Portfolio Names

Age: 4-5 years
Duration: 1 hour
Technique: Painting with Pompoms

Lesson Sequence

Introduction (10 mins): 

• Ask Children what are the primary colours and show examples (5 mins).
• Ask what is a portfolio. 

Demonstration (5 mins): 

• Show materials and how to apply paint with pom poms.

​Distribute Materials  (5 mins) and Art Making (40 mins)

• Call each kid one by one by name, and give them the paper with their name on it. Pass around the masking tape.​
  
  
• Once the majority of the kids are done with the masking tape, have them line up to grab the painting materials. Give each kid a palette with the primary colours, a sponge brush and and pompom on a cloths pin.

Break time for Snacks, washroom and those who finish early get colouring pages.

Step 1: Cover Your Name with Masking Tape. 
* Names will be already written with a black sharpie by teacher on a folded bristol board or large white later

Step 2: Use a Sponge Brush or Pompom and paint over your name with the primary colours, one colour at a time (Blue, Red and Yellow)

Step 3: When Paint is dry, gently remove the masking tape

Lesson Objectives

• Recognize Primary Colours
• Apply Acrylic Paints with non traditional painting tools
• Recognize how to write their names
• Turn their names into art
• Learn About Portfolios

Materials

• Large Mixed Media Paper or White Poster Board Folding in Half to create a folder
• Small Plastic Palettes 
  
• Acrylic Liquid Paints (Primary Colours: Red, Blue, and Yellow)
  
• Sponge Brushes
  
• Plastic Clothes Pins
• Pom Poms
  
• Masking Tape
• Black Sharpie (For teacher not the kids)
  

Students Creating Portfolio Names

Student Artwork

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Age 4