My Many Colored Kindergarten Days
This is a great lesson to introduce color, line, and shape while creating a self-portrait inspired by Dr. Seuss.
Resources
- Sketch paper
- Pencils
- Precut oval templates (optional for differentiation)
- Precut 4.5” x 5.5” or 5” x 6” sheets of Styrofoam (1 per student)
- 4.5” x 8.5” sheets of white copy paper (2 per student)
- Block printing ink
- Brayers
- Construction paper
- My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
Fine Art Standards
- VA STANDARD ONE: MAKING The student will explore and refine the application of media, techniques, and artistic processes.
- VA STANDARD THREE: EXPRESSING The student will choose and evaluate artistic subject matter, themes, symbols, ideas, meanings, and purposes
Integrated Standards
- K CREATIVE ARTS CORE: STANDARD 3A: Identify and express ideas and information through the creation of visual art
- STANDARD 3C: Create a drawing or painting using simple symbolic shapes
- STANDARD 4A: Identify and express ideas, information, and feelings through dramatic art.
Objectives
Students will learn the primary and secondary colors. Students will read My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss. Students will use dramatic play to portray each of the colors displaying appropriate emotions. Students will learn how to draw a self-portrait using shapes and proper proportion and make a monoprint in a color that reflects their personality and contribute a print to make a class book.