Saturday, March 29, 2008

Craft Lesson - Stuart's Cape

This story was filled with such creativity and imagination, I would want to do something with it that would allow children to use their imaginations and be creative. Tapping into this will be so beneificial for children later on.

The Project

Stuart made a cape out of ties that took him on all kinds of adventures. He didn't worry about school or friends, he could fly and played hide-and-seek with animal friends. To begin, I would have the children discuss ideas for great adventure they would want to have. This would just to get their imaginations going and help out children who may struggle a bit with coming up with ideas. Either I or the children could write their ideas down. They will then write a page or so about their adventure. Included in this would be emphasis on organization, description, and use of action verbs. Along with this, I think I would like to find old ties, cloth scraps, wallpaper scraps, construction paper, anything the kids could use to make their own mini-capes.

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