Elephant Life Cycle Hat

Description

Elephants are fun to learn about for the young elementary crowd.  This elephant life cycle hat is a fun way to cement what they’ve learned.

How long does it take an elephant to fully grow?

Elephants reach the majority of their size by age 15, but often continue to grow until they’re about 20 years old. Elephants in the wild can live up to 70 years. Male elephants leave the herd to form their own as soon as they reach puberty.  Female elephants form family groups including baby elephants or as they are called, calfs.

Cutting out and coloring the pictures will help them remember the elephant life cycle as well as give them pictures to reference in their head when they try to recall it. Memory recall is an important executive functioning skill. Not to mention the fine motor work. It’s multi tasking at it’s finest.

Neurodivergent children tend to learn in pictures.  Using videos as well as crafts in addition to book learning helps their brains process information easier. We have always explained to Logan that his brain is wired differently than everyone else so he sees and thinks in ways neurotypical people don’t. This isn’t a bad thing. It means that we have to teach the way he learns.

It’s not just autism. My dyslexic kid learns this way as well as my dyscalic kid.  Neurodivergence comes in many forms. Let’s not try to pound a square peg into a round hole.

This is just one in my set of life cycle hats.