Life A5.5. Oil Pastel Stencils
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A5.5. OIL PASTEL STENCILS


MATERIALS:

A tray holding: A box of oil pastels. A selection of cardboard stencils. A small bit of rag, and mat.

PREPARATION:

Child has been explore painting work. Materials are ready. Invite child. Name activity. Show child were material is located. Child is ready to work with this activity.

PRESENTATION:

1. Walk with the child to the shelf where the material is located.

2. Pick up the tray with two hands and carry it to the table.

3. Select one piece of paper, stencil and an oil pastel, then bring them to the table.

4. Place a mat on the central of table.

5. Pick up the oil pastel with dominant hand and hold the stencil with sub-dominant.

6. Apply the pastel to the stencil, right at the design edge.

7. Place the paper on the mat and put the stencil over it.

8. Holding the stencil with sub-dominant hand and wipe the oil pastel with the index finger at dominant hand from the stencil edge onto the paper.

9. If children want more picture, continue the same manner that showing above. If they wants to change the color, they need to use the rag to clean the stencil. Then get the new color. Repeat step 5 to 8.

10. When the exercise is complete use the rag to clean the stencil.

11. Replace the material to the shelf and put the oil pastel and the stencil back to the place where it belongs.

CONTROL OF ERROR:

1. Seeing do not clean stencil.

2. Seeing wipe the oil pastel from the wrong side.

3. Don't put the stencil and pastel to right place.

POINTS OF INTEREST:

1. Seeing different shape of picture.

2. Seeing different color.

3. Feeling wipe the oil pastel with index finger.

DIRECT AIMS:

1. Development O. C. C. I.

2. Preparation for writing.

3. Development hand and eye coordination

INDIRECT AIMS:

1. Learning drawing.

2. Learning different color and different objects.

VOCABULARY:

Oil pastel, stencils, mat, tray, the name of objects.

AGE:

3 and up

VARIATION/EXTENSION:

1. Combine using crayon.

2. Gluing different picture with children imagination.


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