Lots of March Lion & Lamb Ideas!

Inside: I have LOTS of free lion and lamb activities for your classroom.

In two more days it will be March 1st and I always like to do some March lion/lamb activities.

In this post I’ll be sharing some links from things I’ve done in previous years, plus a few more cute and useful ideas for you.

LION OR LAMB PREDICTION GRAPH

On Friday we predicted whether or not we thought March would arrive with lion or lamb weather. I gave all the kids a 3×3 inch piece of paper and asked them to draw a lion or lamb on it.

We then glued them to our chart graph.

Whenever we make a graph like this we spend lots of time talking about the information it gives us.

THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS I ASK:

Most people predict that March will come in like a lion. How many?

The least number of people predict that March will come in like a lamb. How many?

How many more people predicted lion?

How many fewer people predicted lamb?

They find the language a little tricky at times, but it’s good practice to introduce them to it in Grade 1 and kindergarten.

LION OR LAMB CRAFT

After our discussion we get to the fun stuff; the lion and lamb crafts!

Both faces were made with paper plates. I pretty much let the kids free form it, although I do show them pictures or samples of what I’m generally looking for.

Lamb Directions:

1. They first used a tracer to trace a black circle for the face.
2. That was glued to the plate.
3. Then they covered the edges with cotton balls.
4. I showed them on the board how to draw lamb ears.
5. Once those were made and glued on, they glued on googly eyes and drew a nose and mouth.

Lion Directions:

1. I pre-cut the strips of paper for the mane.
2. They glued the strips around the plate.
3. Then they used a larger tracer to trace the lion face and glue that down.
4. They either drew eyes or used googly eyes.
5. Then they added the nose, mouth and whiskers.

LION OR LAMB WRITING

Tomorrow I’m going to have them write descriptions of lamb and lion weather (depending upon Friday’s prediction).

You can grab the cute writing sheets I’ll be using right HERE (it’s in google drive ~just scroll down a bit).

LION OR LAMB POETRY

Tomorrow I’ll also be introducing our poem of the week, which is a super cute March poem which incorporates the lion/lamb. It’s full of lots of sight words, rhyme and repetition, too, so it’s a good one.

LION OR LAMB CRAFT AND DRAMA ACTIVITY

A couple of years ago I put together this mini package for Lion / Lamb activities. There’s a cute craft where the kids show the weather changes from winter to spring. It also includes a read aloud / drama activity.

More FREE Ideas!

You can grab some super cute lion or lamb calendar cards I just made.

If you love baking then you might want to make these for your class. Aren’t they adorable? They came from Hoosier Homemade.

If you’re looking for a healthier snack I thought this one from Parent’s magazine looked pretty yummy. You could also substitute the pancake for a pineapple ring and the oranges for grated carrots or cheese.

Here’s a different way of making a lamb. Hmm…I have LOTS of wine corks 🙂 This would be a good one for me to do! Click the pic to find it on my pinterest board.

Here’s another really gorgeous lamb. This is a messy project but I think the results would be well worth it! This one comes from an art blog called Faithful Attempt.

And finally, this gorgeous lion, created by Hannah from Artsonia  was made from pastels and curly paper.