Found a cool new book while web browsing on Amazon. Swirl by Swirl, Spirals in Nature, is a beautifully written and illustrated book that is chock full of spirals, some that surprised me. I read the book to my Kinders and then we decorated a snake pattern/template. This lesson has so many great components: teaching spirals, cutting on curved lines, creating texture on the snakes. The kids had fun "bouncing" the snakes after they were cut out!
Here are a few student examples,
4 comments:
Great book! I did this too this year and it was such a HIT! I agree there is so many ideas you can explore with using this simply spiral as a spring board.
I've never seen this book, but it looks fabulous - I love the page you showed! As an avid doodler, the spiral is always my starting point. I haven't made snakes yet this year - this is a good reminder of an easy project for those crazy days!
I just saw this book on Pinterest and added it to my wishlist. I love the spiral and have fun doing it with my students :)
I did this lesson last year and added a printmaking element to it by having them use bubble wrap and paint to create the "scales". They were beautiful!http://tinyartroom.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/bubble-wrap-printmaking/
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