LESSON PLAN [1 hour]

Age group: 5 years old (Kindergarten 1)

Number of children: 20 children
Concept: Animals
Topic: Marine Animals

Rationale
The children were interested in finding out more about marine animals after they visited
the South. East. Asia. (S.E.A.) Aquarium as part of their field trip. They were captivated by
the colourful corals and how different animals could live together in the sea. Thus, I
decided to do an arts and crafts lesson using salt painting to get them to create their own
“sea aquarium”

Lesson Objectives:
Children will be able to
• recall what are some examples of marine animals
• identify the different parts of a marine animal
• express their feelings freely through different colours

Learning Areas:
• Aesthetic and Creative Expressions (A&E)
• Discovery of the World (DOW)

Environment Set-up
The room has good lighting and it is free from hazardous equipment. The children will be
seated in groups of 3 to 4 at every table. There will be a table cloth or layers of newspapers
on all the tables to prevent children from staining the tables. Every child will put on an old
t-shirt that they no longer want or an apron. In addition, they will each receive a piece of
drawing block and a paintbrush. The palette will be placed in the centre of every table,
together with a small container of salt with a spatula inside.
Materials & Resources
• Newspapers
• Old T-shirt / aprons
• 3 pieces of drawing blocks
• 3 pieces of A4 white paper
• 1 pack of crayons
• 1 box of colour pencils
• 3 pairs of scissors
• 1 tray of water colour paint
• 3 paintbrushes
• 3 palettes
• 3 glue sticks
• 1 bowl of water
• 1 container of salt
• Printed pictures of marine and non-marine animals

Procedures
Tune in [10 minutes]
1. The children will be seated in a circle together with the teacher on the floor.
2. The teacher greets the children “Good morning everyone!” and the children will
reciprocate.
3. Next, the teacher shows the class pictures of marine and non-marine animals.
4. The teacher will clarify questions or mistakes which children might ask or make
along the way.

5. Following that, the teacher will tell the children the agenda of the lesson. “Today,
we will be making a painting of the ocean using water colour” and gives them
specific instructions such as “do not touch any thing on the table until I tell you to
do so”.

Questions:
• She will ask “is this a marine animal or is this not a marine animal?”.
 • If possible, she will further probe the children by asking “why do you say that it is
or it is not a marine animal?”
• “Do you know which is the tail / fin of this animal?”

Main activity [40 minutes]

1. The children will return to their seats.

2. The teacher introduces the various materials on the table and says “We will start off
by painting the background. What is the colour of the ocean?”

3. She will do a quick demonstration of what the children are supposed to do and asks
questions to guide them along the way.

4. The teacher reminds the class to paint the entire drawing block completely

5. She also explicitly shows the class how to sprinkle salt onto their paper using the
spatula given.

6. Now, the teacher will add salt onto the painted portion of the drawing block and
asks “is the paint wet or dry?” and “what do you think will happen when I add salt
to the paint?”

7. As there is only one spatula, everyone at the table has to take turns.

8. The teacher will hold the hands of those who may require more help to sprinkle the
salt to scaffold them.

9. Now, the children will start painting their background using the watercolour paint
provided.

10. The teacher will go around the class to facilitate the activity and assist the children
whenever necessary.

11. After the children put aside their paintings to dry, they begin to draw different
marine animals on a piece of white paper.

12. They then have to colour in the animals using crayons or colour pencils and the
teacher will ask questions like “why did you choose to use this colour for your
fish?” as they do so.
 13. Once they are done, the children will cut the animals out along the outlines using
scissors.

14. Again, the teacher will scaffold those who require more guidance by showing how
to cut out their drawings using the scissors.

15. Finally, after the painting dries, they will paste the different marine animals using
glue onto their paper.

Questions:
• “Do we need to dip a lot of paint?”
• “Do we paint onto our friends’ papers?”

Closure [10 minutes]

1. In closing, the teacher will ask “what have you learnt about marine animals today?”
to summarise the lesson.

2. She will also ask 1 or 2 children to share with everyone what they have included in
their artwork.

3. Next, the teacher thanks the children for their participation.

4. Lastly, the children will help to clean up the area, putting away the used items into
their respective small pails provided.