Pinterest
Using Pinterest to put the
“interest” back into your activities
Amber Donnelly
Copyright Area Resources for Community and Human Services (ARCHS)
www.stlarchs.org
What is
So what is this thing called “P” interest…Pin-terest…
How do you say it?
What it is:
Pinterest /ˈpin-t(ə-)rəst/ is an on-line bulletin board
Pinterest self-describes itself as “a tool for collecting and organizing things you love.”
People use Pintrest to:
•Make a wishlist
•Plan a trip
•Organize an event
•Start a collection
•Plan a project
Teachers use Pintrest to:
•Research new topics
•Share creative ideas
•Find new, interesting ways to present concepts
•Find books and activities to enhance themes you already teach
•Find recipes to use in the classroom
•Discover your new favorite activity
•Find other people who share the passion of creative teaching
•And soooooo much more!
Getting Started
Are you signed up?
Step 1:
Signing up for a Pinterest account is easier than ever! You
will need the following
1. Your name
2. Date of Birth
3. E-mail address
4. Gender
5. A screen name that has not been used yet
6. A password
7. Picture of you (optional)
Step 2:
Follow 5 boards that inspire you
Step 3:
Create your first board (Title)
Step 4:
Pin your first idea to your board
Step 5:
Go to the e-mail account you used to sign up and confirm
that you are the person who created the new Pintrest
account
Step 6:
Look for interesting ideas to pin onto your new board
Thematic Teaching
Organizing your Pinterest Boards should flow the way you plan to teach
Decide how long you want your theme to last:
A week, two weeks, a month… how long the theme lasts will
determine how much stuff you need
Have a game plan:
Knowing the kind of activities, or ideas you are looking for will
help you narrow your search and the amount of time you spend
on Pintrest
Pick a theme:
I Like Me!
Farms, Trucks & Tractors
International Mud Day – June 29th
Fairy Tales
Get started…
Find some books to anchor your theme then start pinning!
I like me is a collection of
I like me!
books, snacks and activities that
explore self-concept, selfacceptance, and how we act as
individuals within a family or
classroom group
I Love you Through and Through by Bernadette Rossetti-Shustak
What I like about me by Allia Zobel Nolan
The Blue Ribbon Day by Katie Couric
Have you Filled a Bucket Today by Carol McCloud
I Like Myself! By Karen Beaumont
I’m Gonna Like Me by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell
Today I feel Silly by Jamie Lee Curtis
The Blue day book for kids by Bradley Greive
All About Me (Fun Flaps) by DK Publishing
The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
All by Myself by Mercer Mayer
Marvelous Me: Inside and Out by Lisa Bullard
Incredible Me! By Kathi Appelt
Shades of Black by Sandra Pinkney
I Love My Hair by Natasha Anastasia Temply
I Like Me by Nancy Carlson
I like me!
Book List
I like Me!
Infant Activities
Soothing Teeth
Who’s that Baby?
How I Move
Exploring Cooking
Exploring Textures
Keepsakes
My Family Book
Exploring Food…
Are the Ready?
I like Me!
Toddler Activities
Spinning
Left Foot Right
Foot
Body Painting
Silly Faces
Transitional
Recipes
Sidewalk Chalk Art
Trying New Foods
I like Me!
Pre-School Activities
Bucket Filling
Height Chart
Body Painting
Faces Snack
I Like me Flower
Healthy Smile
Treats
Skin tone Playdough
This is me Book
I’m Important Book
Farms, Trucks &
Tractors
Farms, Trucks & Tractors
is a collection of books, snacks
and activities that explores life in
the country with animals and
vehicles you may see on the farm
or on along a country road
Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle
Farmer Dale’s Red Pickup Truck by Lisa Wheeler
The Gobble, Gobble, Moooooo Tractor Book by Jez Alborough
Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
Silly Sally by Audrey Wood
Mrs. Wishy Washy by Joy Cowley
Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins
Otis by Loren Long
Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton
Pigs to the Rescue by John Himmelmann
Tremendous Tractors by Tony Mitton
Inside a Barn in the Country by Alyssa Capucilli
Meow Said the Cow by Emma Dodd
Down on the Farm by Merrily Kutner
Truck Driver Tom by Monica Wellington
A Barnyard Collection: Click, Clack Moo and More by Doreen Cronin
Farms, Trucks
& Tractors
Book List
Farms, Trucks & Tractors
Infant Activities
Baa Baa Black
Sheep Song
Spring Chicken
Keepsake
Big Red Barn Song
Footprint Tractor
Keepsake
Pots & Pans
Music Center
Natural Chime/Mobil
Visit a Farm
Pudding Paint w/
Trucks & Tractors
Apple Fennel Puree
Farms, Trucks & Tractors
Toddler Activities
Pigs in Mud Painting
Watermelon
Popsicles
Bring it Outside!
