ECE 1203- Creative Activities

Lesson Plan #2
Name: Trisha O’Dell                                                  Age Group: 3-5 yrs  Small Group                          

Topic: Wind                                                               Skill Area: Art

Activity Title: My Own Kite!

Pre-assessment:  Do children know how to use scissors? Do they know their colors? Can they cut a straight line? Do they know what a kite is?

Behavioral Objective:  Children will be able to use scissors and cut straight lines. They will know their colors better. Children will be able to describe a kite and know how it flies.

Developmental Skills Emphasized:  Students will be able to use their creativity and fine motor skills in cutting out, and designing their own kite. Use of scissors and helps to develop hand eye coordination. They will be able to use their imagination as well.

Materials Needed: A story about wind, construction paper, different color pieces of yarn, different colored small cut squares of tissue paper, tape, and water paint brushes (small), scissors, and water
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Introduction: Bring Children together for large group time and read the book, “ The Wind Blew”. This book introduce wind and what it does and how kites are flown. Follow up with asking children what they know about wind and kites.

Activity Procedure: After reading a story about the wind, make a kite Small group 4-5 children at a time.
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1.Give the children a piece of construction paper with an outline of a kite (a diamond shape)
.2. Have the children cut out the kite shape.
 3. Next, the child uses a paintbrush to brush on water, and sticks pieces of tissue paper               onto the kite.
 4. Have the child choose a piece of colored yarn to tape onto the back of the kite.
 5.  Let the kite dry, then pick off all the pieces of tissue paper. The kite will be many colors!! 

Transition/Closure: Share their finished kites with each other. Hang up around classroom like kites are flying. Clean up as themselves, and wash hands. Move onto new activity.