Wing...

This week we are wrapping up parts of a bird.  We have completed head, beak and body.  Today we talked about wings!  Birds have hollow forelimbs that are covered with feathers called wings.  Bird wings are extremely light and made mostly of feathers and hollow bones. They are uniquely shaped and use the wind to make flying easier. All birds have feathers and wings, though not all wings are used for flight.  A penguin is an example of a flightless bird.  During this Invitation to Create, children explored creating wing designs using a feather and paint.  They freely explored a feather as a paint brush, a stamping tool or could even glue to their paper.  Some chose to cut out a wing, some simply painted their paper.  Process based art allows children to explore art with nontraditional tools and an open-ended approach.  
​They were encouraged to draw a wing with feathers in their fine motor journals. I placed hexagons on the table, they counted the number of letters in their name and cut out the hexagons.