Falling Leaves

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Grade Level

• Kindergarten

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Subject

• Art

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Length of Time

• 50 Minutes To An Hour

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Description

• In this lesson, students will paint over leaves to create a painting of falling leaves.

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Goals

• Students will learn:
  
  * To paint over leaves to make a picture of falling leaves.
  
  

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Materials Needed

• * Differernt types of leaves.
  
  * Heavy art paper.
  
  * Tempra or watercolor paint.
  
  * Paintbrush for each student.
  
  

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Procedure

• * Take students into the school yard and allow them to collect fallen leaves.
  
  * When the students return to the classroom, hand out sheets of heavy art paper.
  
  * Have students choose two colors of tempra or watercolor paint to complete the project.
  
  * Show students how to place a leave on the paper and paint over it with their paintbrush to make an outline.
  
  * Have students choose different kinds of leaves and continue to paint over the leaves until their paper is completely covered with falling leaves.

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Grading

• Grade students by giving them a small reward and placing a sticker on their painting.

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