Friday, April 3, 2020 is Circle Day!
For this circle activity, you will need:
3 sheets of construction paper or white paper and a dark marker (black, green, blue).
3 bigger circle items to trace around (a can, a jar, a glass, a bowl)
3 sets of at least ten different smaller flat circle items
Here are the smaller flat circle items that I chose:
1) wooden pieces from a game, 2) pennies, 3) buttons.
Hygiene note for families at this time: I disinfected the pennies before I worked with them.
You can choose whatever small items you would like.
Put the items into a small bowl or container while you work.
Put the items into a small bowl or container while you work.
Another hygiene note: you might choose food items, like Cheerios, small crackers, or Fruit Loops. Be sure to wash your hands, put the snacks into a bowl or container, and "No snacking while you work!"
Let's make some circles!
Step 1: Use a dark marker to make a Circle Guide by tracing around the top or bottom of the 3 bigger circle things that you found (can, container, cup, bowl, pan).
A grown up could help you with this step.
Mr. Postema helped me by tracing around a bowl (turned it over), a can, and a cup.
You will now have 3 Circle Guides.
Mr. Postema tricked me and traced around the top AND the bottom of the cup!
Step 2: Now carefully choose ONE type of small item and place the items around the EDGE of ONE of the Circle Guides. NO GAPS!
After introducing this task, your child can try this step independently.
After introducing this task, your child can try this step independently.
Choose another type of item and place these around the EDGE of another Circle Guide.
NO GAPS!
Do this on each of your Circle Guides.
Extension and challenge: Make a pattern with your items. Or use only shiny/dull pennies. Or heads/tails or upside/downside. Or choose only small (or large).
Or only items of a certain color.
Step 3: Turn your Circle Guide papers OVER! Can you make a closed circle (no gaps) without the Circle Guide? Your child can try this independently.
Extension and challenge: After you are confident making a circle without a guide, can you draw your own Circle Guide (closed circle, no gaps) without tracing around something?
Step 4: Use your "tweezer fingers" (thumb and pointer finger) to pick up the small items and put them back into your bowl or container.
How many circles did you make today?
Don't recycle your circle guides yet. We can use them another day or color them to make a solid circle.
Don't recycle your circle guides yet. We can use them another day or color them to make a solid circle.
