in a top-secret corner of the room, we made mother’s day bead strands which could be worn as a choker-style necklace (quite literally due to shorter-than-i-planned wire), a wrap around bracelet, or a longer necklace if mama would add a bit of string.
there was a random assortment of beads, cut apart leis, straws, then someone brought over little paper cups to use…oh, they were sure fancy.
then with a little “MOM” writing and wrapping, top secret presents were taken home.
this was mother’s day 2007′s project.
we had non-mamas come in to help preschoolers by using hot glue guns (a pin back was added to the pre-cut foam flower shape). preschoolers placed items where they wanted them and the grownups glued them in place. with encouragement to add as much as they liked in “collage” fashion, mother’s day pins were created, wrapped, and taken home. pretty fancy!
we make “super ears” with empty toilet paper rolls and colored masking tape (really we could have used anything to decorate these, though i wouldn’t use markers because i h.a.t.e. how markers smear). what makes these super ears is that when you put the tube over your ear, everything sounds louder. of course we have to remember not to be close to someone’s super ear when we are talking (or yelling) or else we could hurt their ear.
this led us to discussions of bats, playing guessing games of whose voice is whose when we had our eyes closed, to conversations on blindness, to a request to visit grandpa bill upstairs who can’t see us but knows we are there when we sing to him or rub his arm.
oh yes, super ears…the catalyst for wonderful learning moments.
i want to do a s is for super hero theme someday (on the goodness of superheros, on the wonder of every human being having some super quality that we can find if we look, etc.)…these would be good for that week.
