Today (even though I promised colorful bubbles last week), we spent the whole class building our dream houses out of construction paper. In the beginning of class I did a short, simple demonstration to show the basic idea of using shapes to construct a house. (Using a square for the shape of the building, a triangle roof, rectangle door, square windows and rectangle chimney. )
The kids were then given large pieces of black construction paper and a wide selection of fluorescent, patterned and ordinary construction paper. They cut and pasted all class long. Take a look at these works in progress!
Without any prompting or suggestions, houses appeared that were both asymmetrical...
and symmetrical!
Some children worked individually -- and some teamed up!
Scroll down and see if you can spot your child's house.
The work is not labeled with names this week.
As a special "hide and seek" challenge for parents,your child has included his/her initials somewhere on the house.
When you do find your child's house, be sure to ask about the special features that your child chose to include.
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