Vocabulary
collage
layer
overlap
Materials
Different papers in interesting textures and colors, nontoxic glue sticks, 9 x 12” black construction paper (to mount final work)
Extension Activities for Teachers
- Invite students on a scavenger hunt around classroom/home to find other overlapping shapes. Invite students to make a different type of collage.
Extension Activities for Families
- Think about things that overlap at home. Look at plates on your table, rugs on your floors, toys on your rug.
- Use old magazines and newspapers to cut or tear out images to make a collage as a family. What would a collage of only words look like?
Related Books
Brocket, Jane. Ruby, Violet, Lime: Looking for Color. Millbrook, 2012. [ISBN 978-0-7613-4612-8]
Ehlert, Lois. Color Farm. Lippincott, 1990. [ISBN 978-0-397-32441-5]
Ehlert, Lois. Color Zoo. HarperCollins, 1989. [ISBN 978-0-397-32259-6]
Hoban, Tana. Colors Everywhere. HarperCollins/Greenwillow, 1995. [ISBN 978-0-688-12762-6]
Hoban, Tana. Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue?: An Adventure in Color. HarperCollins/Greenwillow, 1978. [ISBN 978-0-688-80171-7]
Hoban, Tana. Of Colors and Things. HarperCollins/Mulberry, 1996, 1989. [ISBN 978-1-41316-654-5]
Hoban, Tana. Shapes, Shapes Shapes. HarperCollins/Greenwillow, 1986. [ISBN 978-0-688-05832-6]
Houblon, Marie. A World of Colors: Seeing Colors in a New Way. National Geographic, 2009. [ISBN 978-1-42630-556-6]
Lionni, Leo. Let’s Make Rabbits: A Fable. Random/Dragonfly, 1982. [ISBN 978-0-679-84019-0]
Luxbacher, Irene. 1 2 3 I Can Collage! Kids Can Press, 2009. [ISBN 978-1-55453-313-8]
Micklethwait, Lucy. I Spy Shapes in Art. HarperCollins/Greenwillow, 2004. [ISBN 978-0-06-073193-9]
Royston, Angela. Color. Heinemann Library, 2008. [ISBN 978-1-43291-432-5]
Shahan, Sherry. Spicy Hot Colors=Colores Picantes. Illustrated by Paula Barragan. AugustHouse, 2007, 2004. [ISBN 978-0-329-68420-4]
Thomas, Isabel. Making Collage. Heinemann Library, 2005. [ISBN 978-1-40346-922-9]
Walsh, Ellen Stoll. Mouse Paint. Harcourt, 1989. [ISBN 978-0-15-256025-6]
Walsh, Ellen Stoll. Mouse Shapes. Harcourt, 2007. [ISBN 978-0-15-206091-6]
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