2015 Infant Visual Arts Yearly Plan (1)

Visual Arts September Strands: Drawing;

Junior Infant & Senior Infants Concepts & Skills Development: An awareness of line/shape/form/colour and tone/texture/ pattern and rhythm/spaceStrands: Construction Drawing Clay PaintingStrand Units The child should be enable toExperiment with the marks that can be made with different drawing instruments on a range of surfacesWriggly, smudgy, gritty, very light, very dark, crayons, soft pencils, chalks, textured papersExploring the mark-making possibilities of computer drawing tools.JI

Drawing portrait of face Directed drawing of Humpty Dumpty Directed drawing of a hedgehog Clay hedgehog with matchstick spines Paint hedgehog

SI Self-portrait ( whole body) Drawing of my family Clay Owl Paint an Autumn tree, colour brown

CM Strand Unit:Looking and Responding:The child should be enabled toLook at and talk about his/her work, the work of other children and the work of artists.Describing what is happening in the drawing the different kinds of marks made how he/she enjoyed making the drawing how the artist might have worked his/her favourite part.

Linkage and Integration:

Methodologies: Talk and discussionActive learning, Guided and discovery learningCollaborative learning, Problem solvingSkills through content, Using the environmentLooking and responding, Use of ICT

Differentiation: by learning objectives, outcome, grouping, pace, teaching style, resource, task, support.

Assessment: Teacher observation; Teacher designed tasks and tests; Work samples, portfolios and projects; Curriculum profiles; Diagnostic tests and Standardised tests.

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Visual Arts October Strands: Print;

Junior & Senior Infants Concepts & Skills Development: An awareness of line/shape/form/colour and tone/texture/ pattern and rhythm/spaceStrands: Construction, PaintingStrand Units/Lessons:JI• Collage- sticking orange paper in squares on Squirrel’s tail, colour in body orange• Painting pumpkins, Halloween masks and spiders( made from children’s hand prints, attach googly eyes and display hanging from string)

Colour wheelSI

Drawing a spiders web on black paper with chalk, apply glue to the web and decorate with glitter

Make a spiders body from egg cartons using pipe cleaners for legs

Mixing the primary colours to make autumn colours Use fingerprints and cotton buds to decorate tree with

brown, orange, yellow and red autumn leaves Use fingerprints and cotton buds to decorate tree with

brown, orange, yellow and red autumn leaves Experiment with colour- paint

Using black to make colour darker and observe changes Using white to make colour lighter and observe changes Make a Table Mat and Laminate- using painted strips of one colour- lightened and darkened

CM Strand UnitLooking and Responding:Look at and talk about examples of simple print design in everyday usePosters, wallpapers, fabrics with simple repeat or other design, packaging, wrapping paper.





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Visual Arts November Strands: Paint & Colour;

Junior & Senior Infants Concepts & Skills Development: An awareness of line/shape/form/colour and tone/texture/ pattern and rhythm/spaceStrands: Paint & ColourStrand Units/Lessons: Painting

Discover colour in the visual environment to help develop sensitivity to colour.

Beginning to distinguish between lighter and darker colour.Making paintings with a single colour and black and white Discover colour, pattern and rhythm in colourful objectsStones, flowers, colour magazine cut-outs, fabric scraps.Experimenting in matching their colour in an elementary way.

JI The Hungry Caterpillar-painting the segments Select, draw and paint food from the Hungry Caterpillar

story Draw your own scarecrow

SI Paint your favourite food Construct your own scarecrow using fabric and fibre for

his clothes Still life of fruit bowl- directed drawing

CM Strand Unit:Looking and Responding:

The child should be enabled to Look at and talk about his/her

work, the work of other children and the work of artists.

Describing what is happening in the paintingThe colours used to create lines, shapes and light and dark areasHow he/she enjoyed making themHow the artist might have used colour His/her favourite part





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Visual Arts Strands: Drawing; Paint & Colour; Print; Clay; Construction; Fabric and Fibre

Junior & Senior Concepts & Skills Development: An awareness of line/shape/form/colour and tone/texture/ pattern and rhythm/spaceStrands: Print, paint and colourStrand Units/Lessons:JI• Painting Christmas stocking and decorate with glitter and cotton wool( child’s initial)• Christmas card • Handprint angels• Paper lantern-cut and colour same side

SI Printing pictures and patterns using Christmas sponge

stamps Directed drawing of Santa Christmas card with greeting 3D angel

CM Looking and Responding:





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Visual Arts January Strand: Fabric and Fibre

Junior & Senior Infants Concepts & Skills Development: An awareness of line/shape/form/colour and tone/texture/ pattern and rhythm/spaceStrands: Fabric & FibreStrand Units/Lessons: Creating in Fabric & FibreJI

Make simple collages of a kite using crepe paper Directed Drawing- Noah’s Ark Draw outline of snowman on black paper and fill in with

cotton wool Draw and colour a rainbow

SI Umbrellas (using fabric and fibre) oil based cloth to give

waterproof effect Winter pictures using chalk on black sugar paper Paint a rainbow

CM Strand UnitLooking and Responding:Fabric & Fibre

Look at and talk about his/her work and the work of other children

Describing the piece of workThe colours used to create shapes, textures, patterns.How he/she enjoyed making itWhat he/she likes best about the work.





