Just to share in the thread about favorite Monet lessons: I have done a
Monet Mural with 1st grade. But, it's also appropriate for K-4. On white
mural paper have groups of children take turns blending cool colors with very
watered down tempera. Water colors work also but are not as vivid as the
tempera. I fill coffee cans with the watered down tempera paint and give the
kids those big 1/12" cheap brushes. They must paint the paper horizontally
and blend the colors. Vocabulary I stress is blending, horizontal, cool
colors, lily pad.
While each group is working on the "pond", the rest of the class is creating
a water lily. I give the kids coffee filters and they paint the centers with
yellow or pink paint. Each one also cuts out a lily pad out of green
construction paper.
We glue the lilies on top of their lily pads to the mural paper when it
dries. The 3-D flowers is kinda nice and makes a wonderful display. This
project requires only one 40-45 minute class. Susan on Long Island
