Giraffes cant dance

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Encourage students to realize the power of growth mindset with this read aloud and free graphic organizer perfect for primary classrooms.

Books become even better when you pair them with fun activities! See what we did to go along with this month's Monthly Crafting Giraffes Can't Dance Book Club selection! Some of the links on this site are affiliate links. This means if you click on a link and purchase something, I'll receive a small affiliate commission at no cost to you. Thanks so much for supporting my efforts with this blog! My bloggy pal Hilary over at Raising Fairies and Knights started a fun Monthly Crafting Book Club…

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This is a great project to teach the idea of both figurative-type drawing and creating a sense of movement. I try and teach it every year to my Grade 5's. The book, that this lesson is based on, is also very charming and gives a wonderful message about being yourself. I posted about this lesson a couple of years ago and you can see more of the steps HERE. I tend to change up the background every year or so and have done the background paper using watercolour, liquid tempera and tempera cakes…

I love to start out the school year by reading Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees! Kids come in to a new year with ...

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Giraffes Can't Dance is a great book and lends itself to a ton of activities. Shown: Giraffe marionette; paper sack puppet; WH questions

A great directed line instruction drawing of the classic children's book, Giraffes Can't Dance. Children learn to create funny, personalized cut-out giraffe

My kindergarten through 2nd graders looked at the illustrations by Guy Parker-Rees in the book Giraffes Can't Dance. They created their up-close giraffes using the wet on wet technique with liquid watercolors. Using all sides of their paper, they were encouraged to create a detailed jungle background of leaves, vines, flowers and a full moon in oil pastels. They could see how it resisted the blue watercolor that was then painted for the night sky. Last, they added stars with acrylic using…

Giraffes Can’t Dance? Or can they. Gerald is determined to take part in the annual Jungle dance. While the other animals laugh he shows the importance of perseverance, determination, and confidence. The picture book, Giraffes Can't Dance promotes sense confidence, creativity, determination, individuality, open-minded, perseverance, risk-taker, and self-esteem.

We love the story “Giraffe cant dance by Guy Parker Rees . They children took 3 deep breath with their eyes closed and think about their own dance. Just like Gerald Giraffe . They dance , laughed and had fun. They did the art base on the poses they have created during the activity Simply awesome .

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Keepin’ Up With The Kinders on Instagram: “Giraffes Can’t Dance is one of my favorite children’s book! I am all about growth mindset. I plan on doing this craft with my kinder and…”

The bestselling Giraffes Can’t Dance now as a Dancing Giraffe Wall Art for your child’s room. Includes free printable craft with quote “We can all dance when we find music that we love.by Giles Andreae

A step by step guide I created to draw Gerald the giraffe from the story Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees