Whoever You Are

Have you read the book "Whoever You Are" by Mem Fox?  It is a wonderful story about how even though children don't all look the same, they are all the same in the inside.  All over the world.  It is an inspirational book for children.

The children at our school enjoyed it so much, we decided to make a mural.  Now we can look up on the wall and remember we are all the same and we ALL have feelings.

We used a ceiling tile for our mural.  First we glued pieces of tissue paper all over except where we were going to paint our world.

 Then we began painting the world.  The children really liked this part!  We have parts on our world that no one has ever seen before!

I painted a bronze border around the entire tile.  Then we glitter glued sequins around it.  I took pictures of the children in our class and we glued them around our world.  The last thing we needed to add was a sun and a moon.  Now we have a fantastic permanent piece of art hanging in our math and science area.  It reminds us that we all have feelings.  That is a good reason to be kind to one another.

The children picked and glued where they wanted to be.

I admit, the sun and the moon were an after thought.  Our picture just didn't look right, so I referred back to the book.  Oh!  A sun

Alvin 04-5680 Crayola Ultimate Art Supplies Kit (Google Affiliate Ad)

This project took us several days.  We practiced cooperation and thoughtful respect.  I am looking forward to the next project that is so meaningful to our families and preschoolers!!

http://www.amazon.com/Whoever-You-Reading-Rainbow-Books/dp/0152060308/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1357253226&sr=8-1&keywords=who+ever+you+are