Hi Veronica and others –
One was a place setting and the other a paper house. The place setting was made with a colored foam sheet (they chose a color from those I had from the craft store). I had pre-cut and labeled (in French) foam plates, spoons, forks, etc for them to glue on. We talked about the names of what they glued on, the colors (because they were also colored foam), and where each belonged in a place setting (tho kids sometimes innovated on placement). After that class, I took them home and “laminated them” with clear contact paper. Apparently many of the kids used them as placemats for a long time.As for the Life at Home unit, I created two crafts that were big hits, and allowed the kids to practice vocabulary more regularly. They each took a little more work to prepare, but were the best crafts in the kids’ eyes.
The paper house was for their refrigerator. A single piece of construction paper was on the bottom. Then windows were cut out of the construction paper that ultimately glued on top. Before gluing it on top, though, the kids glued into place pictures to represent various rooms in the house. The pictures were clip art from the internet. (We drew squares for each of them on the bottom piece of construction paper so that we knew how to place them.) we also created a separate garage to glue on to the lower side at the end. Glue the whole thing together and have the top construction paper labeled or label it with the kids in class. They have something concrete and visual to practice vocabulary during the week!
Hope this helps! Looking forward to reading other ideas!
Nancy Van Maren