These ideas are super, Kristen! I found some ideas
online - prepared an email for all of you the other
night --and Yahoo made it disappear. I never recreated
it.
The only idea I would like to add are Monkey
marionette puppets - just easy ones made from heavy
paper and hooked together on the back side with string
and tape. There is a how to online. The site gives you
patterns - but it would be so much more fun for the
kisd to make their own monkeys. Puppets are big in
China.
http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/monkeys/puppet.htm
There are many ideas out there that you can do with
simple materials - and won't take much time.
Best wishes to you Kristen as you look for a job. I
recommend getting into substitute teaching until
something opens up.