We have had a blast last week
learning all about Columbus. Here are just a few of the activities we did. They
are aligned to the Common Core as much as possible.
Bubble maps
Ship Labeling
Informational Text & Comprehension
Persuasive Writing
Ship snack & sequencing
Counting Book
Art Project-
1. First we painted and stamped our hands to make our ships
2. Then the kids rotated to four stations. At the first they watercolor painted their ocean.
3. At the second station they cotton ball stamped their clouds (I just pinned three cotton balls together with a clothespin which they dipped in white paint.)
4. At the third station they glued on their sails, and at the fourth station they filled in a paper that read "In (1492), Columbus sailed the ocean (blue)." Then glued it onto their paper.
Here's the finished art work!
All of these activities except the art project are from my Columbus Day Mini Unit.
The art project was inspired by the pinterest pin HERE.
For last year's Columbus Day post click
here.
