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A little plan for play
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A plain paper plate, a full sheet of paper, child-appropriate crayons, a glue stick, and adult scissors.
Age: 3–5 years; choose for the individual child.
Stay with the child throughout. Check the space and supplies, including anything within reach of younger siblings. Skip any activity that is unsuitable. Stop if a child puts non-food material in their mouth or becomes distressed. Use intact books, full sheets of paper, a large child-appropriate crayon and a clean, dry towel. Follow product labels; remove torn paper and keep broken crayons and caps away from children. Adult handles and stores supplies.
Set up: An adult cuts two large circles and one large triangle from the sheet, then puts scissors away.
Adult's role: Stay beside the child and supervise glue use.
Let's make it happen
- Color the plate for the owl's face and place the circles on it for eyes.
- Glue the circles in place, then glue the triangle below them for a beak.
- Draw pupils and feathers. Let the owl face dry flat.
Make it simpler: Draw the beak on the plate instead of gluing a triangle.
Clean up: Close the glue stick and collect paper scraps.
Adult handles scissors and stays beside the child. Keep paper and glue away from mouths.