Letter F Craft: Flamingo -

Letter F Craft – Flamingo Craft for Kids

Supplies needed:
Large foam heart
Pink pipe cleaners
Googly eye
Small foam hearts
Scissors
Craft glue

Here is a picture of everything you need:

Directions:
1. Begin by snipping your pink pipe cleaner to create the legs and neck of you flamingo. You will cut out three segments all together.
2. Bend the pipe cleaners as shown to create the legs. Add a dab of glue to the back of the heart and press the legs into place.

3. Add a dab of glue to the back of the third segment and glue into place for the neck. For all segments, bend into place as needed.
4. Add a small dab of glue to the top pipe cleaner (neck piece) and glue the eye into place.

5. Finish by creating a tail with your small foam hearts. Add glue and layer as you wish to create the tail.
6. Allow to dry and display!

Madreen Karle and Meeghan Karle Mousaw

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.