Rainbow Fish Children express and represent what they observe, think, imagine, and feel through 2-dimensional, and 3-dimensional. Creative Arts: 40. Art
Materials: Scrap pieces of Construction Paper, Aluminum Foil, Glue, Scissors and Whole Pieces of Construction Paper
Age Group: 4-5 years old
Beginning: Show the book and ask what they think will happen, Read "Rainbow Fish" by Marcus Pfister.
Earlier: A variety of Fish shapes will already be cut for the students and glue will be put on for them.
Middle: Explain their Rainbow Fish doesn't have to mirror the one from the story. They will create their own Rainbow Fish using the scrapes for scales, and cutting their fish shape however they desire.
Later: Once the children have the fish created bring it to the circle, discuss the times they have been a good friend.
End: Hang the Fish around the classroom for the children to look at.
Follow-up Ideas: The children my get their fish down and use as their reading buddies when they're in the library. Also another activity is making other creatures from the story in the art area.
Painting to Music: Children express and represent what they observe, think, imagine, and feel through music. Creative Arts: 41. Music
Materials: Washable Paints, Paint Brushes, Sponges, Butcher Paper, and Variety of different paced Music
Age Group: 4-5 years old
Beginning: Relate to Music Movement and those feelings, play a few samples to recall.
Earlier: The students may finger paint while the music plays.
Middle: Using a variety of tools, fingers, fat brushes, fine brushes, and sponges the students may paint to the rhythm of the music.Going as fast or as slow as the music, switching colors as they feel flows with the music.
Later: The Students may paint a picture that they think the music is telling, rather than lines and shapes, an actual picture of what they think the music may be about.
End: The lesson ends once everything has been cleaned up and the students get to discuss what the feelings or colors that were happening throughout their painting. Hang up around the classroom.
Follow-up Ideas: The children can tell a story to the theme or background music. Also the children can make a book of different paint pages with different feelings for each page and put it in the library area to read or look at.
Name Game Children express and represent what they observe, think, imagine, and feel, thought movement. Creative Arts: 42. Movement
Materials: N/A
Age Group: 4-5 years old
Beginning: Teach the chant "Name game, Name game. What's your name and what's your fame?"
Earlier: Say the chant for the students, and they can act their fame.
Middle: Each student recites chant themselves, acts out their "fame" and other students have to guess what it is they are famous for.
Later: The children can act in groups of two or more.
End: The lesson ends once everyone has had a turn and the students are no longer interested.
Follow-up Ideas: The children can develop into an extended for of charades. Also the children gave segue into perform skits.