Two books by Todd Parr: "It's OK to be Different" and "Be Who You Are" (Todd Parr website) are fabulous to explore the theme of diversity with young children. The illustrations are simple and bright, and lend themselves to this activity where Prep students choose different coloured faces, hair style and accessory to make a … Continue reading Todd Parr inspired portraits~Prep
Preps have been learning about 'diversity' and that differences should not only be respected but celebrated! We shared the book "The Mixed Up Chameleon" by Eric Carle where the chameleon wanted to be like other animals but after becoming like each one and getting mixed up, decided it was actually great being himself after all. … Continue reading Colour Change Chameleons~ Prep
https://videopress.com/v/uANCaKkX?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true While exploring the theme of the brain in Art lessons, I saw an activity to make a 'brain hat' by printing, cutting & folding a template, but wanted something more 'arty' so using the right side of my brain- (known as the creative artistic side!) I came up with the idea to make a … Continue reading Brain Hats~Creative / Logical side – Year 5
During our "Brain" themed art lessons, we looked at the art of David Shillinglaw from the UK. He is known for his drawings, paintings and sculpture that responds to planet Earth, the cosmos, nature, landscape, & humans in the universe. He had an exhibition in Spain in March 2022 entitled COSMOS which included a number … Continue reading Clay Heads ~ Year 6
Year 3/4 have been learning about different biomes in their classroom, and in art lessons we have been making artworks about various biomes too. These artworks are focusing on aquatic biomes, specifically coral reefs. For inspiration we looked at the illustrations in the book, 'Hidden in the Sea' by Peggy Nille, and the art of … Continue reading Coral Reef Biome ~ Year 3-4 art lesson
Year 3/4 project looking at Australian animal habitats and biome of temperate forests where koalas, possums, sugar gliders, quolls etc. live. Students viewed and discussed artworks by a local wildlife artist and then chose an animal (I had plenty of print out image photos to choose from - mostly koalas) and sketching it large on … Continue reading Australian bush animals~ Yr 3/4 mixed media art lesson
This lesson is part of a series of lessons around the theme of 'BIOMES'- (geographical area consisting of a biological community formed in response to the regional climate), this one being a GRASSLAND BIOME. There are many examples of African animal / savanna sunset silhouettes in stock photos and art, and was perfect for Year … Continue reading African Savanna Animal Silhouettes ~ Year 3-4 art lesson
I did this project with Year 3/4, but would be really great do with Year 5/6 (11-12 year olds). Firstly, students viewed and analysed different types of landscapes by Australian artists, including Streeton, Drysdale, McCubbin, Namitjira, and Nolan. Students began this project by choosing an Australian landscape type they wanted to depict. We sorted photos … Continue reading Mixed Media Landscapes ~ Yr 3-6
The theme of 'change' is a perennial one in primary school, and for Prep students, caterpillars to butterflies along with Eric Carle's 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' is a wonderful inspiration for art lessons. Last year's Preps made painted paper caterpillar & butterfly collages which were amazing. This year in the classroom they were looking more … Continue reading Hungry Caterpillars & Beautiful butterflies ~ Prep art lesson
Autumn is a wonderful time to do lessons on the concept of change. I collected lots of fallen leaves for the students to look at to talk about the colours, shape, lines and texture- a lesson on art elements in one leaf! For this activity we collected Plane Tree leaves (there is a Plane Tree … Continue reading Autumn Leaf Rubbings & Prints with Year 1&2
