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Animal Art Gallery

Looking at Famous Art

Day 93of 180
Week 19of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Recognize different animals in famous artworks

2

Describe what animals are doing in paintings

3

Develop appreciation for artistic representation of God's creatures

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 1:25

“God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.”

— Genesis 1:25 (WEB)

Celebrates God's creation of animals and their beauty, which artists love to capture in paintings

📦 Materials Needed

  • Art books or prints with animal paintings
  • Drawing paper
  • Crayons
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: Grade PK4 Art
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse art adventure! Yesterday we looked at flower paintings, and today we're exploring how artists draw animals.

💭 Review Question: Can you remember a flower painting we saw yesterday?
2Teaching (7 min)

Let's look at some beautiful animal paintings together and see how artists show different animals.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Artists love to paint animals just like God created them
  • Some paintings show animals playing, some show them resting
  • We can see different colors, sizes, and actions in animal art
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What animal do you see in this painting?
  • What is the animal doing?
3Activity: Animal Art Exploration (8 min)
observation and discussion

Carefully look at animal paintings and draw our favorite animal

📝 Instructions:
  1. Look at different animal paintings
  2. Choose one animal you like
  3. Draw the animal on your paper
  4. Tell mommy or daddy about your drawing
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Use stickers or pre-drawn animal outlines to color

Challenge: Try to draw the animal in the same pose as in the painting

4Closing (3 min)

Let's remember how God made all these wonderful animals!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What animal did you draw today?
  • How did the artist show the animal?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll try painting like the artists we saw today

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Young children are naturally curious about animals and art

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, encouraging language
  • Focus on observation, not perfect drawing
  • Let child lead the discussion about the artwork
🤔 Common Struggles:

Sitting still and focusing for the entire lesson

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's ability to describe what they see in the artwork

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library animal coloring pages
  • Read a children's book about famous animal paintings

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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