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Toilet Paper Roll Bumble Bee

Lesson Plan:  ​

Toilet Paper Roll Bumble Bee

Age Group:

Toddler

​* Lesson plan objective and assessment can be adapted to use this activity with  preschoolers.

Objectives:

​Children will:

• work on scissor and drawing skills
• build fine motor skills

​CDA Competency Standard:

II.4.2a

• Activities and materials encourage children of varying abilities to develop their small muscles.

a) Individual fine motor skills are encouraged through a variety of developmentally appropriate material and activities

​II.4.4b

• Candidate's facilitation promotes children's physical development.​

​b) Guides the development of children's fine and gross motor skills

Example (Models movement and motor skills (for example, how to hold a hammer, use scissors, walk on a balance beam, ect.)

Materials:

• ​toilet paper roll
• black and yellow construction paper
• white paper
• glue
• scissors
• markers or crayons
• (optional) google eyes
• (optional) pipe cleaners

Procedure:

1. Have the bee bodies ready by cutting yellow construction paper to fit around the toilet paper roll and a large circle for the head.
2. Help the children cut stripes and antennas from black construction paper. (hand over hand if needed)
3. Cut wings from white paper. (could be precut)
4. Draw a face in the circle, add antennas.
5. Glue stripes, head and wings onto the yellow toilet paper roll.

Extension Activity:

Keep bees in the dramatic play center along with bee keeping suits, explorer outfits, a hive or bee box and honey jar to extend bee play.

Assessment:

• Observe and record drawing, gluing and cutting skills. 
• Does the child need hand over hand guidance cutting straight lines?
  
• Are the bee's facial features in the correct areas? 

Note:  Please provide appropriate supervision to the children in your care when completing all activities. You will need to decide what types of activities are safe for the children in your care.  Appropriate and reasonable caution should be used when providing art and sensory experiences for children.  Toddlers require special caution, only use non-toxic materials, and do not allow toddlers to put things in their mouths that are a choking hazard. ​

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How Infants and Toddlers Learn

Article​Infants and toddlers learn through all of their senses by touching, smelling, hearing, seeing and tasting the items in their environment. They gain valuable information about their world. This interaction with materials offers experience and knowledge upon which to build later experiences.

Recent brain development research has given us valuable information for working with young children. We now know that while the physical brain is developed at birth, the early experiences of children have a huge influence on brain development. Synapses are connections that form between neurons in the brain. Exploring new materials allows new synapses to form. These connections in the brain help various parts of the brain work together to process information more effectively and to derive meaning from the sensory experiences in which children take part. Repeated exposure to positive interactions and experiences builds stronger connections that can be maintained through life.