Cruising around Pinterest a few weeks back, I discovered a cute lesson using a soda bottle to make flowers and decided it would be a perfect lesson for my Kinders with a bit of extension and my own focus. Here is how I presented this lesson. First I read the book "In a Spring Garden" edited by Richard Lewis. It is a compilation of short poems that tell a story about spring. Next we practiced vertical lines using values of green with markers. This is the first time Kinders have used markers so a lesson in proper use preceded. We thought tall, thick spring grass prior to the first mowing. With white paint, 9 flowers were printed along the top of the grass at various heights. A pencil eraser dipped in yellow paint was used to add the centers in the flowers. This was set aside in the dry rack. Finally, the traditional symmetrical butterfly was made and added to the dry rack. I had pre-set both papers with student names prior to class time for efficiency and to avoid "no name" papers. Students cut out the butterflies and attached them to the flower field during week two. It is a busy lesson with a lot of transition but I have everything ready to go and switch material out throughout the process.
They turned out really cute.
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