One thing you can count on during
first day of school is
inevitable question of "What did you do over
summer?" Here are a few creative ways to describe your summer experiences for
first edition of Show and Tell.1. Flip Books Create a moving picture of your summer fun with a flip book. Start out with a Post-It pad or a pocket-sized spiral notebook. Draw
first picture on
last sheet of paper and work your way to
first page by changing
picture little by little. For instance, if you learned how to surf over
summer, you might start with a picture of you lying on a surfboard in calm waters. The next picture could show
waters growing a little choppier. The following drawings could be of you slowly turning, then standing on
board as
wave grows larger, and so on.
2. Summer Collage Illustrate your summer happenings with one of my favorite forms: collages. Simply use glue to cover a poster board or even several small postcard-sized papers with magazine cutouts, sections of road maps, photographs, movie and concert ticket stubs, restaurant menus, train schedules, and any other mementos from your summer.
3. Map It Instead of just telling
class where you went and what