Saturday, June 12, 2010

3 Projects about Lines

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Today's lesson was on lines. The objective was to demonstrate the varied ways to use lines to convey emotion. There are 4 activities within this special.
1. String Project (book & page number)
Supplies:
Tempera Paint
Cardboard
Yarn
Paintbrush
Cardstock Paper
1. Follow concept from book, page. The book suggest gluing yarn to a piece of paper. For time restriction- I had the children weave yarn into slits cut into cardboard.
2. Give each child one piece of yarn, depending on your size of cardboard, want to long enough to weave
3. Give each child one piece of cardboard with slits already cut into it
4. Instruct children to weave yarn around the piece of cardboard.
5. Instruct children to only paint one side of cardboard. We used 2 bright contrasting colors. (blue/yellow)
6. Press onto paper
7. Paint other side, place painted side down a paper towel.
8 press onto paper


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