Posted by Sarah in Homeschooling on May 11, 2010 As part of the
unit on Australian Aboriginal art and culture we decided to have
ago at cave painting, well rock painting to be precise. We used
the dot painting technique that was originally used in
impermanent sand art works. These were used to tell the story of
their land to the younger generations. The images formed a
language realised through art used to assist story based
learning. Lani’s Dreaming inspired Lizard Lilly’s Dreaming
inspired Kangaroo. While they were painting I read this book:
Which is a gorgeous book that made me want to jump onto a plane
straight away and fly off to Arnhem land.