• 1.

  Collect recycled magazines and newspapers.

• 2.

  Demonstrate coil and pinch pot techniques.

• 3.

  Help children recognize similarities and differences between upper- and lower-case letters.

• 4.

  Select a place mat. Shape a soup-size bowl with Crayola® Dough. Try coils or pinching out a pot. Use craft sticks, plastic dinnerware, or other modeling tools to shape and add texture.

• 5.

  Find alphabet letters in recycled magazines or newspapers. OR write your own letters with Crayola® Write Start Colored Pencils.

• 6.

  Using Crayola® Scissors, cut out letters. Place them in the bowl for pretend alphabet soup.

Standards

• Letters, Numbers & Words
• Reading Pictures
• Physical: Eye - Hand Coordination
• Physical: Healthy Habits
• Physical: Small Muscles
• Social and Emotional: Making Friends
• Social and Emotional: Pretend Play
• Thinking: Observing
• Thinking: Problem Solving