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Ghost-Eye Tree

Lesson Plan:

​Activity:

Ghost-Eye Tree

Lesson plan developed by Aurora Tollestrup, BS Ed. 

Age Group:

Preschool

* Lesson plan objective and assessment can be adapted to use this activity with school-age children.

Objectives:  

Child will:

• create a representation of the Ghost-Eye Tree and tell about it
• apply new art techniques

CDA Competency Standard:   

II.7.1a

• Activities and materials encourage children to express themselves through the visual arts
  • a)  Art and activities are available for children daily
    

Ghost-Eye Tree

Materials: 

• Ghost-Eye Tree book by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault, illustrated by Ted Rand
• Yellow paper with a circle outline in the middle near the top
• Paint: dark blue, medium blue, light blue
• Black construction paper
• Glue

Procedure: 

1. Read the book Ghost-Eye Tree by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault at circle time or story time. Upon completion of the book, show students the front cover illustration and discuss it. Ask probing questions about the illustration and allow students to give their ideas and opinions.
   
2. Invite students to paint their own ghost-eye tree by using a new technique. Demonstrate the technique of using light to dark circles of paint coming from the circle outline on the paper to represent moonlight (see photo).
   
3. After the paint dries, students will create the tree by ripping strips of black construction paper and gluing them onto the painting.
   

Assessment: 

• Assess and record the student’s ability to tell about their artwork. How do they describe their painting? How do they describe the technique?
  

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Author: Bill Martin Jr.

Bill Martin Jr. was a teacher, principal, author, and poet. He wrote numerous children’s books over the span of many years. Martin often collaborated with skilled illustrators to create the colorful and expressive pictures that adorn the pages of each book. Works such as Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do you See? and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom are used in early childhood classrooms all over the United States each and every day. These books are also often co-written with authors such as John Archambault (Chicka Chick Boom Boom) or Michael Sampson (Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, Are You Going to School?). These works of children’s literature are so popular, that it is common to see murals depicting the books on walls of schools or children wearing clothing reflecting the imagery in the books. Many of Bill Martin Jr.’s works are classic pieces of children’s literature.