Paper playground

Second graders were busy learning about different types of lines this spring and it prompted us to make these fun playground sculptures out of paper. I gave each student a 9 x 12 piece of construc…

I try to choose process driven activities for kindergarten that afford lots of choice and problem solving. This is when are kiddos are so creative and we cannot hinder that by forcing them to create pre-fabricated projects. Here, they manipulated paper to make their own playgrounds. Normally, I wouldn't use print-out people for them to color, but it was a last minute request from a few students, so i thought, why not? The objective of the lesson was to manipulate paper to make it stand up…

3D paper building techniques

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Playground/Sculpture Park Paper Sculpture Easy super duper-fun for all! Go to Storm King, MOMA Sculpture Garden, Socrates Sculpture Park or even to your local playground for inspiration. Materials: Glue sticks, Scissors, Construction Paper, Tissue Paper Day 1 Pre cut strips of paper. Easiest option is get 8.5 x 11 paper and use a paper cutter to slice them into 1 inch wide strips the short way. Keep these as the standard. Once comfortable-give them odd sizes. I like glue sticks the best…

These paper roller coasters are SO fun to make. All you need is strips of construction paper. The steps for the little car are below.

Paper playgrounds

3D Playground

Create your own paper roller coaster using collage and sculpture materials.

***THIS UNIT IS ALSO INCLUDED IN SEPTEMBER STORYBOOK STEM AND STORYBOOK STEM ALL YEAR BUNDLE.*** Created by Brooke Brown and Katie King, Storybook STEM provides early childhood teachers with all-in-one units to cover essential skills in reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, science, math, and engineering...all to supplement favorite read alouds! This unit of Storybook STEM is perfect to incorporate during Back to School and accompanies the following book: ⇒ The Recess Queen by Alexis…

Educational and craft activities for kids and parents

Kids can make their own unique pop-up park complete with swing set, slide, and critter-filled trees with this cute 1st grade arts and crafts printable.