Recycle for Education: RRR (Reuse Reduce Recycle)- Toilet paper rolls

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Being a pre-k and special education teacher I knew we always had some interesting ideas on what we could do with certain products. We have to think and re-think what resources we can use and sometimes without spending any money.

Today I will be focusing on recycling toilet paper rolls:

What skills will be used?

When doing the activities the following skills will develop:

1. Planning skills: The learner will have to plan ahead what they want to create with the empty toilet rolls.
2. Visualization: The learners' visualize their plan on what they want to create.
3. Creating: The learners use the visualization skills and planning skills to create the product.

Activity 1: Be creative

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You will need the following:

1. Toiletpaper rolls.
2. Pipe cleaners
3. One whole punch

Instructions:

1. Use the one whole punch to punch wholes into the toiletpaper rolls.
2. Place the toiletpaper rolls and the pipe cleaners on the carpet or any other place where they can build and pay.
3. Then let them be creative

The kids will come up with a lot of interesting and good ideas, here you will see what interesting ideas they do!

Activity 2: Pirate toiletroll

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You will need the following"

1. Toiletpaper roll
2. Paper to fold the hat.
3. Paper to cut out the hair.
4. Use your koki to draw in the eyes, mouth etc.

Instructions:

1. Fold the hat to be put on top of the toiletpaper roll.
2. Cut out the hair and paste it at the correct place like at the top.
3. Draw in the eyes etc.

Activity 3: Tower constructions

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You will need the following:

1. Toiletpaper rolls

Instructions

1. Place the toiletpaper rolls on the carpet and let the children play and use it to construct any form of item.

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More activities according to focus areas

Mathematics with toiletpaper rolls.

1. Ordering numbers from big to small/small to big.
   
2. Reading numbers
   
3. Making a number roll.
   
4. Sorting according to numbers
   
5. Practicing your numberbonds
   
6. Introducing time: Make a watch
   
7. Make an addition game
   

Language

1. Create word rolls
   
2. Create holders for your sightwords
   
3. Create wordfamilie roll tubes
   
4. Teach children the correct order of the alphabet by making this alphabet monster
   
5. Learn your lower case and upper case letters.
   

Art

Here are so many ideas, so I decided to post a few examples and then a few links where you can get more ideas.

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