Georgia O'Keeffe’s Floral Still Life
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Georgia O'Keeffe’s Floral Still Life
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CDA Competency Standard:
II.4.2a
II.4.2a
- Activities and materials encourage children of varying abilities to develop their small muscles
- a) Individual fine motor skills are encouraged through a variety of developmentally appropriate materials and activities
Materials:
- watercolor paints
- paintbrushes
- cups of water
- flowers in a vase (can be real or fake)
- pictures of O’Keeffe and her artwork
Resources
- Georgia O'Keeffe Videos
- The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum: About Georgia O'Keefe
- Art for Small Hands: In the Style of - Georgia O'Keeffe
- NGA Kids on Georgia O’Keefe – An informative PDF created by the National Gallery of Arts.
Procedure:
- Prep for lesson by placing the flowers in the middle of a table. Lay out paints, paintbrushes and water cups.
- Introduce O’Keeffe to your students. Share with them about her life and show them pictures of her work. Explain that she was known for still life’s or painting pictures of things that are in front of you.
- Invite students to paint their own floral still life.
- Be sure to give them plenty of time to complete their work. When finished, meet back with students and discuss how creating their still life went.
Assessment:
- Observe and record the student’s fine motor skills. How did they hold and control the paint brush? Record any comments on O’Keeffe and her paintings as well.
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For Future Reference
When this training is over, it's going to be hard to remember all these lesson plans! We want you to get the most from this training, and continue to use this information in your classroom. We have put the lesson plans in this course, that are produced by Successful Solutions, on our resource website, www.Lessons4Learners.com, where you can continue to access them after your training expires.
Be sure to bookmark the direct link to the page where the lesson plans can be found for easy access in the future at:
http://www.lessons4learners.com/art-appreciation.html
Be sure to bookmark the direct link to the page where the lesson plans can be found for easy access in the future at:
http://www.lessons4learners.com/art-appreciation.html
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