Activity Plan Early Childhood Lesson Plan Format 1. Identifying Information - Intrapersonal Create an Ocean Mural as a class 2.

Developmental Domains - cognitive, emotional, social, physical, creative 3. A. Behavioral Objectives - Tear pictures of ocean animals out of magazines. Older children can use scissors. - Use paint brushes and sponges with blue and green paint to make ocean. - Use glue bottles and glue sticks to glue pictures onto paper. - Name animals we see in the pictures. - Work on sharing materials with peers to complete the project. B. Foundations/Standards - Visual arts B.1.12 Paint with fingers, draw with crayons, and mold with dough. B.1.15 Use different colors, shapes, and textures to create form and meaning 4. Planning Thought Processes Context of Exploration Other ocean theme activities Rationale Building social relationships with peers Using fine motor skills when tearing paper, scissors, glue Revisiting ocean theme: Seeing what children remember ocean animal names Anticipating challenges - Sharing materials, children wanting to use scissors but cannot - Have safety scissors so all children can explore - Talk with children about sharing and taking turns - Have different materials to explore while child waits for other supplies they really want. 5. Materials Butcher paper, blue and green paint, paint brushes, sponges, National Geographic magazines, scissors, 6. Activity Procedure A. Motivation/Introduction Put all materials on table to children to create with Ask children to come create an ocean with you Have real pictures of oceans as reference for creations

B. Concept exploration Children want to finger pain then leave Draw children back to area with different types of materials to create with Children use scissors to cut out pictures from magazines Teacher helps children to cut or tear paper Let children glue materials onto butcher paper C. Inquiry (Open Ended Questions) What did you make with all that blue paint What else can we put in our ocean? Where is the sand? Should we add sand to the bottom of our ocean? D. Closure Children will wash hands and go to other centers that are open When everyone is finished have a circle time to talk about what we created E. Assessment Chart who was able to use scissors Children were able to point out what they created Extension Ideas Provide materials every day to add to picture as we explore theme more closely throughout the week.