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Happy Valentines Day! Last week the kindergarten students made clay tiles. They used a paper cut heart to protect the center of their heart from the texture stamps they used around the perimeter. The students used their finger to outline the heart shape so it would show up better. Then they found their name on a tray of alphabet pasta to push into the center. We glazed in shades of red, pink and purple. For a final touch we added a red string to hang from the holes inserted with a straw prior to firing. I really like how they turned out.

I have seen this lesson on so many sites so I have no idea where the credit goes for first invention, so thanks to many.  I started this lesson with Kindergarten and realized how tracing our hands is tough. So I did something I rarely do and had first grade do the same lesson. I guess in 21st century terms we'll call it assessment.  I review tracing skills by reminding them to have their pencil pointing towards the ceiling to avoid martian hands. Then we discuss cool colors and decorate our hands with those colors and aim for patterns. The next week we talk about warm colors and create our hearts, cut them out and add to paper. This lesson covers about half a dozen skill points and they love them...so do I