1. Encourage each child to decorate a coffee filter with markers. 2. Assist the children in punching four or five evenly spaced holes around the edges of their filters ("parachute"). 3. Encourage each child to draw a small person or animal on a small piece of scrap paper and cut it out. While they work on their figures, begin tying string through the holes in the coffee filters (to save time later). Each piece of string should be at least 1' long. 480 The GIANT Encyclopedia of Learning Center Activities Space 4. Help the children use a small amount of tape to attach four or five equal lengths of string onto their person or animal. 5. After the "riders" are attached to the "parachutes," find a high place in the room to launch the parachutes!
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