Apple Tree Plastic Table Cloth Mat
Here is something different!
Below are several options for
using the Apple Tree Floor Mat.
It is suggested to have a partner to
help you when making this.
Purchase a piece of heavy weight clear
plastic that is 40 inches by 52 inches.
It is available at Wal-Mart
in the sewing section. If you can't find it, you could substitute
a clear plastic shower curtain or possible a clear plastic drop cloth.
Purchase green, red and brown duct tape. These are available
at Wal-mart in the paint section.
Take the red tape and secure
it down around the edges. Take a piece of brown duct tape that
is 14" long and place in in the middle on the bottom approximately 3" up
from the red edge. Put a 8" brown piece of duct tape approximately
20 inches up to make the top piece of the tree trunk. Now rip
two 20" brown pieces and place them so that they make a side outline
connecting the top part of the tree trunk to the bottom. Now rip
pieces
and put them in place to fill in the tree trunk area.
To make the tree top outline rip green duct tape and arrange it as
shown in the photo.
Then rip more pieces
of duct tape to fill in the section.
You can use the mat for a
graphing activity.
You can use the mat for a game by having
the children throw
bean bag apples
onto the tree.
If you were working on name recognition, you could
make a yogurt lid apple craft
for each child in your room. The leaf would have a picture of
the child along with the correct spelling of their name.
Have the children choose an apple, identify the child and then spell
their name with the letters. This activity is especially good
for tactile
children and for children who are visually impaired.
If you want to you could also make the yogurt lid apples only put
numbers on the apples instead of pictures. Have the children pick
an apple
then spell the number word. If you have children who
are just learning
to spell the number words, you could write the
number word on the leaf
of the apple. This would be a great
activity for the book Chicka, Chicka,
1-2-3.
For younger children simply have them put the number
apples in numeric order.
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