First, we made letters. Well, the kids didn't use tape for this one; I did. I made letters on the floor. They used lids and blocks to outline the letters.
However, I could have given tape to the kids and they could have created the letters first. Hmm. May need to do that next time.
Next, we used tape to create a poster. I had printed a featured word on paper. They decorated around, on, and over it.
My kids love to use scissors, so this activity was a bonus. We used tape AND scissors. I enjoyed seeing how each child would approach the task and use the materials in his own way...with his own ideas.
Then, we did our all-time favorite use of tape - we made roads for our cars. This time the road system went from the carpet to the tiled area of our room. We even had water and lava created, dangerous roads certainly.
A discussion broke out when one boy was using the tape to create the sides of the road ("Drive between the tape") and another one was using the tape for the roads ("Drive on the tape"). The difference was worked out and cars traveled around safely.
We love tape. It's one of our favorite things. We use it all the time. Sometimes we pull it out and use it in unplanned ways.
Here are some other ways tape has been used in my classroom---
Do you have new ideas for us?
