(Projects can follow on consecutive weeks) Card House Project: Basic house project of folded paper that students can make into a card Vocabulary: Architecture, landscape, interior design Materials: Glue, scissors, and pencil, markers, colored pencils or crayons Directions: Demonstrate project and not cutting on fold line Students fold paper. Use …
3-D Paper Bear Vocabulary: Symmetry and asymmetry Materials: Glue, scissors, and pencil, markers, colored pencils or crayons can also be very useful Directions: Read about Indigenous Peoples in the Americas bear mythology: http://www.native-languages.org/legends-bear.htm Bears are symbols of strength and wisdom to many Indigenous Peoples in the Americas and are often …
Wampum (Bead Projects) (Projects can follow on consecutive weeks) A group project that inspires sharing and team building and is age appropriate for elementary school and middle school. Vocabulary: Pattern, repetition, jewelry making Materials:Plastic containers, fishing line, plastic tubing and scissors. Directions: Read http://www.nativetech.org/wampum/wamphist.htm Shell beads in the Northeast have …
Tent and Canoe Projects (Projects can follow on consecutive weeks) A group project that inspires sharing and team building and is age appropriate for pre-school through elementary school. Vocabulary: Pattern, pictographs, diorama, landscape, cone shape Materials: Indigenous Peoples in the Americas Plains tribes pictograph handout or for woodland homes reference: http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/conn.river/whiteb.html, …
Image by Wooden Trays Huge Hoagie or Monster Sandwich Project Collages: A group project that inspires sharing and team building and is age appropriate for pre-school through elementary school. Materials: Manila paper (recycled files and faded and yellowed paper), scrap paper, construction paper, glue, markers, scissors, paper plates and napkins …
Ice cream Cone Project Collages: A group project that inspires sharing that is age appropriate for preschool through elementary school. Vocabulary: Basic shapes, including circle, square, triangle, and rectangle, all over pattern, texture, repetition, collage Materials: Manila paper (recycled files and faded and yellowed paper work well, too), scrap construction …
Pizza Project Collages: A group project that inspires team building. Age appropriate for preschool through elementary school. Project Ideas: responsibility, health, non traditional materials, interpersonal, team building Vocabulary: Basic shapes, including circle, square, triangle, and rectangle, pattern, texture, repetition, collage Materials: Large brown paper (large paper bags or butcher paper), scrap construction …
Project Title: Harold and the purple crayon bookmaking project Description: Book making Author: Mary Hager Grade level or Target Age Range: Preschool Vocabulary: imagination, problem solving Materials: Large construction paper, crayons. Anticipatory Set: Read Harold and The Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson Story line: The protagonist, Harold, is a curious …
