Clay Necklaces

This week in class, we had teacher candidate group presentations. For our first lesson, we were in a 1st grade setting and we created necklaces out of clay. We were given a ball of clay to learn how to knead the clay and create bead- like pieces by rolling it around a small skewer to have an opening to put the beads on yarn for the necklace. The teacher candidates instructed us to have at least 5 beads on the necklace, 3 colors painted on the beads, and some type of design created on the bead necklace.

As an extension activity, students would be able to work on geometric shapes and colors in a mathematics class. Instead of creating a necklace, students will make the different shapes they are learning about with several pieces of clay. Once the clay has dried, the students will color each shape differently, keeping in mind the colors they have been working with in other lessons.

Here is a photo of my bead necklace: