let's go fly a kite

After a two week Spring Break, we are easing into the Easter madness with Spring kites.



Today we made a kite glyph.  I love glyphs.  I tell the kids that we are putting a secret code into our work.   The kids think they are doing a fun craft, but I know that they are doing math  (and today, some language arts skills).


First the kidlets had to choose a kite colour, trace a kite from a cardboard tracer and cut it out.


The first part of our gylph was adding black stripes

 -  the same number of black stripes as letters in their name.
(there are some kidlets with long names!)

Next up was dots 

- the same number of dots as syllables in their names.



Then they added a tail and bows
- the same number of bows as vowels in their names. 


The kites add a bit of Spring colour to our classroom.


What new spring art are you creating?

6 comments

  1. These are super cute! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  2. Hi Sani,

    Don't you love this weather!! Sunshine is the best. We are having our maple syrup that we made tomorrow with waffles.

    I am passing the Lovely Blog award to you too! Visit my site for the write up. Liz :)

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  3. Liz - you guys MADE maple syrup - how cool! A couple of years ago one of the girl's grandpas made maple syrup and gave some to us to enjoy. But making it yourself is SO much better.

    sandi
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  4. Thank you for linking up with last weeks's We Love Weekends! You have been featured on this week's post via Witty Hoots! Hope to see you linking up again soon!

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  5. Love these kites! I will be featuring this post at the Thoughtful Spot today. Thx for linking up all your great ideas.

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