I'm changing up long range planning this year and focusing my monthly themes around author studies, instead of specific topics. That gives me more flexibility to account for the interests and skills of a wide age range of children (age 1 thru 7) while still incorporating a rich variety of literature into our activities. February has been all about Robert Munsch. After reading "The Paper Bag Princess", we decided to make our own paper bag characters.
I pulled out some brown paper bags, scissors, glue and open ended craft materials, and let the children create without specific direction. They each had their own different take on project, but using popsicle sticks as arms and legs became a popular idea.
Some of the children asked for self-portraits of themselves to glue to their paper bags, so we cut them out of photographs.
Robert Munsch's books are always rich in fun and exciting details. After reading his story, "Purple, Green and Yellow", my oldest daughter wanted to paint fingernails. Since most of the children in care are boys, I decided we would do a more inclusive color activity. We decided to pull out the paint supplies, and experiment with different methods of painting and mixing color.
Instead of just using paintbrushes, the children were able to explore making art with paper tubes, Q-tips and cotton balls.
They really enjoyed the change in painting tool, and the results were both beautiful and colorful!
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