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The colour of birds

Topics Year 1
This unit is part of Carnival of the Animals British Birds

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Objectives

Art and Design

  • Use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination.

English

  • Use spoken language to develop understanding through speculating, hypothesising, imagining and exploring ideas.

Lesson Planning

Children will go on a visualisation journey, becoming birds of all shapes and sizes. They will read `Birds´ by Kevin Henkes and use paint as a tool of expression.

Teaching Outcomes
To use paint to communicate experiences and observations about birds.
To use descriptive words to explore ideas about birds.

Children will:

  • Use paint to communicate experiences and observations about birds.
  • Explore visual elements including colour, pattern and shape.
  • Use descriptive words to explore ideas about birds.

You Will Need

  • The book Birds by Kevin Henkes

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