- drawing supplies
- glue
- plant materials collected from outside
- leaves
- root
- stem
MA Standards:
English Language Arts/Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.5 Create representations of experiences or stories (e.g., drawings, constructions with blocks or other materials, clay models) and explain them to others.
Head Start Outcomes:
Approaches to Learning/Initiative and Curiosity Demonstrates flexibility, imagination, and inventiveness in approaching tasks and activities.
Literacy Knowledge/Early Writing Uses scribbles, shapes, pictures, and letters to represent objects, stories, experiences, or ideas.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 3 Communicate personal experiences or interests.
Plant Collage
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Skill Focus: Creative Expression, Vocabulary
Have children create collages using a combination of drawing materials and plant objects they collected from outside. Have children name and describe the plant objects they are using in their collages and ask them to tell you why they decided to use those materials in their collages.