Lesson Planning

Children explore the illustrations in children’s books and how these have changed in style and content over the last 50 years. They replicate the style of a current illustrator.

Teaching Outcomes
To explore photographs of museum toy artefacts and identify whether they are old or new.
To use digital equipment to take photographs.
To write labels to accompany a photograph of a toy.

Children will:

• Explore illustrations from children’s books over time, looking at trends and techniques.
• Study a contemporary illustrator and attempt to replicate his or her style for a group story about a lost toy.