Cloud chart

We made this cloud chart about a week or two ago. It’s an extension of learning about the different types of clouds, through art and craft.

The objectives were:

- To give him practice on holding and using writing instruments (pencil, marker, colour pencils in this case) while making it fun

- To practice his handwriting. In this case I sneaked in double the amount of writing by having him write in pencil first, then trace with a marker. At that time, he still needed my hand to be touching his hand (for confidence I think), but he controlled most of the movement.

- To give him practice on other basic art and craft skills like illustrating things (mountains, sun, clouds), using a glue stick, colouring, placement of objects on a piece of cardboard relative to each other, etc

- To introduce the idea of labelling (often used in science)

- To introduce creativity/representation (use of cotton to represent clouds)

- To reinforce the names of the different types of clouds

- To maintain his interest in clouds

At his age, I wanted to make it as simple as possible, so only chose 4 types of clouds.

He enjoyed it and was proud when it was completed. Out of his own initiative, he searched for a suitable place to display it! There isn’t much space left in his room to display his works (I don’t allow it to be blu-tacked to the wall), so it’s currently on display in the dining area. : )