For this activity, have the students trace their foot or shoe onto construction paper. Next give them all types of media; crayons, markers, paper, magazines, paint, ribbon, pictures, etc., to tell a story about their life. Explain to the students that the point is to use this to tell a story about themselves. On my foot I have nail polish because I love painting my nails; I made the biggest bottle of nail polish purple because that is my favorite color. I also included post-it notes because I have many different types and colors and use them all the time. On each post-it note is one of my favorite quotes because quotes mean a lot to me. I find new ones all the time and really use them as motivation. The picture is of my cousin Danny who inspires me every day in many different ways. I also included part of a Dr. Pepper Label because it is my favorite drink.
There are many extension activities that could go along with this project. You could have the children do a footprint for each person in their family and introduce themselves that way. You could also give the student a character in a book or a famous person in history and have them create a footprint of what that person's life was or is like. Another way would be to compare the students interests and make a bar graph to show the class how similar everyone really is.
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