer the elephant activities to create fun and exciting. This lesson uses david mckees picture book, elmer, to explore social and emotional needs of gifted students. Elmer the elephant activities growing book by book. Call it the elmers day parade and line all the elephants up. Elmer is an elephant whose skin is a variety of colors, in the book they described it as patchwork. The way elmer s eyes are drawn give the story extra character and personality at times happy, cheeky, sad and surprised. Elmer is a colorful patchwork elephant that creates excitement for the other, more traditional elephants, but he does not like being different. Elmer passed by all those animals again and they did not know who he was.
As elmer the patchwork elephant turns 25, author david mckee illustrates the evolution of the childrens character. Browns art class ist grade elmer elephants and more, including trees read elmer the elephant. When he returns as a regular elephant color none of the other elephants recognize him. It seems to building my little ones confidence in themselves and their w.
But, he feels different and feels like he doesnt belong with the herd. An ideal accompaniment to work on elmer the elephant by david mckee. Mark warner elmer the colourful patchwork elephant has been a nursery favourite since this first book was published in 1989. Elmer by david mckee always makes us laugh and smile. We all know life can be hard, but the elephants surrounding elmer are. In the book called elmer by david mckee, a patchwork elephant feels so different and decides he wants to be just like everyone else. After reading elmer the elephant comes the quick and easy setup. Elmer has been a loved character for millions of children around the world. Have the kids cut out the elephant shape then glue on multicolored tissue paper squares to make him look like elmer the patchwork elephant. Elmer the patchwork elephant, elephant craft, preschool craft ducks n a row maybe use the grid on a face for god made me craft elmer the patchwork elephant, elephant craft, preschool craft e is for elephant read elmer, do e craft and then practice cutting and glueing with this craft. Make an elmer the elephant using a milk jug and coloured tissue paper squares. His first story is also featured and animated in anytime tales, a storytelling animated programme narrating five of david mckee and tony ross stories.
Elmer the elephant pattern cut out from card stock paper. Use each of the elephants created by students in this lesson to create a bulletin board inside the classroom or out in the hallway. Elmer the elephant inspired painting elmer the elephants. We did this with water colors at centers and they had so much fun. In elmer, elmer the patchwork elephant enjoys the role of being the clown of the. Three lifelessons from our bestloved fictional elephants. Early years resources designed to support the teaching of this wonderful story. Elmer the elephant color learning visual perceptual. Milk jug elmer elephant craft the imagination tree. A great craft for kids to go along with a muchloved story book which can be used as a story prop or puppet too. Elmer by david mckee is the story of a patchwork elephant who is wellloved in his community. Students point and count the number of elephants on the card. Elmer class patchwork crafts elmer the elephants kindergarten animal. Elmer the patchwork elephant coloring page kleurplaten.
A modern classic, this picture book is known to millions, and continues to be the strongest seller of the whole series, having sold over 2 million copies around the world. This will open a new tab with the resource page in our marketplace. Rio del mar dolphins rio del norte eagles rio lindo rockets rio plaza chargers. Simple printable masks featuring a patchwork elephant, grey elephant and 5 other patterned elephants. The elephants decide this is elmer s biggest joke so far and to celebrate they decide that on elmer s day all elephants must decorate themselves in bright colours and patterns and elmer will decorate himself in elephant colour. As an amazon associate, i earn from qualifying purchases. Hes a cheerful and friendly elephant with a colourful patchwork hide. See more ideas about zoo animal crafts, letter e activities, letter a crafts. For those who dont know elmer, he is a multicoloured elephant who lives.
This is a classic craft that we were doing back when we were teaching and it is always popular as a way to celebrate the beloved elmer character from. We made our own patchwork elephant with lots of colors and had a great time building and creating while talking about color names. Elmer the colourful patchwork elephant has been a nursery favourite since this first book was published in 1989. Elmer is different and hes definitely not like any other elephants.
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