Here is another great lesson for kindergartners to practice their cutting and pasting skills.
Supplies Needed:Scissors & glue stick per student Construction paper in various colors cut into rectangles 1 12" x 18" black paper per student white tempera paint mixed w/water 1 small stiff brushes per studentInstructions:Step One: Creating the moon and stars.Show the students how to create a moon by swirling the small brush in a circle and splattering the white paint to create the stars. This step takes about five minutes. Set black paper aside.
Step Two: Creating the skyscrapers.After a short discussion on what a skyscraper is, I show the kids how they can take a rectangle and cut the top part to create a custom skyscrapers. It's a simple as cutting out small squares and rectangles from the top and sides of each piece.
Have the students glue the skyscrapers as they go, going from one side of the paper to the next.
Step Three: Adding the windows and doors.I cut strips of yellow construction paper the width of their windows and give a couple of strips to each student. They can cut the strips into small rectangles and glue them to the windows. Same for the doors.
The kids LOVE being skyscraper builders!
For my last class with my fifth grade students at Brandon School, I asked them to create a self-expressive city scape. We spoke about things you would find in a city, including skyscrapers and roads but also parks, zoos, shopping malls and skate parks. We traced the skyscrapers using cardboard templates and placed them on a lightly draw horizon line. Then, that was it for instructions! Using pencils, the kids drew whatever "scene" they wanted and painted the entire piece using tempera paints. Sadly, most kids couldn't finish the project in the allotted time frame. Sometimes this happens with free expression because of the lack of "direction". I can understand this. Many times I have sat down to paint only to feel a bad case of artist block attack my brain. I encouraged the kids to paint anything even if they thought it was silly. This seemed to loosen them up. Hopefully, they will find their art this summer during a lazy day and find their "expression" again.
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