No Corners

Today Mike and I looked at circles! We have started learning about our letters so why not learn about our shapes as well! We started by practicing how to draw circles. As with the letters, I don't make Mike do this activity. I ask him if he would like to try the activity first.While he was tracing we talked about what a circle was. How many corners does it have? What items in the house are a circle. He practiced his circles and did a short recognition activity and then we went straight into a craft.

There are so many different crafts you can do with circles. You can use old CD's, plates and more. I wanted to do a craft with plates, but unfortunately I didn't have any in stock (which is surprising with the amount of craft supplies I own). So instead I grabbed all of the circle craft items I could find and set them all out. 

I got Mike a piece of paper and let him go wild! I love letting children lead their own crafts. It allows them to use their imagination and creativity! Another important thing to do (in my mind at least) is to do the craft with them. Show them you are interested in what is going on. Show them you can also use your creativity and imagination. Mine and Mike's picture were completely different, and that was great! It showed him it was okay to be different, his picture didn't have to look or be a certain way and he loved it!

Mike really loved using the bingo dabbers and the sparkles!

Mike's finished product! I love how he used most of the materials provided. Very creative!

Here is mine. Not nearly as creative as Mikes!

After we were done our first pictures we were having too much fun to stop! Mike went crazy with the bingo dabbers and I made the house from up! (which has squares in it, but the balloons are circle!)

While Mike and I were letting our creative juices go to work, the twins (who are 1) played with some circle objects. While they were too young to do this crafts, I still wanted to get them involved in learning about circles. 

I wanted to get a variety of different objects for them to explore. The plates and measuring cups were the biggest success and they played with those for a while before getting bored and doing something else (which is fine! I don't want to force them to use anything!). 

Learning about circles was a success! Next time I will make sure I have plates so we can explore a new kind of craft. Hope you enjoyed learning about circles with us!