Home Hot Topics Articles About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading ECN Radio NEWSlink How to Get a School Grant Movement, Play and Physical Activity for Children Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Subscribe today to our monthly newsletter!   ACTIVITY Marble Painting Spider Webs By Julie Joy Students create designs that resemble a web, and compare these to the structure of real webs. Before You Start Have nonfiction books available that show pictures of spiders and their webs. Suggestions include Inside and Outside Spiders by Sandra Markle and Spiders Spin Webs by Yvonne Winer. Let's Begin 1. Have the students place their paper inside the container, such as a box lid or dishtub. 2. Drip a puddle of white paint into the center of the paper. Add a marble. 3. Show the students how to tip their container to guide the marble through the paint and around the paper, leaving a trail. Try to create a spider like web with the motion. 4. Compare the finished webs to the designs and patterns of real webs. Note the differences and similarities. Furthermore Create a group spider web by forming a circle. Using a ball of yarn pass it between children as it unravels, weaving a disorganized web among the students.   Tweet Dark colored construction paper White paint Shallow containers Marbles Articles and activities listed on this website may be printed for single use. No article or activity may be duplicated or distributed in any form, in whole or in part, without permission from the publisher, Excelligence Learning Corporation. Contact Permissions Department.

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