Suggested Grades

K-3

Objective

Students will examine patterns on objects in nature, then use rubbings of these patterns to create pattern booklets.

Materials

• natural objects that have texture
  • walnuts, leaves, gourds, rocks, shells, corn, pine cones, etc.
• paper for booklet pages
• pencils, crayons, chalk (for rubbing)

Method

• Explain how rubbings can be a way to record textures.
• Demonstrate how to do a rubbing (place paper on item, use pencil, crayon, or chalk to color the area that the item is under).
• Show all the items that you came up with that have textures.
• Have children do rubbings of items provided, or of items found on their own.
• Ask children to make a title page for booklet.
• Staple all the rubbings as well as the title page together to form a booklet.