This is a great project for Kindy, first and second grade students to create endangered animal paintings. First, follow along with any Youtube step-by-step "how to draw a wild animal" lesson using basic shapes to form their animals. The next step is to add the animal's own habitat and details. What does your animal eat? Where does it live? What other animals live with it? Paint or color these after they are sketched out. Finally, I always had my art classes play an engaging game I created called "Habitat Match Up." You can do this at home too! Find different closeup color photos of animals and separate photos of their habitats and glue them to colored paper or hard cards. Separate into a pile of habitat photos and a pile of the different animal photos. Mix each set of cards up and allow your child or student to match each animal with its habitat (the home where it lives). I usually would have students work with a partner but a child can work alone, with a sibling or you. What an excellent way to engage students in problem solving and using observation skills while building teamwork abilities. You can take this a step further by prompting them to look at the animal's characteristics and how things like fur or gills might offer a clue as to what that creature's habitat might be. At the end of our Endangered Animals unit, I would also engage my students in discussions about habitat loss and why and how animals such as rhinos, gorillas or cheetahs might be going extinct and what we can do to help save these animals.
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AuthorMy name is Mrs. Krupa and I'm an elementary art teacher at Oxbow Elementary. I'm a professional harpist turned art teacher of 20 years. I'll share art lessons and ideas on these pages, what works and doesn't. Enjoy! Categories
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