Letter J Craft: Jelly Fish
Letter J Craft: Jellyfish Paper Plate
What you’ll need to make the J is for jellyfish paper plate craft for each child:
1 paper plate
Blue markers or paint
Pink and yellow markers
Scissors
Glue
2 googly eyes
J is for Jellyfish Paper Plate Craft Directions
The day before the kids do this project:
- Cut out the center circle of the paper plate.
- Cut the circle in half, using wavy lines. This will become the jellyfish’s body.
- Cut the rim of the paper plate into thin strands about 1/2 of an inch thick. Cut the strands in half lengthwise.
Let the kids do this part:
- Color the strands with markers.
- Curl the strands around your finger to make them look more like tentacles.
- Paint or color the jellyfish’s body blue (or any other color).
- Glue 4-6 tentacles to the back of the jellyfish.
- Glue the googly eyes to the front of the fish.
- If you like, you can also add a little yarn hanger to the top of the jellyfish so it can be hung from a doorknob or window.
Kids will love making the jellyfish soar around the room pretending it is swimming in the ocean. The nicest thing about this jellyfish is that it won’t sting! Have the kids search for other things that start with J in the room. Maybe some of the kids have a name that starts with J?
Madreen Karle is a master first grade reading teacher with over 30 years of classroom experience. She taught reading in a special needs and English as a Second Language classroom. After retiring she wrote a reading program to help others learn how to teach reading. She is a trusted educator and author of 5 books to help teach children to read and write. In addition to her books, she is a mentor for 3 websites that give reading teacher tips (Mrs. Karle's Sight and Sound Reading, Mrs. Karle's Reading Patch, and Mrs. Karle's Handwriting Patch). Through her teaching she learned that confidence was the key to learning to read. A child who is not confident at reading does not like to read and struggles to read. Mrs. Karle created "sunshine moments" to help teach children how to grow their confidence and learn to read.
Meeghan Karle Mousaw (Madreen’s daughter) has her Master’s in Special Education. She has 7 years experience teaching children to read online. In addition, she developed a curriculum to teach children handwriting called The Handwriting Patch. With the Handwriting Patch learning is fun because children learn to draw and learn handwriting at the same time. In 2019 The Handwriting Patch curriculum became an amazon best seller the first year it was released, helping thousands of kids learn handwriting with a unique, fun method. She is mom to 6 kids, each with differently learning abilities and struggles.
The Reading Patch was established by the creators of Mrs. Karle’s Sight and Sound Reading. Together they have been featured on the NBC media outlets. Over the last 7 years in their online platform, Madreen and Meeghan have worked tirelessly with teachers, homeschoolers and parents looking to help children learn to read to become a trusted authority in teaching children to read and advocating early literacy skills. They often partner with other educational experts to deliver the most current information to the Reading Patch community.
Meeghan Karle Mousaw (Madreen’s daughter) has her Master’s in Special Education. She has 7 years experience teaching children to read online. In addition, she developed a curriculum to teach children handwriting called The Handwriting Patch. With the Handwriting Patch learning is fun because children learn to draw and learn handwriting at the same time. In 2019 The Handwriting Patch curriculum became an amazon best seller the first year it was released, helping thousands of kids learn handwriting with a unique, fun method. She is mom to 6 kids, each with differently learning abilities and struggles.
The Reading Patch was established by the creators of Mrs. Karle’s Sight and Sound Reading. Together they have been featured on the NBC media outlets. Over the last 7 years in their online platform, Madreen and Meeghan have worked tirelessly with teachers, homeschoolers and parents looking to help children learn to read to become a trusted authority in teaching children to read and advocating early literacy skills. They often partner with other educational experts to deliver the most current information to the Reading Patch community.