Creative Minds

Kid’s Corner

{Week 5: Self Esteem}

Activity: Sunny the Happy Sun

Lesson by Annie

Theme: Summer Days    Color: Yellow

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Daily Opener:  

1.             Prayer {Say a prayer with your child}

2.            Calendar {Click on the link to learn how to use the calendar}.

3.      ABC / 123 Song {Sing the ABC’s with your child & sing numbers 1-10 with your child}. 

Description:  Your child will talk and learn about various emotions while creating Sunny the Happy Sun.

Materials:

Paper plate

Yellow Tissue paper

Yellow Paint

Black construction paper

Scissors/Glue

Directions:

1. Talk about the word “Emotion” with your child. Discuss how our emotions can make a person feel: happy, sad, scared, nervous, excited etc. Give examples. Ask your child how they may be feeling at the time? Talk about an emotion your child may most likely feel?

2. Create Sunny the “happy” sun. Using a paper plate and yellow paint, have your child paint one side of the entire plate yellow {see picture}.

3. While paint is drying, cut out of black construction paper a “happy” smile big enough to fit in the center of your plate and cut out two eyes for above the smile.  Cut out medium size rectangles out of the yellow tissue paper enough to glue around the entire plate.

4. Once paint is dry, glue on rectangles around the plate {see picture}, glue on “happy” smile and eyes on the center of the painted side. Your Sunny, the “happy” sun, should be complete!

5. Praise your child for a job well done and be sure to let them know that like Sunny, you LOVE TO SEE THEM SMILE and be HAPPY! It’s their best emotion!

Learning Opportunity: 

1.             Your child will learn the word “emotion” and characteristics to the feeling.

2.            Your child will learn how to make a “happy” sun.

3.            Your child will gain confidence in participating in this activity.

Read Aloud: 

The Sun

The sun is yellow


The sun is orange


The sun is bright


The sun is our heater


The sun is our fire


The sun is our light


Let me ask you a question, 


What do you think of the sun?

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Daily Craft: Activity Jar {Click on the link to learn about using the activity jar}

*Stallone Tested and Approved: FABULOUS actvitiy..as simple as that!

Materials Needed..there is a piece of black construction paper under that plate.

Painting the plate.

Painted plate.

Gluing on the tissue..the only color we had was red, it worked.

Finished Sunny the "happy" sun!