K1L4 Lily Pad Wonder

Lesson Duration: 45 minutes

Grade: K1

Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Learning Objectives

1. Create a lily pad artwork

2. Explore and apply different shapes in creating the art work

3. Observe and identify key components of a lily pad (petals, leaves)

Lesson Preparation

• Round paper plates or round drawing papers (one per student)

• Mixed media materials (colored tissue papers, fabric scraps, foil, etc.)

• Acrylic paints (blue, green, white, pink, yellow)

• Oil pastels

• Green paper pre-cut into waterlily pad shapes

• Scissors (for teacher use or under close supervision)

• Glue sticks or liquid glue

• Markers

• Additional decorative materials (optional): small fish or insect stickers

Lesson Procedure

3 mins - Welcome Time

• Sing the "Hello Song"

• Introduce today's topic: Lily Pad

• Show a puppet/toy to generate excitement

5 mins - Discovery Chat

• Display different photos of lily pad

12 mins - Hands-On Challenge 1: Creating the Pond Base

•  Distribute a round paper plate or round drawing paper to each student.

• Demonstrate how to stick mixed media materials on the paper to create the texture of water in the pond.

• Allow students to choose their materials and begin creating their pond base.

12 mins - Hands-On Challenge 2: Painting Waterlilies

• Show students how to use acrylic paint to create waterlilies using the pointillism technique.

• Encourage them to dab small dots of paint to form the shape of waterlilies, experimenting with colour mixing on the palette or directly on the paper.
  
   

12 mins - Hands-On Challenge 3: Adding the Waterlily Pads

- Demonstrate how to use oil pastels to draw vines on the pre-cut waterlily pads.
- Assist students in sticking these pads onto their pond, arranging them artistically around
the painted waterlilies.

3 mins - Wrap-Up

• Recap

• Sing the "Goodbye Song".

References

https://lessons4littleones.com/apple-science-experiments-stem-activities/