Wednesday is often our light activity day. This is usually the day when the play dough comes out or we work on something that's not terribly involving because the kids have additional afternoon activities to choose from.
Keeping it simple, we used bingo markers and miscellaneous objects to stamp patterns on to long strips of paper (hello left overs from the paper chain project!). Afterward we turned our creations into bookmarks and some of the girls got creative and made belts and bracelets.
materials:
bingo markers
long strips of white paper
stamp pads
legos
toilet paper rolls
rounded pasta
get to work:
1. Again demonstrate what a "pattern" is by making your own pattern on the strip of paper.
2. Set out some paper strips along with stamp pads, legos, toilet paper rolls and pasta in one work area. Place the bingo markers and remaining paper strips in a separate work area.
3. Let them get to work, making their own patterns and experimenting with the different types of materials.
alternative:
As a challenge you can make some strips with incomplete patterns and ask the kids to finish the pattern.
And of course you can always turn your work into something fashionable!
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