Assignment 1.1Art Activity

By:Teresa Puga

ECD 436 Biblical Perspectives

CD 52 Lemoore Center Lupe Banales

Fresno Pacific University

Art Activity

Title of Activity:

My Flower Garden

Standards:Social-Emotional DevelopmentSelf1.0 Self Awareness1.1 Compares the characteristics with those of others and display a growing awareness of

their psychological characteristics such as thoughts and feelings.Social Interactions2.0 Interactions with Peers2.1 More actively and intentionally cooperate with each other3.0 Group participation3.1 Participate positively and cooperatively as group members

Language and LiteracyListening and Speaking1.0 Language use and Conventions 1.1Use of language to communicate with others in both familiar and unfamiliar social situations for a variety of basic and advanced purposes, including reasoning, predicting, problem solving, and seeking new information

English Language DevelopmentListening1.0 Children listen with understanding1.2 Follow directions that involve one- or two- step sequence relying less on contextual

cuesSpeaking 1.0 Children use nonverbal and verbal strategies to communicate with others 1.1 Shows increasing reliance on verbal communication in English to be understood by othersGroup/Age:

Group of 4 to 5 children/ 2 years to 7 years

Materials List:

Large pieces of white paper

Paint (spring colors)

Paintbrushes

Empty plastic bottles

Sponges

Tissue paper

Paper plates

Procedure:

1. Children will be instructed they will be making their own flower garden within

groups.

2. Discuss how all flowers in a garden are different like us and will be creating our own

unique flowers.

3. Children will form groups of 4 to 5 children

4. Each group will have a large piece of paper with several different tools to create a

flower garden

5. Each group will also have several spring colors of paint to chose from on a paper

plate

6. Children will chose some tools and begin to create their flowers however they choose

7. When complete lay to dry and discuss some of the different flowers that we created

Outcomes:

Children may use some tissue paper to create a textured or 3-d picture if they chose.

Children will experience the use of different tools to paint and the freedom to create

unique flowers of their choice. Children will also come to recognize the differences in all

things and themselves and the beauty in being different.