Materials List:
– Different colored construction paper (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple)
– Scissors
– Marker

Preschool Learning Objectives:
– Develop fine motor skills through cutting and tracing
– Learn about colors and patterns
– Practice teamwork and cooperation
– Enhance social skills through working together on a group project

Preschool Teacher Instructions:
1. Start by discussing the concept of friendship and teamwork with the children. Talk about how friends can work together to create something beautiful, just like a rainbow.
2. Have each child choose a color of construction paper and trace their hand on it. Help the children with the tracing and cutting if needed.
3. Encourage the children to work together to arrange the hand prints in the shape of a rainbow on a wall or a large piece of chart paper.
4. Once the rainbow is assembled, discuss the different colors and have the children talk about what they have created together.
5. Display the friendship rainbow in the classroom for all to see and admire.

Teacher Tips for Differentiated Instruction:
– Provide extra support for children who may have difficulty tracing or cutting by offering pre-traced hand shapes or guiding their hands during cutting.
– Encourage advanced students to create patterns with their hand prints or write their names on their hand shapes before adding them to the rainbow.

Assessment:
– Observe the children’s ability to work together as a team and cooperate on the project.
– Evaluate each child’s fine motor skills through their tracing and cutting abilities.
– Encourage the children to talk about their contributions to the rainbow and how they were able to work together with their friends.