Spring Story With Van Gogh's Paintings and Craft.
Svetlana Khmelnitsky
Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(294)
Look at Van Gogh's paintings, listen to a story, and make a craft inspired by your experience in class.
Class experience
US Grade Pre-Kindergarten - 2
Beginner Level
In the first part of the class, students will listen to a story about girl Johanna and her life. While "spending a day" with Johanna, children will explore several of Van Gogh's paintings. Together, we will consider the colors in the paintings and the mood they create. We will compare nature on canvas with what we see outside. In addition, I will provide a few details about Vincent Van Gogh and his art. In the second part of the class, students will make a craft inspired by the paintings...
The students will learn who was Van Gogh, what artists do, and what type of paintings we call is a landscape. During the craft time, children will exercise their fine motor skills and will be encouraged to use their creativity.
Homework Offered
For the craft portion of the class, parental presence is recommended for younger students (ages 4-5).Assessments Offered
Grades Offered
Materials for Craft: 1. Cardboard sheet about 9 X 6 inches or a big PAPER plate 2. White (or pink) playdough + green playdough 3. A twig shaped like a small tree (without leaves) 4. Markers 5. Scissors 6. Scotch tape
All paintings are available through Wikimedia Commons (public domain) or vangoghmuseum.nl The story is my own creation (by Svetlana Khmelnitsky)
Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(294)
I am a graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia with bachelor degree in Psychology. Also, I studied Early Childhood Education in Israel and Ukraine. Before I started teaching on Outschool, I've being teaching creativity classes inspired by...
Group Class
$13
per classMeets once
55 min
Completed by 15 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 4-8
1-4 learners per class
