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This peacock craft can be used to teach a variety of skills.  You don't have to use all the thoughts for lessons... just choose the ones you're working on with your child.

There is a large version (3 templates) and a small version (1 template).  The large version is a better choice if you're trying to give the children practice with their scissor skills.

Materials:

• scissors,
• glue,
• printer,
• paper

Thoughts for Lessons:

SCISSOR SKILLS:

• This craft has lots of nice large shapes to cut out -- good scissor practice! 
• You can precut the template into separate pieces (roughly) to make it a bit easier for beginning crafters to cut out the pieces.

SHAPES:

• have the children make a pile of all the shapes.  Brainstorm items in the household that are the same shape (a plate is a circle, for example)

COLORS:

• verbally instruct the children on how to assemble the shapes using the colors of the shapes.  (ie:  Take the blue oval and glue it on the green oval.).

SIZES:

• show the children two shapes and ask -- is this one bigger, smaller or the same size as that one.

COUNTING:

• Count the shapes.
• Count the shapes, separating them into piles of each type of shape.
• More/Less -- are there more ovals or more triangles?  which shape has the most pieces?  which shape has the least pieces? (questions like that)

Assembly Directions: 

• Glue the small circle as a head on top of the larger body circle.

• Glue the circle eyes and blue triangle to the head.

• Glue the triangle beak below the eyes.

• Glue the medium sized oval wings onto the sides of the body.

• Glue the triangle feet onto the bottom of the body.

• Glue the large colorful oval feathers onto the back of the body.

Templates:

• Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
• Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).

Large Template 1     (color)   or   (B&W)

Large Template 2     (color)   or   (B&W)

Large Template 3     (color)   or   (B&W)

Small Template       (color)   or   (B&W)

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