I see children practicing cutting, that's what I see!
Who doesn't love Brown Bear, Brown Bear. This book gives us a great introduction to Shared Reading and looking at the words in a book. We practice "reading" the book, identifying color words and sequencing the story with our Pocket Chart activity. But the biggest thing we do with Brown Bear is practice cutting, gluing and following directions. We are also reviewing and practicing shapes as we make all of the animal characters from the book. Here are some pictures from when we were making Green Frog. This is the fourth animal we have made and by this point most are able to complete this independently. I usually will give the directions to the whole group, give them the paper, check how they are holding those scissors, and let the get to it! We have already learned and practiced how to use the glue sticks correctly, so they are able to put it together without much help!
See, I am holding the scissors the right way!
I can do this!
Using the gluestick to add the eyes.
Now where is that black crayon???
These feet are a funny shape.
Adding the eyeballs. I will use green instead!
This is an awful lot of cutting!
Sense of accomplishment when it is all put together!
Keep your eyes on your work.
Not a problem cutting out the circles for the eyes.
Hold it steady and cut on the line.
Love that tongue out while he concentrates on cutting!
When all is said and done, I ask for some to hang on our board. This lets those children who want to take them home right away do so and not have to worry about leaving their animals behind.
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