Create a Valentine's Day Classroom Door with your learners by having them contribute to a collaborative art project. I added some printable pages to our Valentine's Day card pack for you to quickly print and make one. Just trim and glue 4 page together and you're set. You could also draw one on large paper.
Students will tear a piece of colored paper to add to the heart.
You could also:
- let them punch paper hearts using a paper hole puncher
- get them to fingerprint on the heart
- draw lines across and down the heart and have them paint or color a section
- trim little pieces of pretty fabric and glue them to create a messy patchwork effect
You could:
- talk about how the area to be covered is flat, not curved
- count how many pieces were used to cover the heart
- talk about how some pieces were more suitable to use than others - and why
- go outside and let students trace each others' shadow - then cover with plastic lids or other equipment you have available - discuss why covering curved shapes leaves gaps
Some language you may model using:
gaps, no gaps, between, cover, fits, doesn't fit, on top, smooth, flat, edges, points, sides, surface, next to each other, on top of each other, pointy, straight, inside, outside, line, bigger, smaller, side by side, edge to edge, overhang, overlap, on top of, like a rectangle, like a square, like a triangle,
I hope your students love helping to create their classroom door display or poster! Find more ideas and resources for Valentine's Day HERE