The Shape of Me
Grade Level(s):
K
By:
Amy Fesler, Kindergarten Teacher
To tell about yourself and to learn shape recognition, following directions and being creative.
Objectives:
To tell about yourself and to learn shape recognition, following directions and being creative.
Materials: - Tongue depressor
- black, brown, yellow, peach, tan, white, red, blue, green, purple circles, ovals, triangles, squares, rectangles
- Markers
Plan: - Read the book -The Shape of Me and Other Stuff by Dr. Seuss.
- Talk about the shapes of different items used in the story.
- Bring in these items and talk about whether or not they are squares, why, why not, circles, etc.
- Tell the students they are going to create themselves using shapes.
- Give each child a tongue depressor. This piece will serve as the arms.
- Take an oval for the body. Tell the students to use two rectangles for legs and a circle for the head.
- Attach the oval body part to the front of the tongue depressor.
- Attach two legs to the back of the oval.
- Attach the head to the tongue depressor so that it connects to the body.
- Have the children add feet out of whatever shape, clothes, a face.
- When finished have the students tell about themselves and what shapes they used on their own.
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