First session with children. May 12th

Reception children, they have the most sponge like brains and make wonderful descriptions on paper.

Plan of session
Intro to me and what I do show the children some of my insect and bird drawings
Explain they will be drawing the bugs, birds, leaves and flowers
Explain that we are going to make a peaceful space - somewhere to go and think and feel very calm
Show them a Monet style picture and explain why he used the colours he did and that the colours on the letters will come from the Monet-style paintings that the KS1 children will make
Look at tubes of paint, brushes and palette, talk abouthow we can mix all the colours from Red, Blue and Yellow with white
Show the children my two plans for the walls
Show which wall they will be producing and how the colours of the letters relate to Monet's colours
Go outside and look at the space, listen to sounds (leaves birds etc) collect things to draw > back inside
Inside look at whathas been collected, the colours and shapes, names of plants
Explain again, they will be drawing the bugs, birds, leaves and flowers they might find in Monet's garden
I will draw some examples on the board and have examples of drawings with me and some little sheets that the children can look at on each table
Use felt tip pens and white paper to draw on to white paper
Gather on carpet
Show each other's work and share thoughts
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