Glistening Collages
Your child will have fun with sun!
OBJECTIVE
Developing Skills:
• fine motor
• observation
• creativity
• language
MATERIALS
• clear contact paper
• transparent and shiny collage material including tissue paper, aluminum foil, foil paper, and a variety of sequin shapes
• trays or containers for the collage materials
• masking tape
SET UP AND PREPARE
In Advance:
Cut tissue paper and foil into small shapes.
DIRECTIONS
ACTIVITY
Set out the suggested art materials in containers. Invite your child to look at the different materials she can use. Talk about how some materials are shiny and invite her to move the foil or sequins in the light.
Next, invite your child to look through the tissue paper to see how it is transparent. Ask her to layer two or three colors of tissue paper so she can see how the colors change. Tape the corners of a piece of clear contact paper to the table with the adhesive side facing up. Invite your child to make a collage using the various materials.
When she finishes, cover the collage with another sheet of contact paper. Discuss how the different materials reflect light and how the tissue paper changes colors in her collage.
Tape her collages onto the window. Notice how the sunlight and the indoor lighting affects her collage.
Remember: Some children may have trouble describing what they see. Assist your child in learning descriptive words so that she can express her thoughts.
LESSON EXTENSION
MOVEMENT
Dancing Flashlights. Turn off the lights, play music, and invite your child to dance with a small flashlight. Find a recording of “This Little Light of Mine” to play while your child dances.
BOOKS
The Art of Eric Carle
by Eric Carle
(Penguin, 2002; $16)
Sun
by Susan Canizares and
Daniel Moreton
(Scholastic, 1998; $3)
This Little Light of Mine
by Raffi
(Knopf, 2006; $7)
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High Interest - Pop Culture: Art
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