Part A: Lesson Plans ECE 103

NAME: Cayla Sandlin

ACTIVITY NAME: sculpt a snowman out of dough

AGE RANGE: 3 years # OF CH.: 1 DURATION: 10-15 minutes

ACTIVITY TYPE: Art # 1

DEVELOPMENTAL AREAS:

_____ Social _____Emotional __x__ Cognitive

__x__ Physical __x__ Language __x__Creative

GOAL:
The child will be able to develop physical skills by using gross motor and fine
motor movements.
The child will be able to develop receptive, expressive, and vocabulary
language skills by listening to the teachers instructions and communicating with
the teacher.
The child will be able to develop cognitively as he/she is thinking, learning, and
understanding the shapes needed to create a snowman.
The child will develop creative skills as they are using their imagination to sculpt
a snowman as he/she sees it.



BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVE:

The child will be able to mold dough into spherical shapes and stack them
accordingly to create a snowman.




FOUNDATIONS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN:
Visual Arts Foundation 2- Fine Arts: FA. 1.54 Paints with Fingers, Draws with
Crayons, and Mold with Dough, p. 215. Fine Arts: FA.1.55 Show individuality in
artwork, p. 215 Fine Arts: FA. 1.68 Progress in Ability to Create Drawings, Models,
and Other Art Creations that are More Detailed, Creative, or Realistic, p. 217.



MATERIALS:
Play Dough
Paper plate (for efficient mobility to display area)
Cleaning spray (for cleaning dough residue off the table after sculpting)
Paper towels (for wiping cleaning spray off table)

Part B Lesson Plans ECE 103

PROCEDURES:
Gather supplies: play dough of any color, cleaning spray, paper towels
Gather children into art area. Allow children to sit at a table.
Read a book about a snowman
Ask children to recall what a snowman looks like (i.e. what shapes are
used to build a snowman)
Pass out a paper plate to each child.
Distribute enough dough for each child to sculpt their own little snowman.
Instruct children to use their imagination to create their own little
snowman.
Instruct children to place their little snowman creation on top of their
paper plate.
Notice how children roll and mold their dough into balls for the snowmans
body.
Notice how children stack the balls on top of each other to create the
snowman they visualize.
Encourage children to give their little snowman eyes, a nose, buttons,
arms, legs, anything!
Allow children to talk about their snowman with peers and/or teacher.


HINT:
Some children might get discouraged. Motivate them to try again!



OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS:
How can you create spherical shapes (balls) to create your snowman?
How did make the balls stay on top of each other? Did you use pressure?
How can you make your snowman different than an average snowman?


VARIATIONS:
Children can create a snowman sculpture out of moon sand or even mud.


WHERE TO GO FROM HERE:
If children could create a snowman, allow them to add details to their
snowman.
Perhaps the child can draw a snowman.


- What will you do for the children who did not understand the
concept? How will you help them grasp the concept at this basic
level? Are they missing any skills?

For the students who could not grasp the concept of this task, perhaps
I could model for them how to roll dough into spherical shapes. If that
motor skill is too advanced for them, then I could roll the balls out for
the child and allow him/her to stack the balls to create a snowman
that they visualize.
Part A: Lesson Plans ECE 103

YOUR NAME: Cayla Sandlin

ACTIVITY NAME: collage of interests

TARGET AGE: preschool # OF CH.: 1 DURATION: 20-25 minutes

ACTIVITY TYPE: Art # 2

DEVELOPMENTAL AREAS:

_____ Social __x__Emotional __x__ Cognitive

__x__ Physical __x__ Language __x__Creative

GOAL:
The child will develop physical skills by use fine and gross motor skills by cutting
out pictures and gluing pictures to surface.
The child will develop emotional skills by selecting photos that represent his or
herself.
The child will be able to develop receptive, expressive, and vocabulary
language skills by listening to the teachers instructions and by describing his/her
collage with the teacher.
The child will develop cognitive skills as he/she learns about his/herself in
creating a collage of their interests.
The child will develop creative skills by arranging and organizing pictures onto a
surface.



BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVE:
The child will be able to select pictures from a magazine, cut them out, and
paste them to a surface.



FOUNDATIONS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN:
Visual Arts Foundations 2-Fine Arts: FA.1.69 Use a Variety of Materials (e.g.,
Crayons, Paint, Clay, Markers) to Create Original Work, p.217. Fine Arts: FA.1.55
Show individuality in artwork, p. 215 Precision Hand Skills Foundations 2-Precision:
P. 5.5 Use objects as tools.



MATERIALS:
an array of kid-friendly magazines (most include lots of pictures)
scissors
glue
construction paper or cardstock for gluing pictures onto
wet wipes for glue on fingers
cleaning spray (to clean glue off desks)
paper towel (to wipe cleaning spray off)
trash can/recycle bin for paper scraps


Part B Lesson Plans ECE 103

PROCEDURES:
Gather all supplies needed: magazines, glue, scissors, construction
paper or cardstock, wet wipe, cleaning spray, paper towels, trash
can/recycle bin
Gather students into an area where they can all be seated at a
table or desk.
Allow children to choose a color of construction paper or cardstock
as this collage represents what they like. Maybe there is a picture of
Twinkies and a child really likes Twinkies. They would cut that picture
out and glue it to their construction paper/cardstock.
Pass out glue. Reminded students that they dont need very much
glue. Just a dot; not a lot!
Pass out scissors. Discuss scissor safety.
Allow children to cut out photos from magazines of things that they
like.
Allow children to move from desk to desk to get a new magazine.
Have students help clean up by placing their collage on a drying
rack or in the drying area.
If any glue residue is left over on the desks/table, use cleaning spray
and paper towels.
Allow students to wipe glue off their hands with a wet wipe.
Have students help clean up paper scraps.




HINT:
Keep wet wipes handy incase children get frustrated or distracted with glue on
their fingers.



OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS:
What sports do you love?
What foods do you like?
Can you cut this picture into a different shape?


VARIATIONS:
If cutting and gluing pictures of what they like is easy for them, allow students to
draw a collage pictures of what they like. Another variation could be, instead
of gluing pictures of their likes onto construction paper or cardstock, they could
string pictures to a clothes hanger to create a collage on a mobile.


WHERE TO GO FROM HERE
- What will you do to help the children who understood the concept
move to the next more challenging level of thinking for this
concept/skill?
For children who understand this concept, I could prepare an activity
where children have to create a collage of interests for a classmate or
family member. Or, later down the road as children learn to research,
they could create a collage about a famous person including pictures
of the famous person, a picture of awards or things that have made
him/her famous, etc.


- What will you do for the children who did not understand the
concept? How will you help them grasp the concept at this basic
level? Are they missing any skills?
For children that did not grasp the concept of creating a collage
about what they like, I would sit with them and ask them questions
about what foods they like, sports they might play, toys they love,
things like that. Some children might need a little more guidance or
explanation than others. If they are missing a skill that is required for this
lesson, like cutting, the teacher could help them by drawing lines for
them to follow when they cut. If they need more hands-on assistance
with cutting, the teacher can offer help.