- audio player
- crayons
- markers
- paint
- paintbrushes
- paper
- recordings of various styles of music
- angry
- art
- calm
- draw
- excited
- feel
- listen
- mad
- paint
MA Standards:
English Language Arts/Writing/W.PK.MA.1 Dictate words to express a preference or opinion about a topic (e.g., “I would like to go to the fire station to see the truck and meet the firemen.”)
Head Start Outcomes:
Approaches to Learning/Initiative and Curiosity Demonstrates flexibility, imagination, and inventiveness in approaching tasks and activities.
Literacy Knowledge/Early Writing Uses scribbles, shapes, pictures, and letters to represent objects, stories, experiences, or ideas.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 3 Communicate personal experiences or interests.
Feel the Music
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Skill Focus: Creative Expression, Fine Motor Skills, Vocabulary
Place an assortment of painting or drawing materials in the Art Center. Play a piece of music and have children listen. Have them talk about how the music makes them feel. Ask them to draw how they feel on the paper using the materials provided. Then have them dictate words to describe their feelings as they draw. Write the word on the drawings and hang the drawings in the Art Center for display.