AREN'T tHEY bEAUTIFUL
Goal 1: Show awareness of beauty in nature.
Materials: Natural objects such as real flowers, real shells, a real plant, stones, a real hamster, etc.
Procedure: Bring in something natural that you consider beautiful. Gather children together and talk about the object, how pretty the object is, how the object makes you feel, and adds to your life. Be enthusiastic about the experience. Ask children to express what they like about it.
To Simplify: Talk to children one by one as they show interest in the object.
To Extend: Give children several days to experience the object in an appropriate manner. Then gather them together to discuss it. Follow up by encouraging them to draw about it.
Materials: Natural objects such as real flowers, real shells, a real plant, stones, a real hamster, etc.
Procedure: Bring in something natural that you consider beautiful. Gather children together and talk about the object, how pretty the object is, how the object makes you feel, and adds to your life. Be enthusiastic about the experience. Ask children to express what they like about it.
To Simplify: Talk to children one by one as they show interest in the object.
To Extend: Give children several days to experience the object in an appropriate manner. Then gather them together to discuss it. Follow up by encouraging them to draw about it.
