I Spy
Enrol Here18th of October 2011
We have been very busy in the art room, making pictures inspired by one of our favourite stories at Lumsden: ‘I Spy’. There are many different books in this series with different themes and different objects to find, so we decided we would interpret them in our own way on cardboard! This art activiity has also come from an idea Rakelle saw at Tree House Kindergarten in Tauranga.
We painted our cardboard
There were lots of different things to choose to put on our I Spy pictures. Some of these included cars, planes, dinosaurs, coins, balls, rattles, numbers and letter, and eyes! There was also a kiwiana plate with lots of New Zealand and Māori things to choose from. These included tiki, pounamu, silver ferns, coru, paua, mārae, pukeko, and New Zealand and Māori flags.
Having both options for the children added a different dynamic to our I Spy pictures, as there are no New Zealand or Māori themes in the I Spy books.
The children selected all their objects and placed them on their cardboard where they wanted them to go. Then it was time to use the hot glue guns to stick everything on. We all needed to practice our safety, as the hot glue guns can be a little warm and sticky, but if we hold them correctly then they are safe to use.
Now that all of the things were glued onto our painted cardboard it was time to write the words to our’ I Spy’ picture. This would help our family and friends know what they needed to look for when they are playing.
They look GREAT!
I Spy books and this art activity offer rich language opportunities for children and helps create exciting literacy rich experiences as well as being a fun and hands on art activity.
The result is a piece of art that can be used as an interactive game with family members and friends and, without even knowing it, children are beginning to learn basic early reading skills.
What a fantastic literacy activity! I really love this and I hope you don’t mind me using this idea with my new entrant class. The children must have had so much fun creating and designing.