velveteenrabbit

The Velveteen Rabbit

a Supplemental Unit for 1st Grade
by Susan Mohler and Dina Toland

This is a facinating tale about how a beautiful, stuffed
velveteen rabbit becomes real!!
Read the story before beginning these activities!! Have Fun!

Activity #1
Create A Toy

Read about the History of Toys and find out how they got started.
Then create your own toy using Kid Pix.
You will need to include:

1. Name of Toy
2. Age of Children using Toy
3. Cost $

History of Toys

Activity #2
Make A Collage

What is a collage? Use this site to see many pictures of a collage.
Then create your own collage using Kid Pix.
You will need to include:

1. Name of your collage
2. Theme of your collage (what are the pictures of)

What is a Collage?
click on "Samples"

Activity #3
Write an Acrostic Poem

Acrostic poems are fun and easy to do. You are going to write a poem about friendship
like the Velveteen Rabbit and the little boy had together. Use the word "RABBIT" for your acrostic poem. What friendship words can you think of to use with the letters in rabbit?

Giggle Poems
Here are examples of what an acrostic poem looks like.

Be sure to print all of your projects and give them to your teacher!!

Credits:
Animation-Central
Digital Library