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Visual Arts February Strands: Construction;

Junior & Senior Infants Concepts & Skills Development: An awareness of line/shape/form/colour and tone/texture/ pattern and rhythm/space

Strands: Construction, painting, drawingStrand Units/Lessons:

JI Draw and paint my favourite toy Valentines card Draw vase of spring flowers, i.e., tulip, daffodil and

snowdrop St. Brigid’s cross

SI Construct my favourite toy using junk materials Valentines card Paint your favourite spring flower St. Brigid’s cloak

CM Strand Unit:Looking and Responding:The child should be enabled toLook at, investigate and talk about spatial arrangements and balance in collections of objects and in photographs of natural and built structuresDoll’s house, toy buildings, pop-up structures, birds’ nests, model farms, simple furniture in the room, cutlery traysStrand constructionLooking and Responding Strand UnitsLook at and talk about structures that are easily accessible and close at hand, at visually stimulating structures and at a range of common artefactsA public building, farm buildingsDeciding how many pieces were used to make a table, a swing, a seesawLinkage and Integration:Drawing: developing awareness of space through drawingClay: discovering a sense of depth in space through forming clay Drama: making an imaginative play structure, using space and objects.




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Visual Arts March Strands: Clay;

Junior & Senior Infants Concepts & Skills Development: An awareness of line/shape/form/colour and tone/texture/ pattern and

rhythm/spaceStrands: ClayStrand Units/Lessons: Developing form in clayMake a clay form and manipulate it with fingers to suggest a subjectTurning a ball of clay into an imaginary creatureMaking a variety of real or imaginary animalsExperimenting with surface mark-making, texture and patternTalking about the marks made

JI Mother’s Day Art- Mother’s day scroll ( hand print poem)

card St. Patrick’s Day headband

If Easter comes early follow directions below, if not complete in April

JI-Clay Easter Egg decorations JI+SI-Easter card JI+SI-Paint eggs

SI Clay heart with ribbon (Mother’s Day) St. Patrick’s Day art- Shamrock Man

CM Strand Unit

Looking and Responding:Look at, handle and talk about his/her own work, the work of other children and simple pieces of clay pottery.Describing the clay formMaterials and tools usedHow he/she enjoyed manipulating the clayHow the craftsperson may have worked with itWhat he/she likes best about the clay form





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Visual Arts April Junior/Senior Infants Year 1 Concepts & Skills Development: An awareness of line/shape/form/colour and tone/texture/ pattern

and rhythm/spaceJI

Draw and paint your favourite animal from Brown Bear Spring lamb using cotton wool

SI Directed drawing of a duck using Oil Pastels to colour in

picture Directed drawing of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

CM Strand UnitLooking and Responding:





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Visual Arts May Strands: Paint & Colour;

Junior/Senior Infants Year 1 Concepts & Skills Development: An awareness of line/shape/form/colour and tone/texture/ pattern and rhythm/space

Strands: PaintingStrand Units/Lessons: JI

Directed drawing of a house/garden Summer frieze Art for Our Lady

SI Draw a boat- directed drawing or children’s own

interpretation of boats- talk and discuss about parts of boat e.g. sail, anchor, deck, - Link with water. Painting: Paint water/ waves on A4 paper- use different shades of blue- show children adding black to blue for darker blue, and adding blue to white paint to make blue lighter talk and discuss shades of blue. Cut out boat and stick it onto painted waves/ water page- display

Summer frieze

CMStrand UnitLooking and Responding:

The child should be enabled to: Look at and talk about his/her work, the work of other children and the work of artistsDescribing what is happening in the painting the colours used to create lines, shapes and light and dark areasHow he/she enjoyed making themHow the artist might have used colourHis/her favourite part.





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Visual Arts June Strands: Drawing; Paint & Colour; Print; Clay; Construction; Fabric and Fibre

Junior/Senior Infants Concepts & Skills Development: An awareness of line/shape/form/colour and tone/texture/ pattern and rhythm/space

Strands: Strand Units/Lessons:JI

Rainbow Fish-using oil pastels Draw summer flowers, i.e. rose, poppy,daisy and

buttercup Father’s Day card

SI Father’s Day Card Seascape including characters from selected

summer stories Summer Flowers

Arts Days

CM Looking and Responding:





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2015 Infant Visual Arts Yearly Plan (1)

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