“Handy” Fly
Swatter
You can buy a
fancy fly swatter or just get an inexpensive one and cut it to look like a
hand.
Adapt it to
different skills by sealing an envelope and cutting it in half. Slip the open end onto the fly
swatter. Write a letter or word on
the paper and then challenge a child to find the same letter or word in the
classroom. You could also use it
for matching colors and shapes.
Write sentences on
the board and leave off the punctuation at the end. Take 3 envelope halves and draw a large period, question
mark, and exclamation point on them.
Let children practice reading sentences as you use the fly swatter to
put different punctuation marks at the end.
Write “s,” “ed,”
“ing” and other inflicted endings on envelopes. Write root words on the board and then change the endings with the fly swatter.