For Children Ages: 4-8 years old
Reading stories aloud together 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 cat craft. Pair it with “On Account of the Gum” by Adam Rex 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: patience, inventiveness, humor
Materials:
Color Markers, Crayons, or Washable Paint
Two Paper Plates
Construction Paper or White Paper
Pencil and Scissors
Glue/ Hot Glue Gun (with adult supervision)
String
Step One:
*Color two paper plates using washable paint, tissue paper, makers, or crayons.
I choose to paint my cat brown to match the cat in the story.
*When the paper plates are dry, cut one in a spiral pattern.
Step Two:
*Cut out 4 cat paws legs out of construction paper or white paper and color to match the paper plates. You can use a similar shape as mine (shown in the picture) or cut out your own variation of cat paws!
*Cut out 1 nose, 2 yellow eyes, and 2 cat ears. You can use a similar shape as mine (shown in the picture).
Step Three:
*Glue it all together!
