Early Childhood Education

Learning Experience Template

Name: Colleen Draper Lesson Title: Body Painting

Date:2/28/24 Grade Level:Preschool Circle one: ECE X PKSN
Standard(s)/Guideline(s): Creative Development. Artistic Engagement and Expression. 1a - expresses ideas and feelings through visual art.

Standard(s)/Guideline(s): Motor Development. 1.a. Develops competency in variety of locomotor skills and non-locomotor skills
Artistic Engagement and Expression 1.a. Expresses ideas and feelings through visual art.

Pre-assessment of current knowledge: Observing the students with an activity of tracing of their hands. Do a class activity of measuring each of the
students with measuring tape.

Instructional Objectives (1-2) Assessment of Student Learning Learning Experience

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One/Two Assessed Instructional
Objective(s): The student will be
able to… - trace their classmates
body on a big construction paper,
communicate with their classmates
to take turns, draw creative art
within their classmates bodies
using creative freedom!
One Assessed Developmental
Skill:
Being able to use their locomotor
skills and take turns tracing their
classmates bodies
Safety Considerations: Handling
art tools with safety, handling
paint with caution, careful with
laying down/ getting up
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Identify Evidence: (What will you collect or record as data
to demonstrate students have met your objective(s) and
skill?) The big construction papers placed around the room
with the students body tracings also observing while the
activity is taking place. Also the hand tracing activity
Program Monitoring: (How will you aggregate or compile
your evidence into a class or group view?)
Collect the students Hand tracing pictures and take photos
of the students next to their body tracings construction
paper to send to their parents.
Differentiation:
Students can trace only certain body parts if needed,
students can also just participate in drawing/painting art on
the construction paper not tracing if wanted.
Academic Language:
Body,trace,paint,paintbrush, paper, construction paper, hand,
communication, participation
Procedural steps:
1. Show students a video of someone tracing their hand
2. Have students then practice tracing their hands by
themselves, while walking around observing them/ helping
if needed
3. Collect hand papers than explain to students the next
activity of tracing their bodies
4. Have a student volunteer to demonstrate by laying down
and tracing them
5. Spiltt he students up into groups and give each group their
own construction paper
6. Have different kinds of art materials out - colored pencils,
markers, paint, pens, glitter, sponges, paint brushes, etc)
7. Let kids express their creative freedom by this activity
8. Clean up activity when done and take photos of each
groups papers
Authentic Materials: (Describe authentic real-life, hands-on
materials.)
Paper,construction paper, pencils, erasers, paint, markers,
pens, colored pencils, sponges, paintbrushes
Adult Roles:
Demonstrate body tracing, answer questions when needed,
explain activities, allow for differentiation, setting up the
activity and cleaning up.
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Resources & References: Ohio Early Learning Standards

Reflection: (What have you learned about your students? How will this inform future instruction?)
That my students take on new experiences and activities well as well as work. Well together and help each other out. This will inform future instruction by involving
more group work!

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