The painting project presented in class was very engaging and fun! I loved the idea of having children draw an animal and giving them a simple pattern to complete the task. Many children who haven't had a lot of experience with drawing or painting could find this project overwhelming. However, the teachers showed step by step how to complete the basic outline and then let the student design the shell themselves. This part of the activity lets child be creative without being intimidated by the process. The final part of the project was to create the water effect using paint. I think students would really like using paint as it isn't used very often. AWESOME!
EXTENSION ACTIVITY:
I could use this in language arts as an extension project for a literature project. For example, while reading a book to the class, the children could be presented with the basic outline of an animal that is featured in the book. The students could predict what they think the animal looks like or use details from the text to paint the animals appearance.
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