Ramps and Trucks
Loose Part Play
Pig Themed Snack
Pig Pancakes
Egg Carton Pig Snouts
Get Up and Move Dice
Clementine Chicks
DIY Farm Puzzles
Farms, Trucks & Tractors
Pre-School Activities
Pig Snouts and Beans
Tire Tunnel
Farm Pattern
Cards
Farm Themed
Food Ideas
Pre-School Farm Unit
Truck & Rock Play
Eating Contests &
Sack Races
Udder Painting
International
Mud Day
International Mud Day
(June 29th) is a collection of
books, snacks and activities that
celebrates the art of getting
messy
Pigs in the Mud in the Middle of the Road by Lynn Plourde
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin and James Dean
Brothers are for Making Mud Pies (Lift the Flap) by Harriet ZiefertMud
Dirt on my Shirt (a collection of poems) by Jeff Foxworthy
Puddle by Robert Munsch
Hogwash by Karma Wilson
Mud Pie Annie by Sue Buchanan
Mud by Mary Lyn Ray
Mud! by Wendy Cheyette Lewison
Stuck in the Mud by Jane Clark
Mud Tacos by Mario Lopez
Mud Mess by Melinda Melton Crow
Mrs. Wishy Washy’s by Joy Cowley
Princess Pigsty by Cornelia Funke
Dirt Boy by Erik Jon Slangerup
The Dirtiest Hair in the World by Bob McAllen
International
Mud Day
Book List
Dirt on My
Shirt
A poem by Jeff Foxworthy
International Mud Day
Infant Activities
Pudding Painting
Use Chocolate for
Mud
Five Little Pigs
Flannel Board
Rhyme
Squishing Toes in
Mud
Mud Painting
Chocolate Pudding
Mud Play
Experiencing Mud
Plastic Bag Mud
Homemade Baby Food
Brown Lintels with
Carrots
International Mud Day
Toddler Activities
Toddler Terrariums
Mud Pie Kitchen
Book and Taco Recipe
Wishy Washy Play
Faux Mud
Mud Play Ideas
Mud Prints
Wishy Washy Mud
Poem
International Mud Day
Pre-School Activities
Mud Day Activities
Healthy Mudball Snack
Go to a Mud Run
Construction Site
Mud Bricks
Mud Dough
Mud Box
Corn Husk & Mud
Apples w/ Chocolate
Dirt Pudding
Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs is a collection of
books, snacks and activities that
explores the mystery of
dinosaurs and dinosaur bones
The Really, Really, Really Big Dinosaur by Richard Byrne
Dinosaur Roar! By Paul & Henrietta Stickland
Dinosaur Bones by Bob Barner
Dinosaurs Roar, Butterflies Soar! By Bob Barner
Dinosaur Dig! By Penny Dale
Dinosaurs Love Underpants by Claire Freedman & Ben Cort
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs by Byron Barton
Oh My, Oh My, Oh Dinosaurs! By Sandra Boynton
DK Touch and Feel Dinosaur
Tadpole Rex by Kurt Cyrus
Ten Terrible Dinosaurs by Paul Strickland
Dinosaur Stomp! By Paul Strickland
How do Dinosaurs Count to Ten? By Jane Yolen
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs by Byron Barton
Digging Up Dinosaurs by Aliki
National Geographic Little Kids First BIG Book of Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs
Book List
Dinosaurs
Infant Activities
Banana Oatmeal & Other
Herbivore Recipes
Free Play with Animal
Planet Dino Play set
Dinosaur Keepsake
Dehydrated Fruits &
Veggies for Teething
Herbivores
Dinosaur Ball “Pit”
Dinosaur Board Books
13 Dinosaur Songs
plus lots of Activities
Dino Teething Rattles
DIY Dinosaur “Toggle”
Toy
DIY Teething toys for
your little Dinosaur
International Mud Day
Toddler Activities
Use Ice Tray to make
Plaster of Paris Dino
Bones for Excavation
Dinosaur Two Piece
Simple Puzzles
Dinosaur Capes for
Dramatic Play
Digging for Dinosaurs
Snack
Dinosaur
Feet 1
Dinosaur Egg
Discovery
Paint Rocks to use in
Dinosaur Dig
Dinosaur Dig Site
Dinosaur
Feet 2
International Mud Day
Pre-School Activities
Dinosaur Lunch
Dinosaur Song to tune
“Do Wah Ditty Ditty”
by Manfred Man
Dinosaur “Loose Parts”
Volcano Lunch
Dinosaur Bones Snack
Dinosaur Soap
Dinosaur Heights
Volcano Playdough
Experiment
Dinosaur Egg Number
Matching
Dirt (Coffee) Playdough
Searching Tips
Don’t get stuck just looking for pins! There are many ways to search for activities.
Books:
•Start with books you already have
•Take a trip to the library
•Look on-line at Barnes and Noble , Amazon, or Google
Pinterest search by book/theme:
•Type your theme or book titles into Pinterest and see what others are doing with the same topic/books
•Think of other ways to describe what you are doing
Look for boards on your theme:
•Pinterest defaults to searching for pins, but you can change it to search for boards on your topic
•Look for party ideas on your theme
Look at who is also pinning the same ideas:
•See if someone else has pinned the same idea you did. Pinterest will tell you what board they pinned it to.
•Look for “Also From” pins on the bottom left of the screen
Fairy Tales …use the new
Fairy Tales
searching tips to find activities
for the theme “Fairy Tales”
Start with the books on the next
slide or add your own favorites!
Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales by Lucy Cousins
Paperbag Princess by Robert Munsch
Me and My Dragon by David Biedrzyck
Believe Me, Goldilocks Rocks! By Nancy Jean Loewen
Honestly, Red Riding Hood was Rotten! By Trisha Speed Shaskan
The Usborne Book of Fairy Tales by Heather Amery
The Pea and the Princess by Mini Grey
Huff and Puff by Claudia Rueda
The Princess and the Pig by Jonathan Emmett
Don’t Kiss the Frog! By Fiona Waters
Alice the Fairy by David Shannon
Goldie and the Three Hares by Margie Palatini
The Three Billy Goats Fluff by Rachael Mortimer
Princess Hyacinth by Florence Parry Heide
Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Jump at the Sun
Prince Cinders by Babette Cole
Fairy Tales
Book List
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Pinterest
Mix it up and get started today!
Amber Donnelly
Copyright Area Resources for Community and Human Services (ARCHS)
www.stlarchs.org