For Children Ages: 3-7 years old
Reading stories together out loud is a great way to educate at home. The bonding experience builds vocabulary, improves comprehension, and promotes speech development. Adding a craft builds on story time learning; practicing motor skills and creativity while reminding the child of themes and words from the story. It becomes active engagement (in the same way that adding the movement of Bendy Bookworm’s yoga poses do) in order to benefit the child’s optimal ability to learn through play.
Try this dragon craft. Pair it with “Attack of the Underwear Dragon” by Scott Rothman for a Story Time and Craft Activity.
Cognitive Skills: vocabulary, pattern recognition, and visual processing (practiced during the Story Time)
Motor Skills: coloring, cutting, and glueing (practiced during the craft)
Emotional Skills: courage, creativity, and facing challenges
Materials:
Color Markers, Crayons, or Washable Paint
Two Paper Plates
Pencil and Scissors
Glue/ Hot Glue Gun (with adult supervision)
Popsicle Stick
Optional: Googley Eyes, Glitter, Stickers, etc.
Step One:
*Color 1 paper plate in half and draw wigs on one half. On the second paper plate, draw the dragon’s head and tail. You can draw a similar pattern to mine by using the picture below as a guide.
Step Two:
*Cut out and color/paint the shapes.
Step Three:
*Glue it all together!
