WELCOME TO GERMANY BULLETIN BOARD
- Cover the bulletin board with blue paper for sky. Cover the bottom of the bulletin board with green paper for grass.
- Reproduce, color, cut out, and assemble the German boy (page 3), the girl (page 3), and the German chalet (page 4). Make many green construction paper trees and staple them onto the bulletin board.
- Print the message on this page and staple the message to the bulletin board.
- Make letters that say “Welcome to Germany” and staple the words onto the bulletin board.
- Optional: You may add a decorative German border.
WORKSHEET & Sample PDF Activity
Sample PDF Activity
GERMAN CHALETS
- German chalets have wide, overhanging eaves to protect the house from deep snows of the winter in the Alpine mountains.
- Big rocks are placed on the roof tops to keep the snow from moving.
- Thick beams support the roofs of the chalets.
GERMAN BOY AND GIRL
Table of Contents
BULLETIN BOARD
Bulletin Board – 2
German Boy and Girl – 3
German Chalet – 4
INTRODUCING GERMANY
Mystery Travel Box – 5
Where Is Germany? – 5
Germany Display – 6
Read About Germany – 6
German Stein Big Book – 6
LANGUAGE ARTS
German Days-of-the-Week Target Practice – 8
German Months-of-the-Year Quilt – 8
Let’s Talk German Sentence Strips – 9
Chalet Word Cards – 10
German Rhymes – 11
LITERATURE
The Elves and the Shoemaker – 12
Hansel and Gretel – 13
Little Red Riding Hood – 14
Rumplestiltskin – 15
Snow White and Rose Red – 16
Fisherman and His Wife – 17
SOCIAL STUDIES
German Costumes – 18
German Train System – 20
German Field Worker – 21
German Cuckoo Clocks – 22
First Printing Press – 23
Alpine Skiing, Sledding, and Ice Skating – 24
German Puppets and Puppet Shows – 25
Germans Gave Americans: Levi Strauss jeans, wieners, sauerkraut, pretzels, and Christmas carols – 26
GERMAN HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS
Shrove Tuesday (February 25) – 27
Kinderzeche (July 16) – 29
Anniversary of the Pied Piper of Hamelin (July 22) – 30
First Day of School (September 1) – 31
Oktoberfest (September 21) – 32
Nuremberg Christmas Fair (December 4) – 33
Saint Nicholas Day (December 6) – 34
Klöpfelnächte (December 17) – 36
German Nutcracker (December 25) – 37
German Market Christmas Booths – 38
MATHEMATICS
German Shaving Cream Pictures (Color Words) – 39
Miniature German Number Book – 39
Fliegenpilze (German mushrooms) (Cooking) – 41
Murbe Keks (soft cookies) (Cooking) – 42
ARTS AND CRAFTS
Advent Calendar – 43
Birthday Candles – 44
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Black Cat – 46
MUSIC
Teach Me German – 46
Springboard to German – 46
Ludwig Van Beethoven – 47
Bibliography/German Literature Listing – 48
