Motivating start to a lesson on “Berries and Mushrooms”
A mandatory stage of a visual arts lesson in a preparatory group is a motivating beginning. It creates an emotionally positive atmosphere, activates the pupils’ figurative memory, expands children’s knowledge about the surrounding reality, and sets them up for the subsequent creative process. The following are used as motivating material at the beginning of a drawing lesson:
- Visual material: thematic posters, cards, illustrations in books, toys and figurines.
- Reading poems, fairy tales, proverbs and sayings, excerpts from prose works of art on the topic of the lesson.
- Conducting a conversation.
- Creation of problem and game situations, surprise moments.
- Use of technical means: listening to audio recordings, showing slides on a projector.
Examples of using motivating materials at the beginning of a lesson on the topic “Mushrooms and Berries”
| Lesson topic | Motivating start |
| "Fairy Mushroom" | Listening to proverbs about mushrooms: Mushrooms grow in the village, but they are known in the city. Spring is red with flowers, and autumn is red with mushrooms. Berries love day, mushrooms love night and shade. etc. Conversation with the pupils: how they understand this or that proverb, where mushrooms grow, what kind of weather they like, etc. Learning tongue twisters about mushrooms with the pupils. |
| "Rowan Branch" | Creating a surprise moment : A squirrel (bear cub, hare, hedgehog or other forest animal) comes to visit the children. She brought the children a bouquet of rowan branches as a gift. Squirrel hands out a branch to the guys and notices that they have sheets of paper, brushes and paints on their tables, but will the guys be able to draw rowan branches? After completing the task, the squirrel promises to play the game “Find your twig in the bouquet” with the guys. |
| "Mushroom clearing" | At the beginning of the lesson, the teacher asks the children riddles about mushrooms and attaches pictures depicting the answers to the board (or places figures of the guessed mushrooms on the table). Conducting a conversation about mushrooms: where they grow, what places certain mushrooms like, which mushrooms are inedible. Children are given the task of dividing the images of mushrooms into two groups - edible and poisonous. Physical education |
Drawing up notes for a drawing lesson on the topic “Mushrooms and Berries”
Temporary plan for a drawing lesson in the preparatory group
The duration of a drawing lesson for pupils aged 6–7 years is no more than 30 minutes.
- Organizational moment 1–2 minutes.
- Motivating start 6-7 minutes.
- Practical work 15–17 minutes.
- Demonstration and discussion of finished works for 2–3 minutes.
- Summing up 1 minute.
The teacher analyzes each lesson conducted according to the following criteria:
- Achieving the goal of the lesson.
- Fulfillment of educational and educational tasks.
- The emotional mood of the pupils at each stage of the lesson (what caused this or that state of the children).
- The presence of delays at any stage of the lesson: identifying the causes and ways of correction in subsequent educational activities.
- Analysis of students’ work: which drawing techniques require additional reinforcement.
- Self-analysis of the teacher’s work: which teaching methods and techniques were effective in conducting the lesson, which were not.
Outline of a drawing lesson (preparatory group) on the topic “Rowan Branch”.
The order of drawings on the theme “Mushrooms and berries”
Pupils of the preparatory group actively develop the ability to follow the teacher’s oral instructions. Therefore, before the children complete the practical part of the task, the teacher should discuss with them in what ways and in what sequence they will draw the landscape, and through leading questions and tips, lead them to the recommended order of actions. You can look at examples of finished works on a given topic and invite the children to determine the techniques used to create these drawings. For those children who have difficulty completing the task, cards with schematic instructions for drawing objects can be offered. The teacher performs a direct demonstration of actions for pupils of the preparatory group only in the case of performing a particularly difficult element or individually in a situation of extreme difficulty for the pupil.
"Rowan Branch"
Creating a sketch Creating a sketch Coloring with shading Drawing with shading of leaves The process of shading Painting the contours of berries Painted brush The process of tracing the contours of a branch Drawing the contours Drawing leaf veins Tracing the contours of berries Brush with outlined berries Drawing berry cores (crosses or stars) Brush with drawn cores Drawing cores with dots Finished work
"Rowan Branch"
Drawing a sketch with a simple pencil Tracing the contours of a branch Coloring the branch Tracing the contours and coloring the leaves Painted branch and leaves Tracing the contours of the berries Coloring the berries Painted branch and bunches of rowan Drawing the veins Drawing the cores of the berries (crosses) Intermediate stage of drawing Drawing small details Finished work
"Mushroom hedgehog"
Creating a watercolor background While the background is drying, draw the body of the hedgehog Draw the grass with strokes Draw the legs of the hedgehog Draw the face and nose Apply brown strokes - needles Apply strokes with black paint Gouache draw the legs of the mushrooms Draw the caps of the mushrooms Let the gouache dry Use the tip of the brush to outline the legs of the mushrooms The mushrooms are also outlined on the hedgehog Ready Job
"Who hid under the fungus"
We draw the background of the sky with watercolor paint. We draw the grass in a smooth transition. On the wet background we draw clouds in the sky. We draw drops with strokes on the wet watercolor background. We draw grass and leaves with strokes on the wet watercolor background. With gouache we draw the leg of a mushroom. With gouache we draw the hat. beetles Draw details with the tip of the brush Finished work
| Creating a drawing using various techniques (dipping, poking, drawing with the end of a brush, elements of finger painting). | |
| Tasks | Create comfortable conditions for positive creative activity. Improving watercolor painting skills. Strengthening the skill of mixing paints on a plastic palette or sheet of paper. Developing a sense of beauty through observing natural objects. |
| Progress of the lesson | The teacher reads a poem about the beautiful mountain ash. Tells the children about the structural features of this tree and how the color of its leaves changes with the onset of autumn. Study and discussion of visual material - pictures depicting rowan trees in different seasons. Practical part: Tinting a sheet of paper using paint and a piece of foam rubber. While the paper is drying, the teacher once again examines the image of a rowan branch with the children, discussing the structural features, shapes of berries and leaves, and color qualities. Drawing branches and leaves with a brush, rowan berries with fingertips. Drawing small details with the tip of a brush: leaf veins with strokes, berry centers with dots. Demonstration and analysis of finished works. Gratitude to the students for the work done. |
