Create a fun classroom display of Knock Knock jokes for April Fools’ Day.
Bring Humour to Your Classroom this April Fools’ Day
Have a break from routine by celebrating April Fools’ Day in the classroom. By adding a fun and unexpected element to the day, students can feel more energised and engaged in their learning. Have students write their favourite Knock Knock joke in the template, or create their own using this joke template.
How to Create this April Fools’ Craft
- Colour and cut out the house front. Write the joke on the lines.
- Colour and cut out the roof. Place the glue at the top of the home where marked.
- Colour and cut out the door on solid lines.
- Fold the door on the dotted line. Glue the small section where marked on the house front to open and close the door.
- Open the door to reveal your joke!
Benefits of Telling Jokes
April Fools’ Day is a great day to spend some time telling some silly jokes in the classroom. The benefits of telling jokes with students include:
- Humour in the classroom can help create a relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere, which can make it easier for students to learn.
- Sharing a laugh with your students can help to build a stronger relationship.
- Creates a relaxed atmosphere.
- Reduces stress.
- Improves your mood.
So, not only is telling jokes in the classroom great for the kids – it’s also beneficial to the teacher as well!
✂️ Give Them the (Safety) Scissors
This template makes for a bonus cutting skills activity, depending on your students’ ages and abilities.
With adult supervision, cutting skills help students work multiple muscle groups and their brains, plus:
- strengthen finger and hand muscles
- build dexterity and fine motor skills
- improve hand-eye coordination
- develop focus and attention.
And all of these skills are necessary to use a pencil and a fork; button a shirt and tie shoes; write, type and swipe. Scissor skills are brain and muscle skills!
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This resource was created by Lisamarie Del Valle, a Teach Starter Collaborator.
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