Reflection Art
What is our theme?
Reflection, Art
What is the lesson (overall purpose)?
Students will use a variety of art tools to draw and reflect on a happy recent experience.
MA Guidelines/Standards:
SL.PK.4. Describe personal experiences; tell stories.
W.K.3. Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or experience, or several loosely linked events or experiences; sequence the narrative appropriately and provide a reaction to what it describes.
W.PK.2. Use a combination of dictating and drawing to supply information about a topic.
SEL7: The child will demonstrate the ability to communicate with others in a variety of ways.
Learning Outcomes:
Songs, Books & Videos (Motivational Techniques)
I often like to play gentle background music while kids are working on art projects.
Materials
Activity (Procedure):
Activity Wrap Up:
How do I know what my child is learning? (Assessment)
How can you extend this activity? (Modifications)
Encourage the conversation about their experience by asking good questions:
What is our theme?
Reflection, Art
What is the lesson (overall purpose)?
Students will use a variety of art tools to draw and reflect on a happy recent experience.
MA Guidelines/Standards:
SL.PK.4. Describe personal experiences; tell stories.
W.K.3. Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or experience, or several loosely linked events or experiences; sequence the narrative appropriately and provide a reaction to what it describes.
W.PK.2. Use a combination of dictating and drawing to supply information about a topic.
SEL7: The child will demonstrate the ability to communicate with others in a variety of ways.
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will recall and reflect on a recent experience.
- Students will draw their representation of this experience.
Songs, Books & Videos (Motivational Techniques)
I often like to play gentle background music while kids are working on art projects.
Materials
- Paper or cardboard
- Art tools: crayons, coloring pencils, paint and brush (if you so dare!)
Activity (Procedure):
- Ask your child to think about something they have done recently that made them happy.
- Ask them to share with you what they’re thinking about.
- Now ask them to draw it!
Activity Wrap Up:
- When they’re finished, look with awe at their drawing and ask your child “Tell me what’s happening here?”
- Write down their response. (either on their drawing or a seperate paper)
How do I know what my child is learning? (Assessment)
- Is my child able to recall a happy experience?
- Does my child go into detail about such experience or link it to other experiences?
- Does my child draw a representation of this experience?
How can you extend this activity? (Modifications)
Encourage the conversation about their experience by asking good questions:
- What happened when…?
- What happened before/after…?
- What did it look/feel/sound/taste/smell like?
- What did you use to make it?
- Why do you think…?
- What happened first, second, third, etc.?
- Is there anything that you would change? If so, why?
- Why is this important?
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