Activity objectives:
1. After folding the square paper in half, cut straight lines of the same length in the same direction at the closed end, and glue the two ends together to make a lantern.
2. While decorating the environment with lights and colors, you can feel the festive atmosphere of National Day and experience the fun of making things with your own hands.
Activity preparation:
Material preparation:
One piece of practice paper, two pieces of red handmade paper (one big and one small), one pair of scissors, A set of two pastes and rags, and a sample lantern
Experience preparation:
I learned to make simple paper flowers
I know that the National Day is coming; understand Chinese people like to hang red lanterns when celebrating festivals.
Activity process:
1. Show the lantern and observe and appreciate it with the children
1. Ask: What is this? What does it look like?
(Encourage children to use more complete sentences to describe the appearance of the example lantern, such as the lantern has a fat belly, etc.)
2. Discussion: Where have you seen lanterns? Why should you hang lanterns? ?
Guidance: Guide children to exchange their existing cognitive experiences about lanterns, and stimulate childrens interest in making lanterns for the National Day.
Summary: Every festive festival, we Chinese always like to hang up red lanterns to express our happy mood. Tomorrow is the National Day. Today we learn to make red lanterns together and happily celebrate the 60th birthday of our motherland.
2. Explore how to make lanterns and learn how to make lanterns
1. Look at sample lanterns and speculate on the production methods
Question: Do you know how to make this lantern? Come out?
(Focus on understanding the materials for making lanterns - red handmade paper, production tools - scissors, and general production methods - folding, cutting, and sticking)
2. Let the children demonstrate, observe, and explore the making methods of lanterns while discussing them
Teacher: Just now, you have speculated on many making methods. Let’s reveal the secrets together.
Key discussion: How is the "fat belly" of the lantern cut out? How to fold it? How many times to fold it?
(Individual children demonstrate. Fold the square handmade paper in half once to become Rectangle)
Which side should be cut? What line should be cut?
(Guide children to observe the scissors cutting straight lines upward from the closed part of the rectangle, that is, the "closed door")< /p>
What should you pay attention to when cutting?
(Explore the precautions when cutting through hands-on practice: Don’t cutbottom, otherwise it will be cut; also pay attention to the consistent spacing between the lines, so that the lantern will be more beautiful)
Question: The "fat belly" of the lantern has been cut out, what should we do? How to stick it to become a lantern?
(Roll the fat belly into a cylinder, glue the two ends together with glue, and a lantern will appear)
Summary: Summarize the steps of making lanterns and related precautions with children.
3. Children make their own and experience the fun of making
1. Teacher: Next, we will make beautiful lanterns with our own hands
2. Teacher Introduce the materials produced
3. Teacher’s tour guidance
⑴Remind individual children not to cut the wrong edge, don’t cut it, and don’t glue the wrong edge
⑵Pay attention to the use Safety of scissors, and art practices (use good paste, wipe hands with rag, throw garbage into small basket, etc.)
⑶ Timely guidance for individual children with difficulties
Summary: Let’s decorate the classroom with lanterns to celebrate National Day
4. Let’s decorate the classroom with lanterns and feel the festive atmosphere of National Day
Teachers and children will hang up the lanterns and decorate the classroom together.
