Form: Model Magic Birds

This lesson is a good example of thinking about what you need to teach, how long you can spend on the lesson, and what supplies you have on hand! I needed a quick lesson on form for kindergarten so we whipped these silly little birds up. Before we sat down, we talked about shapes(2D) vs. forms(3D). We looked at some images to help with recognizing and naming different shapes & forms. While I passed out the model magic, students were challenged to make different forms as soon as they got thiers- cubes, cones, cylinders & spheres. Once all students had their model magic, we practiced our clay vocabulary and rolled a coil. Then, we used a little washable marker to create the swirled colors on the body of the bird. Twistees make the legs, pipe cleaners for the neck and head, and colorful feathers, well, for the feathers. Little hot glue and we were good to go. Kindergartners LOVED these little guys.