African Grasslands Art Project Term Two Provocation The project was provoked by Emily’s show and share about her visit to her mother’s homeland, South Africa. Emily shared photos of the African animals she encountered during her visit. The children then wanted to learn more about these animals and where they lived. Curriculum During the educator’s discussion, Miss Mel offered her artistic abilities to draw the animals. Although, we do not normally use templates, we saw this as an opportunity for the children to develop their artistic/creative abilities and to work with an ‘artist in residence’ Whole Class Planning After the animals where drawn, the children worked together to work out and plan where each animal should go and what else they should add such as tree, waterfall and grass. “We should put the elephant next to the lion because he is big enough to fight the lion” suggested Taki. Small Groups The children worked in small groups to plan what colours to use and to paint the animals and their habitat. Enacting The children worked together towards the goal pf creating an art display for their parents/carers to visit, view and appreciate.
African Grasslands Art Project Term Two Provocation The project was provoked by Emily’s show and share about her visit to her mother’s homeland, South Africa. Emily shared photos of the African animals she encountered during her visit. The children then wanted to learn more about these animals and where they lived. Curriculum During the educator’s discussion, Miss Mel offered her artistic abilities to draw the animals. Although, we do not normally use templates, we saw this as an opportunity for the children to develop their artistic/creative abilities and to work with an ‘artist in residence’ Whole Class Planning After the animals where drawn, the children worked together to work out and plan where each animal should go and what else they should add such as tree, waterfall and grass. “We should put the elephant next to the lion because he is big enough to fight the lion” suggested Taki. Small Groups The children worked in small groups to plan what colours to use and to paint the animals and their habitat. Enacting The children worked together towards the goal pf creating an art display for their parents/carers to visit, view and appreciate.
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