let's go fly a kite

After a two week Spring Break, we are easing into the Easter madness with Spring kites.

Today we made a kite glyph.  I love glyphs.  I tell the kids that we are putting a secret code into our work.   The kids think they are doing a fun craft, but I know that they are doing math  (and today, some language arts skills).

First the kidlets had to choose a kite colour, trace a kite from a cardboard tracer and cut it out.

The first part of our gylph was adding black stripes

 -  the same number of black stripes as letters in their name.

(there are some kidlets with long names!)

Next up was dots 

- the same number of dots as syllables in their names.

Then they added a tail and bows

- the same number of bows as vowels in their names. 

The kites add a bit of Spring colour to our classroom.

What new spring art are you creating?