So today's special was Art. And we had fantastic things to do. There were 2 projects but one of them had multiple steps. This was great for my kids who have a shortened attention span and yet want to have something to take home. So today they made two things: turkeys and a Native American headdress. The headdress I LOVED. My kids had a a great time making it and we had an even better time watching them make them.
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| These are the turkey's my kids made today in class. |
The turkeys above were made of paper plates. They had to color around on the outside of the plate, cut out a circle for the face and circles for the larger portion of the eyes. The smaller circles were already done for them due to some fine motor difficulties. I think they came out very nicely.
Now on to the headdresses.
Here is a picture of their art teacher wearing the headdress.
There were several steps to this project:
- Color the black band with chalk, drawing "designs"
- Cut out feathers (if fine motor is too difficult have precut feathers for them to choose from)
- Glue feathers on to the band
- Put pipe cleaners through pre-punched holes (about 4)
- String beads onto the pipe cleaners
- Fit to head and staple.
What is nice about this particular project is it works on several areas: fine motor, color skills, cutting, gluing.
And the kids love it. Here are some pictures of them working on the projects:
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| Carefully stringing beads |
It was a lot of fun and they looked really cute when they were done.
Until next time, keep your chin up and know that you are a fantastic teacher and each day, you are only going to get better. :-)
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