Finger People

We did an activity called Finger People in class. This is a creative thinking activity. I read a set of directions and the children had to draw exactly what they heard. They could add other details after we were finished. This was an oral activity which also tested the children's listening skills. They used their privacy folders so that they would not be tempted to use other people's imagination and creativity. After we did the activity the kids were able to look at their classmate's work to see how they percieved the directions that were given.

Here was what the students heard:
The person on the left is smiling and wearing a hat.
The next person has very long straight hair and is wearing eyeglasses.
The third person is wearing a baseball hat. She is blowing a bubble that completely covers up the nose on her face.
The next person is wearing some very cool sunglasses.
The fifth person is laughing. A necklace she is wearing is made up of big and small beads.
The next person has eyebrows that go up. He is looking quite surprised, because a big bee has just landed on his rather large nose.
The seventh person is looking at the person with the bee on her nose. She looks surprised, too.
The eighth person is turned around, and all you can see is the back of her head.

The pictures were posted outside of our classroom for everyone to see. Here are a few examples of the work the students did.