Reception Art and Design

Drawing- Marvellous marks

In this unit children will be exploring mark making through different drawing materials and beginning to draw from observation using faces and self-portraits as a stimulus.

1. To explore making marks with wax crayons. To investigate the marks and patterns made by different textures.

2. To explore making marks with felt tips. To use a felt tip to make patterns.

3. To explore making marks with chalk. To make controlled large and small movements. To compare different ways of making marks and drawing.

4. To explore mark making using pencils. To create a simple observational drawing.

5. To explore mark making using pencils. To create a simple observational drawing.

6. To use a variety of colours and materials to create a self-portrait. To express their own self-image through art.

Seasonal Crafts- Autumnal wreaths

• To create an autumnal wreath using natural found objects.

• To experiment with different ways to join materials.

Seasonal Crafts- Salt dough decorations

• To use a range of tools to create and decorate salt dough decorations.

Painting & mixed media- Paint my world

In this unit children will be creating child-led paintings using fingers and natural items as tools, children learn that colours can be mixed and that paintings can be abstract or figurative. They make collages and explore different techniques for using paint when creating splatter pictures.

1. To explore paint through finger painting. To describe the texture and colours as they paint. To talk about their work and decide whether it is abstract or figurative.

2. To create natural paintbrushes using found objects. To use natural paint brushes and mud paint to create artwork. To talk about their work and decide whether it is abstract or figurative.

3. To respond to music through the medium of painting. To use painting to express ideas and feelings.

4. To make child-led collages using mixed media. To use loose parts to create a piece of transient art.

5. To create landscape collages inspired by the work of Megan Coyle.

6. To create a large piece of group artwork based around fireworks. To experiment with colour, design and painting techniques.

Seasonal Crafts- Threaded snowflakes

• To use bead threading to make a snowflake decoration.

• To discover how snowflakes are made.

Seasonal Crafts- Egg threading

• To independently use fine motor skills to create threaded Easter egg decorations.

Sculpture & 3D- Creation station

In this unit children will be manipulating playdough and clay to make animal sculptures and their own creations, children begin to use language associated with forces: push, pull, twist etc. They create natural landscape pictures using items they have found outdoors.

1. To explore clay and its properties.

2. To explore playdough and its properties. To use tools safely and with confidence.

3. To create natural 3D landscape pictures using found objects.

4. To generate inspiration and conversation about sculpture art and artists. To create a design for a 3D animal sculpture.

5. To begin making a 3D clay sculpture using the designs created last lesson.

6. To make a 3D clay sculpture using the designs created last lesson. To share their creation, explaining the processes they have used.

Seasonal Crafts- Suncatchers

• To express artistic ideas and feelings through the creation of a nature mandala.

Seasonal Crafts- Salt painting

• To experiment with painting using salt and colour mixing.

Craft and design- Let's get crafty

• In this unit children will be developing cutting, threading, joining and folding skills through fun, creative craft projects.

1. To develop scissor skills.

2. To develop threading skills.

3. To learn about the different ways in which we can join materials together and to practise these techniques.

4. To learn about the different ways in which we can join materials together and to practise these techniques.

5. To create a design for a tissue paper flower.

6. To create a tissue paper flower based upon last lesson’s design. To refine small motor skills through the use of drawing, cutting and manipulating paper.