Kinder"Gardners"
VISUAL ARTS LESSON PLAN
Grade Level: Pre-K to Kindergarten
Duration: 1 class period, 45 minutes
Author: Sammantha Caraveo
Date: 3/5/12
Unit: Printmaking
Lesson: Kinder “Gardeners” Fruit and Veggie Prints
Massachusetts Visual Arts Curriculum Framework Learning Standards
1.1 Use a variety of materials and media, for example, crayons, chalk, paint, clay, various kinds of papers, textiles,
and yarns, and understand how to use them to produce different visual effects
2.1 For color, explore and experiment with color in dry and wet media. Identify primary
and secondary colors and gradations of black, white, and gray in the environment and
artwork. Explore how color can convey a mood and emotion.
2.4 For shape and form, explore the use of shapes and forms in 2D and 3D works
Identify simple shapes of different sizes, for example, circles, squares, triangles, and
forms, for example, spheres, cones, cubes, in the environment and in artwork
3.2 Create 2D and 3D expressive artwork that explores abstraction. For example, a
student simplifies an image by making decisions about essential colors, lines, or
textures.
Specific Lesson Objectives:
The student will
- Read “Vegetable Garden” by Douglas Florian
- Look at fruits and vegetables
- Discuss their shapes and colors
- Use fruits and vegetables to create their own “garden” prints
- Use colored pencils to draw their own garden
- Complete “color matching garden” worksheet
Assessment of Learning:
Fruits and Vegetable Color Matching Sheet, see attached.
Rubric, see attached.
Essential Questions
What colors do you see in these fruits and vegetables?
What shapes do you see?
Guiding Questions
What fruits and vegetables do you know of?
What are some of your favorite fruits and vegetables?
What would you like to grow in your garden?
Activity:
The students will use fruits and vegetables as stamps to create a print on paper, as well as colored pencils to draw a garden.
Motivation:
- Read “Vegetable Garden” by Douglas Florian.
- Show examples
- Begin discussion with essential and guiding questions
Materials:
- Paper (50, two each)
- Tempera paint
- Fruit and vegetables (cut in halves or quarters)
- Plates or trays
- Colored pencils
- Images of examples
- “Vegetable Garden” by Douglas Florian
Procedure:
- Materials will be set out at tables
- Introduce lesson (see motivation)
- Give demonstration
- Students will be split into three groups; one group will work on prints, one group with work on coloring their
garden, one group will complete color matching sheet
- Students will rotate activities every 5 to 7 minutes
- Students will create a print of their own garden using fruits and vegetables
- Students will draw their own vegetable garden
- Clean up
References and specific resources:
Driscoll, David. (1999) Massachusetts Arts Curriculum Frameworks. Massachusetts,
MDOE.
Florian, Douglas. “Vegetable Garden”. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers.
Orlando, Fl. 1991.
Vegetable Print. Retrieved March 6, 2012 from http://whipup.net/wp- content/images/2006/09/veggieprints.jpg.
Appendices: Rubric, Color Matching Garden worksheet
Grade Level: Pre-K to Kindergarten
Duration: 1 class period, 45 minutes
Author: Sammantha Caraveo
Date: 3/5/12
Unit: Printmaking
Lesson: Kinder “Gardeners” Fruit and Veggie Prints
Massachusetts Visual Arts Curriculum Framework Learning Standards
1.1 Use a variety of materials and media, for example, crayons, chalk, paint, clay, various kinds of papers, textiles,
and yarns, and understand how to use them to produce different visual effects
2.1 For color, explore and experiment with color in dry and wet media. Identify primary
and secondary colors and gradations of black, white, and gray in the environment and
artwork. Explore how color can convey a mood and emotion.
2.4 For shape and form, explore the use of shapes and forms in 2D and 3D works
Identify simple shapes of different sizes, for example, circles, squares, triangles, and
forms, for example, spheres, cones, cubes, in the environment and in artwork
3.2 Create 2D and 3D expressive artwork that explores abstraction. For example, a
student simplifies an image by making decisions about essential colors, lines, or
textures.
Specific Lesson Objectives:
The student will
- Read “Vegetable Garden” by Douglas Florian
- Look at fruits and vegetables
- Discuss their shapes and colors
- Use fruits and vegetables to create their own “garden” prints
- Use colored pencils to draw their own garden
- Complete “color matching garden” worksheet
Assessment of Learning:
Fruits and Vegetable Color Matching Sheet, see attached.
Rubric, see attached.
Essential Questions
What colors do you see in these fruits and vegetables?
What shapes do you see?
Guiding Questions
What fruits and vegetables do you know of?
What are some of your favorite fruits and vegetables?
What would you like to grow in your garden?
Activity:
The students will use fruits and vegetables as stamps to create a print on paper, as well as colored pencils to draw a garden.
Motivation:
- Read “Vegetable Garden” by Douglas Florian.
- Show examples
- Begin discussion with essential and guiding questions
Materials:
- Paper (50, two each)
- Tempera paint
- Fruit and vegetables (cut in halves or quarters)
- Plates or trays
- Colored pencils
- Images of examples
- “Vegetable Garden” by Douglas Florian
Procedure:
- Materials will be set out at tables
- Introduce lesson (see motivation)
- Give demonstration
- Students will be split into three groups; one group will work on prints, one group with work on coloring their
garden, one group will complete color matching sheet
- Students will rotate activities every 5 to 7 minutes
- Students will create a print of their own garden using fruits and vegetables
- Students will draw their own vegetable garden
- Clean up
References and specific resources:
Driscoll, David. (1999) Massachusetts Arts Curriculum Frameworks. Massachusetts,
MDOE.
Florian, Douglas. “Vegetable Garden”. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers.
Orlando, Fl. 1991.
Vegetable Print. Retrieved March 6, 2012 from http://whipup.net/wp- content/images/2006/09/veggieprints.jpg.
Appendices: Rubric, Color Matching Garden worksheet