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Take the lid off of a shoe box and turn it upside down. Place it on a table that has been covered with newspaper. Paint the inside of the box blue to represent a pond. Wait for the paint to dry. Now get out some green paint and add a few lily pads on top of the water. Lily pads are basically circles with a thin triangle cut out of the top. You can use the image above to see what a lily pad looks like. Wait for the lily pads to dry and you have yourself a pond habitat.
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Cut out lily pads from white pieces of cardstock. Have the children each write their own names on the lily pads with a permanent marker. Then have them color the lily pad with green crayons.
Laminate the lily pads for the children, either by using a laminating machine or by pressing the lily pad between two pieces of clear contact paper. The children can then use these lily pads to play games--for example, musical lily pads. Place the lily pads around the floor. Then play some music and when it stops, the children have to find their lily pads and sit on them. The last child to find her lily pad is out. Do this until only one child is left standing. - Cut out a lily pad from green construction paper. Cut a pile of one-in. squares from different shades of green tissue paper. Have the children glue these squares to the lily pad until it is covered. If there are more than two children in your group, write each child's name under her lily pad.
