Ok so it is not glass, but it is intended to look like stained glass. Today we couldn't work on our number, letter, shape, or color card, I put them in a book that I took back to the library. I will have to get them back:0( We still reviewed colors red, orange, and Yellow today as we read Hooray for Fall. I had the kids use English, Spanish, and sign language today to say their colors. S was very cute trying to say the words in Spanish, he did a really good job for being just barely 2. I also read a weekly reader Early Learning Library book called Autumn/Otono. It is written in both Spanish and English. I just read the English portion, my Spanish is not that great. I actually read 2 books upon request from the kiddos, they wanted more. After reading books and talking more about fall mainly review, repetition is a wonderful thing to children at this age, we made our craft for today. We made Stained Glass leaves. I precut the squares of cray paper in red, yellow, and orange (the colors we have been working on). I drew a leaf shape on the clear non sticky side of a 10 X10 inch square of contact paper. I peeled the backing off and stuck the non sticky side onto the table using tape. I put out the containers with the cray paper in them on the table and had the children stick the cray paper to the contact paper. Then I placed another sheet of contact paper onto the side they stuck the cray paper to. The ones that AP, AR, and I made are hanging up in our window letting the sun shine through colorfully. AP cut hers out today by herself. I cut out the others, while the kiddos played on riding toys today. M was gone on a playdate, but I am sure that he had a lot more fun with the older kids then he does here with the little ones. He tends to get a little bored, but the others are not big enough to do more involved crafts or lessons so he will just have to put up with me:0) S and AR once again really got into sticking the cray paper on the contact paper, I think they like sticky stuff. G was very careful where she stuck the cray paper and was the last one to complete it, she wanted to get it just right. It is was a fun way to make leaf decorations for the window.
6 comments:
What a cute idea! I'm going to have to try it with the girls.
You are brilliant! I only wish I could dream up 1/2 of these great crafts! Thanks so much for sharing your day with us Shannon.
WOW! Your creativity blows me away... I can definately see the teacher come out here! You are an awesome Mom!
The internet is a wonderful tool girls:0) I don't come up with the ideas, I just find them, and sometimes modify them to meet my needs.
I'm going to have to brush up on my spanish and sign language! G tries to do the signs, but can't quite get her fingers in the right positions. S just screams Akka!!!! really loud at the computer whenever I go to your site!
Great leaf idea!
I decided if you can do crafts with up to 5 kiddos, I can do at least SOME with my boys. Today we took a trip to Hobby Lobby, and now we have four leaves hanging from our blinds. Thanks for the idea and instructions. I still don't know how you manage everything.
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