This week, the kids worked on a collage rainbow...
I love these kinds of community projects!
Every year I order lots of garden catalogs in the mail and they are just chock full of colorful pictures of flowers, vegetables, and fruits. I find these catalogs to be just perfect for this project. I had the kids either cut out or rip small samples of colors from the pages and glue them to the corresponding arch in the rainbow. All of the kids (2-5 year olds) were engaged and having fun. Even with all these little hands contributing to the project I was surprised to find that the project was pretty time-consuming — 2 days in a row of working on it and it still isn't complete! Anyway, it was a great project for reinforcing color labeling and working on fine motor skills. Plus it tied in the theme of St. Paddy's day and rainbows. I even participated, and this mama/teacher enjoyed it as well. :)
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This is too cute...I love rainbows of any kind!
ReplyDeleteI would like to invite you to link this to Hey Mom, Look What I Did on Adventures In Mommy Land (http://adventures-in-mommy-land.blogspot.com/2012/03/hey-mom-look-what-i-did-22.html)
Thank you for letting me know about this! I did this morning! AND added the linky to my weekly list!
DeleteSO darling! I felt dumb linking up my little rainbow post next to your's. Cute cute cute!
ReplyDeleteLOL...I went to you adorable blog and loved your rainbow craft as well! I'm wanting to mod podge this and hang it in my son's room:)
DeleteSo pretty! I love it!
ReplyDeleteWe need to have a go.
Thanks for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!
Maggy & Alissa
I did this project every spring in my 3-6 Montessori classroom. In preparation I would have the K's do most of the pre-cutting and then sorting by color into a large divided tray then everyone could take a turn gluing onto their rainbow! Of course anyone could join into the cutting frenzy!! We once made a huge rainbow mural the same way( I happened to have a large K group that year!!!)
ReplyDeleteHi, this is Joy over at groupbygroup.wordpress.com. Found you on pinterest and just love all your creative ideas. Thanks so much for sharing!
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