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Shissler Recreation Center Preschool Ceramics Class Teachers: Sarah Gregory and Ellen Scolnic ASI Spring 2016 Time: Thursdays, 9am-11am Dates: January 28-April 14 2016. Students: 21 Lesson Reinforce the shape/color curriculum being covered at the preschool sites. Students will learn to identify shapes, colors, fruits, and vegetables, create pattern, develop fine …
Description: Apple Crafts are great for back to school! This yarn craft is great for all ages. It develops motor skills and is very therapeutic! Author: Khristin Coleman and Viola Toner Grade Level or Target Range : 3-5 Vocabulary : Color, Shape, Outline, Wrapping, Materials: Card board Scissors Pens Yarn ( green or red) …
Class One: The Puppets Objective: To have students create puppets with clear differences and have the class later perform a play about accepting the differences. Prep: Create a puppet from a brown paper bag with a trait that makes the puppet unique. For this class I made a princess with …
In addition to many life skills, the kids at the Minnow program are learning about letters! This week’s letter was P, so today we focused on creating a “Pond”. Everyone started with a piece of blue construction paper. We discussed what a pond was, what sort of creatures live in …
Today at the Minnow Program we worked on penguins made from paper hearts as part of their Valentine’s Day celebration! I made some examples to show the kids that they could make heart animals at home, even if they don’t have construction paper, or if case they prefer coloring! Because …
Project Title: Let it Snow! Description: Focusing in the cold weather and the different ways to look at snowflakes. Both projects give students a different perspective on snowflakes. One focuses on the negative spaces, positive spaces and the overall shape. While the other focuses on the details of the snowflake …
Here is a link to an incredibly neat project. Could be done with either felt or paper on a cardboard or wood background. All with just a touch of glue. This would be a wonderful way of elaborating on the beauty of recycled materials. Potential subjects of discussion. What is …
Project Title: Paper Bag Hand Puppets Description: Students make puppets to act and play with from paper bags. This is a great project to teach students how to work together. Author: Candice Grade Level or Target Range : preschool Vocabulary : color, shape, character, features Materials: small paper bag, precut yarn or string, markers, colored …
