Today we did a really fun activity we found on pinterest. The first step was to make an outline of a heart on the sidewalk using tape. You can use painter's tape or masking tape. The challenge for the kiddos here was, "Can we make a heart out of all straight lines?" Once you have made the outline have the kids fill in the heart with different lines. This is a great way to look at different shapes. Polygons are closed shapes with straight sides. Polygons with: 3 sides=triangle 6 sides=hexagon 9 sides=nonagon 4 sides=quadrilateral 7 sides=heptagon 10 sides=decagon 5 sides=pentagon 8 sides=octagon Next we made the sidewalk paint and added food colouring. This was a great way to remind the kids about the primary colours (red, yellow and blue) and secondary colours (green, violet & orange). You can have the kids write out the recipe for their recipe book: Sidewalk Paint: I cup corn starch 1 cup water Food colouring Finally comes the best part....painting. This entertained the kids independently for half an hour. It was nice having something they had to work on as a team as well.
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