America - 4th July!!

We decorated a hula hoop with ribbons and yarn - the class learnt by themselves how to do the loop know and this activity was all theirs¬!

After, they interacted with it in many ways while they were playing, just sitting under it, pretending it was a shower, running through.... FUN!

America! Native American necklaces!

 

Next up, simple native American necklaces!

I found some pendants to colour (on the crayola website), which the kids took great care to do perfectly! And, then we dyed pasta in order to make our 'beads'. Threading the beads was another activity the kids loved, so this project was a winner all round!
  Add all the beads together with the pendant....Da~ Daa~

America!!! Dreamcactchers!!!

  

 This was a simple activity that really took off. The kids loved the idea of making their own dreamcatchers after watching this story (it didn't matter that it was in French)

It was relatively easy for my class (4-6 years) to complete this by themselves, although for the star, some needed help, others wanted to just do it themselves and in other case, I guided their work. it was a lot of fun!!

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U79mP52Qf6Q

America! Kachina Dolls!

In Arizona, there still exists the Hopi tribe (about 10,000 people) and one of their traditions is a Kachina doll carved from wood. Children are offered these every year until they are 10 years old.

There are many different types and we thought we would get involved and make our own..  

on paper, and a head mask too!!

more paper mache!!!

...which was a lot of fun for the kids to wear!

What a fun artistic project!

America! The Flag!

 We always start the month with a flag representing the country, but it would be boring to do the same style paper activity each time.

This month, for America we got our hands and feet covered in white paint and had a lot of fun!

(NB - we were out of large sheets of white paper just that day, otherwise, we would have gone crazy with red and blue paints!!!)