What if instead of using glue you tried using flour and water!?
Our Lessons For the Week!
What is our theme? Flower Pictures
What is the lesson (overall purpose)?
To experiment with different textures and materials instead of the regular glue.
MA Guidelines/Standards:
APL 1: The child will demonstrate initiative, self-direction, and independence.
APL 2: The child will demonstrate eagerness and curiosity as a learner.
Learning Outcomes:
Talk about how you can use different materials to create a work of art while enhancing fine motor skills and independence as a learner.
Songs, Books & Videos (Motivational Techniques)
https://youtu.be/ql6OL7_qFgU - Flower video
Materials:
Flour
Water
Paint brush
Colored construction paper
Assorted flowers found outside
Activity (Procedure):
To make glue from flour and water, add about two Tablespoons into a jar and slowly add water until you have a paste like consistency – needs to be thick!
Brush the “glue” onto the spots where you would like to stick flowers or clover the paper with glue and stick flowers everywhere!!
Activity Wrap Up:
How do I know what my child is learning? (Assessment)
How can you extend this activity? (Modifications)
Helpful Hints: (Pitfalls & Solutions)
This is a great activity that can be done almost anywhere there is flour!! It is not about the final masterpiece, rather the process of collecting flowers, sorting them out, and sticking them onto paper.
Our Lessons For the Week!
What is our theme? Flower Pictures
What is the lesson (overall purpose)?
To experiment with different textures and materials instead of the regular glue.
MA Guidelines/Standards:
APL 1: The child will demonstrate initiative, self-direction, and independence.
APL 2: The child will demonstrate eagerness and curiosity as a learner.
Learning Outcomes:
Talk about how you can use different materials to create a work of art while enhancing fine motor skills and independence as a learner.
Songs, Books & Videos (Motivational Techniques)
https://youtu.be/ql6OL7_qFgU - Flower video
Materials:
Flour
Water
Paint brush
Colored construction paper
Assorted flowers found outside
Activity (Procedure):
To make glue from flour and water, add about two Tablespoons into a jar and slowly add water until you have a paste like consistency – needs to be thick!
Brush the “glue” onto the spots where you would like to stick flowers or clover the paper with glue and stick flowers everywhere!!
Activity Wrap Up:
- display children’s artwork at their eye level and encourage them to revisit their own and other children’s creations.
How do I know what my child is learning? (Assessment)
- help children to formulate questions and plan in-depth investigations on topics of their own interest.
How can you extend this activity? (Modifications)
- use their senses to explore their environment (e.g. textures; sounds; tastes; mixing materials; cooking, etc.).
Helpful Hints: (Pitfalls & Solutions)
This is a great activity that can be done almost anywhere there is flour!! It is not about the final masterpiece, rather the process of collecting flowers, sorting them out, and sticking them onto paper.
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