Early Childhood Education

Learning Experience Template

Name: Kaitlyn Orwell Lesson Title: Nature and Visual Arts

Date: 2/28/2024 Grade Level: Kindergarten Circle one: ECE PKSN
Standard(s)/Guideline(s): Ohio K-12 Learning Standards
Creating (7CE) - Explore their environments and experiences for artmaking ideas.
Standard(s)/Guideline(s): Ohio K-12 Learning Standards
Science (K.PS.1) - Objects and materials can be sorted and described by their properties.
Pre-assessment of current knowledge: Talk about background knowledge of how nature and art relate.

Instructional Objectives (1-2) Assessment of Student Learning Learning Experience

One/Two Assessed Instructional
Objective(s):
The student will be able to explore
the environment outside the
school, collect items of their
choice, sort them, and make a
piece of art using the items that
they chose.
One Assessed Developmental
Skill:
- Students use fine motor
skills to collect their items,
and use other materials,
such as glue and scissors
to create their piece of art.
Safety Considerations:
- Weather safety (rain,
snow, ice, etc)
- Outdoor/nature safety
(sticks, rocks, poison ivy,
etc)
- Art material safety
(scissors, glue, etc)
Identify Evidence: (What will you collect or record as
data to demonstrate students have met your objective(s)
and skill?)
As students are heading in from outside, I will make sure
that everyone has nature items in their bag. At the
conclusion of the activity, I will collect the artwork to assure
that students completed the task successfully.
Program Monitoring: (How will you aggregate or compile
your evidence into a class or group view?)
After students explore outside, and choose their materials,
they will share what they found and why they chose them. I
will also collect the artwork and hang it up around the
classroom so that everyone can see what their peers have
created.
Differentiation:
Students that are unable to go outside, or touch certain
nature items because of allergies or disabilities, will find
images online that they want to have in their artwork, print
them out, and glue them on the paper.
Academic Language:
- Nature
- Seasons of the year
- Types or rocks, leaves, trees, etc.
Procedural steps:
1. Go over background knowledge of nature and what
we may see outside (talk about what kinds of things
we will see; ex. sticks, rocks, flowers, leafs, etc)
2. Talk about what we will be doing with the items that
we find (making a piece of art by gluing materials on
paper)
3. Talk about safety and how we need to act when we
are outside
4. Pass out ziplock bags that students will use to collect
their items.
5. Have students line up at the door to head outside
6. Once outside, give students 8-10 to find items that
they want to use for their artwork
7. After the time is up, head inside
8. Have students talk about what they found and why
they chose it with the people around them, then take
volunteers to share to the class as a whole
9. Have students short out the different types of items
(ex. put all rocks together, leafs together, flowers
together, etc)
10. Pass out art materials (markers, scissors, glue,
cardstock) - review safety when using scissors and
glue

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Learning Experience Template

11. Give students around 20 minutes to complete their

artwork
12. Have students share with people around them, what
they created and why - then have volunteers to share
out to the whole class
13. Collect artwork to hang in the classroom, collect
materials, and have students throw away any extra
nature items that they may not have used, or scraps
that they cut.

Authentic Materials: (Describe authentic real-life, hands-on

materials.)
- Cardstock
- Glue
- Scissors
- Nature
- Markers
- Crayons

Adult Roles:
My role as the teacher during this lesson is to successfully
introduce and present the lesson. I need to make sure that
instructions are clear, and that the safety considerations are
talked about to ensure the safety of every kid in the class. I
will assist students if they need help, and monitor progress as
the students complete the task. For example, I will monitor
the kids outside, making sure that they are staying on task,
and staying safe. While they are creating their artwork, I will
walk around to make sure I am answering any questions, or
helping students as needed. My role is to make students
aware of nature and how nature relates to art by having them
use nature to create a piece of art.

Resources & References:

Reflection: (What have you learned about your students? How will this inform future instruction?)

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