![]() ![]() Just engage the kids.no serious, perfect fish here. Draw a normal body with a huge fin that curls and swirls, or a large mouth with gigantic teeth or a tail that spits fire. My strategy with demonstrating the drawing here is to be lose and fun. The trick is to make the kids believe that they can draw this fish so that means, you need to practice. Girls love it, boys love it (especially if you describe the project appropriately!) Glitter Fish is a dynamic lesson that involves drawing, painting and fun. This next project is a perpetual crowd pleaser. Supplies: 12" x 18" blue construction paper, scraps of browns, whites, grays and black paper for the owl, bits of green, orange or yellow paper for the eyes and beak, glue sticks and scissors, black, yellow and white oil pastel for drawing the outline. Same sequence of steps, but just before gluing the pieces of paper, paint the background with tempera paint. When I do this lesson again, that's what I'm going to do. You might want to paint the background with a cool night scene (if that's the case, you don't need blue paper). You can vary this lesson up a bit as well. It's really an important part of the lesson (judging whether a piece is too large or too small, not worrying if a piece doesn't fit, etc.) But be careful, don't tear all the pieces. Because this lesson involves much tearing and because some kids have stronger fingers than others, it might be helpful to pre-tear a bunch of paper while watching Lost the night before. Moving onto another medium, Torn Paper Owls is a fun, calming lesson for those rainy October days. Take a look at my Eric Carle Inspired Art Lessons PDF which features the Seahorse lesson plan plus templates for more Eric Carle inspired lessons (including mermaid templates).Īnother option: Eric Carle Inspired Barns and Farms ![]() The book Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle is the perfect accompaniment for this art lesson so if you can borrow it form the library, please do. My favorite subject for second grade are Seahorses and Mermaids. I like doing this project early in the year so you'll have lots of left-over painted paper for other projects later on. Just like first grade, now is the time to get messy and break out the paints for an Eric Carle inspired art project. Supplies: 12" x 18" white drawing paper, black oil pastel, dime sized dab of red/yellow/blue paint on a paper plate for each student, brushes and water containers. Instead of scarecrows, here is another lesson that uses the very same technique: You'll notice a huge disparity in the amount of time it takes for the children to paint, so keep up the pace by encouraging the kids to add water to their brushes, not to worry about going outside the lines and by offering tons of praise (especially when they go outside the line, i.e "What expressive lines!"You get the idea.) My Color Wheel Scarecrows teach drawing, painting and color mixing skills plus it looks fantastic displayed on the walls. Because it's Autumn, scarecrows tend to be a favorite subject of mine. Supplies: 12" x 18" White drawing paper, Crayola broad tip markers in a variety of colors, black markerĪfter two classes of coloring flowers, the kids will be ready to paint. Whatever it takes to get pen down on paper. Triangles with circles attached or squares with triangles inside. If someone refuses to draw flowers (and yes, there will be a few) have them draw wacky shapes. Practice a bit yourself so you can teach the kids some cool ways to draw flowers. My Connected Flower Line Drawing may seem dainty for the boys in the room, but believe me, they like it. So here are my favorite lessons to inspire the angels and intrigue the rest.Īs always, you'll find a list of basic supplies and an optional list of supplies in the left sidebar (scroll down).īy now, you know how I like to begin the year, but with second graders, I like to jazz it up a bit. The latter group is certainly the challenge, but as you can all attest to, taming a willful child with art is the best feeling there is. I've had classes full of gentle, respectful second graders and then classes full of little pistols. On one hand, they're easy to please, but on the other, this is the age where you begin to see a certain rowdiness from a certain gender of second graders. Second graders hover between adorable and volatile. ![]()
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