Ask whether the swan is living or non-living. Tell them that animals and people are a part of nature. Recommended Book Hoban, Tana. Spirals, Curves, Fanshapes and Lines . Greenwillow Books, 1992.
Photographs help reinforce concepts of spirals, curves, fanshapes, and lines.
Activity Give each child a piece of paper and either a broad, soft pencil for drawing or a black marker. Next, take the pencil or marker, and draw around the outside of your hand with fingers slightly spread. Try to do it in one long, curved line without lifting your marker at all. Have the children look at what they have drawn on the paper. If time permits, have the children take a fresh piece of paper and with the same marker or pencil, make a drawing or design without lifting the marker off the paper at all.