Wake Up Your Weird with Lolly & Leslie - Center for Puppetry Arts
Wake Up Your Weird with Lolly & Leslie - Center for Puppetry Arts
Wake Up Your Weird with Lolly & Leslie - Center for Puppetry Arts
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Learning Activities<br />
1st & 2nd Grade: Make a “Me” Mobile<br />
Georgia Per<strong>for</strong>mance Standards covered: Grade 1, Fine <strong>Arts</strong>, Visual <strong>Arts</strong> (Meaning and Creative<br />
Thinking): VA1MC.3; Visual <strong>Arts</strong> (Composition): VA1PR.1 a, d. Grade 2, Fine <strong>Arts</strong>, Visual <strong>Arts</strong> (Meaning<br />
and Creative Thinking): VA2MC.3 a; Visual <strong>Arts</strong> (Composition): Visual <strong>Arts</strong> (Production): VA2PR.1 a.<br />
Objective: Students will create a mobile from pictures that represent their interests, personalities,<br />
hobbies, dreams, etc.<br />
Materials: A heavy wire coat hanger; string, ribbon or yarn; a paper punch; construction paper, plain or<br />
lined paper; pens or pencils, crayons or markers; scissors; glue; and pictures that tell about the student.<br />
Procedure:<br />
1. Ask students to choose images or small objects that represent themselves. Ask them to<br />
generate a list of these things by answering these questions individually:<br />
• Do you like to collect things? If so, what?<br />
• Do you have any hobbies?<br />
• What do you like to watch on television?<br />
• What is your favorite website?<br />
• What is your favorite food?<br />
• What is your favorite toy?<br />
• What is your favorite book?<br />
• What is your favorite place?<br />
• What is your favorite animal?<br />
• What is your favorite song?<br />
• What is your favorite musical instrument?<br />
• What sports do you like to play?<br />
2. Ask students to gather all of their objects together. Tie string, yarn, or ribbon around each<br />
of your objects (leave about 6-8 inches in length <strong>for</strong> each object) and tie the other end to<br />
the hanger. Or cut pictures of some of your objects out of old magazines and paste them on<br />
construction paper. Then punch a hole in the top of your pictures and thread your string, yarn or<br />
ribbon through the hole in each one and tie a knot. Tie the other end of the string to the hanger.<br />
3. Display mobiles in the classroom. Let each student tell the class about her/his mobile and how it<br />
describes their unique personalities.<br />
Assessment: Observe students to make sure they complete the activity. Take anecdotal notes on each<br />
student’s personal interests.<br />
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