White glue (lots of it) 白胶
Food colouring or liquid water colours 食用色素或水彩颜料
Toothpicks 牙签
Plastic lids (lids from yoghurt tubs, milk powder cans etc) 塑料盖(例如:优格/奶粉罐头盖子等)
Hole puncher 打孔机
String 线
1. Support your child to pour glue on the lids, enough to cover the lid.
鼓励孩子将白胶倒在塑料盖上,确保白胶覆盖住盖子。
2. Encourage your child to drop food colouring or liquid water colours into the glue. Bringing attention to colours that are available.
鼓励您的孩子把食用色素或水彩颜料滴在盖子上,引导幼儿注意观察所用的颜色。
3. Support your child to use the toothpick to move the colours around.
帮助您的孩子用牙签搅动颜料来设计图案。
4. Let it dry.
自然晾干。
5. Once dry, peel the suncatcher from the lid and punch a hole. Tie a string and hang near a window! 白胶干了后,将太阳捕手从盖子上剥下来再打一个洞。用线串起来就可以挂在窗口!
Make a few more in the favourite colours of family members and hang them by the window.
根据家庭成员所喜欢的颜色来制作几个太阳捕手,然后挂在窗口。
Twigs picked up from a nature walk 户外散步时捡到的小树枝
Paint (poster/acrylic)颜料(水彩/丙烯)
Paint brushes 画笔
Yarn 纱线
1. Go for a nature walk.
和您的孩子去户外散步。
2. Pick up some twigs. You can talk to your children about picking up long and short ones, fat and thin ones.
让您的孩子捡几根小树枝。您可以和孩子说让他们捡起长、短、 肥或瘦的树枝。
3. Sanitise the twigs.
将小树枝消毒。
4. Let it air.
让小树枝自然晾干。
5. Start inviting your child to add paint to it, identifying the different colours.
邀请您的孩子将颜料涂在小树枝上,并分辨不同的颜色。
6. Allow it to dry.
自然晾干。
Use yarn to wrap around the areas which have no colours.
没有涂到颜料的地方可以用纱线来缠绕树枝。
You can hang little trinkets of items off the tree as well.
您也可以将一些小挂饰挂在树枝上。
Or create a hanging mobile.
或者是制作一件挂饰。
Different materials picked up on a nature walk. 户外散步时捡到的不同材料
Sticks – If you cannot find sticks, disposable chopsticks work as well. 细树枝。如果捡不到,可以用一次性筷子。
Tape/twine though tape seems to work better in this in this case. 胶带/麻线 (胶带会比较好用)
Paint 颜料
Paper 纸
1. Go for a nature walk with a basket.
带着篮子去户外散步。
2. Encourage your child to pick up interesting flowers, leaves, twigs. *Remember! Do not pluck them from the plant or tree!
鼓励孩子捡起有趣的小物件,像是花,叶子,树枝等等。切记,不要直接从花草树木上摘。
3. Bring it home and get started on making your own nature brushes! Use tape or twine to stick the materials on a stick or disposable chopsticks.
将材料带回家,开始制作你自己的自然画笔吧!用胶带将不同的物件粘在在细树枝或一次性筷子上。
Start painting with the brushes or use the materials picked up to paint.
开始用自然画笔或捡回来的材料作画。
Different materials picked up on a nature walk. 户外散步时捡到的不同材料
Different containers 不同形状和大小的容器
Water 水
1. Start placing the natural materials in chosen containers .
让孩子选择一些自然的材料,放入指定的容器里。
2. Fill with water.
将容器倒满水。
3. Pop into the freezer for next day!
将容器放进冰箱。明天的活动就可以使用制作好的大自然冰块啦!
Nature ice blocks 大自然冰块
Tray 托盘
Spray bottles filled with water/ brushes 装满水的喷雾瓶/刷子
Bowl 碗
1. Remove nature ice blocks from freezer onto a tray. Encourage your child to talk about the changes in he/she sees.
从冰箱里取出大自然冰块,放在托盘上。 鼓励孩子说出所看到的变化。
2. Use a spray bottle and brushes to retrieve the natural materials and place them in a bowl.
在冰块上刷上水或用喷雾瓶喷水,让冰块融化后将材料一点一点的取出来,放在碗里。