Koi No Bori
Koi No Bori art class. These traditional Japanese fish kites celebrate “Boy’s Day” in May: but making them is fun for everyone all year long!
We sure had fun!!
Posts tagged ‘Fun’
How Many Squares?
Use peg board, nuts and bolts to assemble a personal Geo Board! Use it to investigate geometry and patterns. And of course, play games…They’ll need their thinking caps!
How about a little practice? Chess boards are great for discovering patterns, square numbers, and for spatial exercises. How many squares can you and your child find on a typical chess board?
Are you thinking, “That’s too easy?”
Think again.
Although this investigation from “Teaching Ideas” seems quite simple, it requires a methodical approach if the correct answer is to be attained.
As the title suggests, the investigation involves children finding out how many squares there are on a chessboard. You might think that there are only 64, but you would be wrong…
Click here to open a chess board image that you can use for this exercise, or use an old chess board from home (make sure it’s old, because they’ll probably end up writing on it to keep track of different squares!)
Other equipment:
Colored pencils or markers
Scrap paper to keep a running total (good opportunity to demonstrate this by helping your child keep score!)
Of course, I’ve included the How Many Squares Answers, but try not to peek!
Biscuits, anyone?
TONGUE TWISTERS are one of my favorite ways to add fun to Language Arts.
Great for voice, speech, articulation exercises, and a quick break from past-participles. Oh, and GIGGLES!
TRY THESE
Mixed biscuits.
Inchworms itching.
Shredded Swiss cheese.
That was fun, huh?
Sea-Saws from NGA Kids Zone
You can do this!
Make your own Sea-Saw , add animated characters that you create! Then upload your work of art to share with the PL community!
Brushter!!
Okay… This is fun! The National Gallery of Art created Brushter! to unleash the artist inside you! All sizes and shapes of electronic paintbrushes + a palette of awesome colors + YOU = really COOL CREATIONS!
Go for it!
