Turtles from paper plates

Children make turtles out of plates, decorating the shells with patterns, and race at a turtle's pace.

Steps

1. Conversation: how turtles live, why they walk slowly and have a shell.
2. Children paint a paper plate in squares like a shell.
3. They glue on a head, paws, and tail from green paper.
4. Turtle race: who can cross the room the slowest, without stopping.
5. Game of hiding in the shell on a signal.

Tip: The slowest race perfectly calms the group down after an active game.

Materials needed

• Paper plates (1 per child)
• Poster paints (1 set per group)