Paint Your Own Earth

In honor of Earth Day (week in our classroom since not everyone will attend on Thursday) I put out a little painting project.  I found a great Earth template on Kidssoup (a member-only website.........click on the Earth Day link on the left sidebar..........the template is the one used for the Earth sun-catchers).  You could probably find a similar template via a Google search or just freehand your own.  I used the template to copy "earths" onto white cardstock.  Then I set up an independent painting activity as shown below.

 

Here is what the project looks like after painting.

 

Comments

[Deb Chitwood]

Thanks for sharing your great Montessori-inspired Earth Day activities! I featured your post at http://livingmontessorinow.com/2011/04/04/activity-of-the-week-montessori-inspired-earth-day-activities/. Thanks for giving me permission to feature your photos as well! I also linked to two other Earth Day activities from your blog!