Materials
long expanse of sidewalksidewalk chalk
Instructions
1. Ahead of time, plan the sidewalk sets and numerals.
2. Ask the children to think of items to draw on the sidewalk for each numeral 1through 10.
3. On a sunny day, go out to the sidewalk to start the project.
4. Divide the children into 11 groups. Depending on the size of your class, theirmay only be one child in some or all of the "groups."5. Give them the numeral they are to work on, and ask them to draw a bignumeral on the sidewalk with the chalk.
6. Next, ask them to draw the items previously discussed in the classroom,making sure they are drawing the right number of items to match thenumeral.
7. When the sidewalk mural is completed, invite other classes outside to see it.
8. At the end of the day, provide water and wide paintbrushes to washeverything away.
