ELF Newsletter Templates

At our October ELF Coordinators' Retreat, we learned that many schools send home a regular newsletter on ELF or contribute an "ELF Corner" to the school's newsletter. Some ELF groups make a monthly take-home sheet for children that includes activities and information on the current ELF topic. Some examples are included here as pdf files:

ELF take-home sheet on Cones
ELF newsletter from Colchester
Newsletter from Colchester Umion Memorial and Malletts Bay

We love this idea! To encourage more schools to experiment with it, we will provide some templates that you might want to use as a starting point. We provide the template in two forms, a pdf file that you can download and use directly, or a Microsoft Word document that you can cut and paste into your own newsletter or take-home sheet. As always, if you come up with something you'd like to share, please let us know: elf@vinsweb.org.

January Units
Teeth and Skulls: * Word document * pdf file
Fly Away or Stay: *Word document * pdf file
Snow and More: *Word document * pdf file
Breath of Life: * Word document * pdf file
Animals in Winter: * Word document * pdf file

February Units
Beaks, Feet, and Feathers: * Word document * pdf file
Galls: * Word document * pdf file
Tracks and Traces * Word document * pdf file
Sound Symphony * Word document * pdf file
Snug in the Snow: * Word document * pdf file

March Units
Owls: *Word document * pdf file
Winter Twigs: *Word document * pdf file
Bird Nests * Word document * pdf file
Winter Weeds * Word document * pdf file
Camouflage * Word document * pdf file
Water, Water, Everywhere * Word document * pdf file
White-tailed Deer: *Word document * pdf file

April Units
Thorns and Threats * Word document * pdf file
Bird Songs * Word document * pdf file
Camouflage * Word document * pdf file
Wind and Clouds * Word document * pdf file
Litterbugs * Word document * pdf file

May Units
Frogs and Polliwogs * Word document * pdf file
Beavers
Inside a Flower * Word document * pdf file
Dandelions * Word document * pdf file
Honeybees * Word document * pdf file
Sun Power
Streams * Word document * pdf file
Ponds * Word document * pdf file
Stonewalls * Word document * pdf file

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