The Colorful Monet

On the TV was a scrolling video montage of Claude Monet paintings. It had been there for at least ten minutes before anyone spotted it. But once it was spotted the questions started coming:

“What’s that?”
“Are those paintings?”
“Did you paint those?”
“Who painted those?”
“Is that a beach?”
“What is that?”
“Mom, what’s on the TV?”

It was the perfect way to get them interested in what could be a boring lesson about an old painter. But now they were intrigued.

LESSON

I let them keep asking questions about the paintings for a little while. I guided them to noticing all the bright colors he used in almost every painting.

We had a great discussion (for two five year olds that is) using the Read Aloud and then headed outside for an art project much like Monet enjoyed doing.

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What We Learned

By the end of the lesson, they were able to:

• recount facts about Claude Monet
• create their own artwork resembling Field of Tulips in Holland

They also now has a good understanding of many new vocabulary words such as:

• Claude Monet
• easel
• tulips
• Holland
• windmill

My entire lesson plan and the lesson Read Aloud can be purchased here.

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Other Great Resources

Here are some great resources that are not included in my Lesson Plan but that I felt were still worth mentioning. And I’m sure I’ll come back to these when we have space time throughout our week.

Videos

Books

See You Soon!

Next week we’re going to start on a month long unit all about colors. Who doesn’t love colors?! We’ll paint, mix, experiment and learn about famous painters and paintings all while focusing on COLORS!

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Here are some previous art lessons you might enjoy:
Lesson 1 – Cave Painting
Lesson 2 – Ancient Egyptian Art
Lesson 3 – Mixing Colors