Materials
White construction paper
Chalk, markers, or crayons
Instructions
1. Show the children how to fold their paper in half from top to bottom, then fold again, top tobottom. Next, ask them to fold the paper in half from side to side, then side to side once more.
2. Have them unfold their paper and count 16 rectangles within the folds.
3. Invite the children to color all of the rectangles with chalk, markers, or crayons. Encourage themto vary the colors of the rectangles, or even create a pattern by repeating colors.More to doMath: Practice patterns with cards and blocks that depict different shapes.More art: Assemble the children's papers into a class quilt. Glue a photo of each child on theirpaper. Cut out pictures of food with different shapes, then assemble the pictures in a collage orfood pyramid.
