In this lesson kindergarten students used shapes to create "monsters". I began the lesson by reading the book Monster Math. We then brainstormed different ideas to create monsters. Students used one large shapes for their monsters body, and then added details such as eyes, teeth, leg etc. using more shapes. We painted the monsters using flourescent acrylic paints--- I instructed the kids to use only one color for their monsters body, and and many other colors as they wished for the details. A background was made on a seperate piece of paper. Students selected 3 colors of glitter paint--- the colors were painted across the whole page and scraped with a notched cardboard comb to create an interesting swirly effect. The monsters (and baby monsters if the child wished) we cut out and glued to the background.