Frog & Pond Lesson Plans

Frog & Pond Gallery

Frog Poems, Songs & Rhymes

Spring Lesson Plans

Loofa Lilies

Lesson Plan:

​Activity:

Loofa Lilies

Lesson plan developed by Ms. Erika Geelhoed, BA Ed

Age Group:

Toddlers

* Lesson plan objective and assessment can be adapted to use this activity with  preschoolers.

Objectives:  

Children will:

• increase sensory motor skills.
• increase creative development.
• interact with a new tool to express their artistic abilities.

Loofa Lilies

CDA Competency Standard:   

II.7.1a

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

Materials: 

• two loofas
• green paint
• glue
• thick white paper

Procedure: 

• Prep children for painting.
  
• Introduce paint and loofa to children.
  
• Encourage them to create artwork on the white paper.
  
• Allow the painting to dry.
  
• When finished, cut the paper into the shape of a lily pad and attach additional clean loofa with glue (this will act as the flower as well as explain what tool the children used). 

Assessment: 

• Observe and record the children’s reaction to the new loofa tool.

Note: Please provide appropriate supervision to the children in your care when completing all activities. You will need to decide what types of activities are safe for the children in your care. Appropriate and reasonable caution should be used when providing art and sensory experiences for children. Toddlers require special caution, only use non-toxic materials, and do not allow toddlers to put things in their mouths that are a choking hazard. ​​​

Online Early Childhood Education

Click on the course icon for enrollment information.

Importance of Art for Infants and Toddlers

Art for children is more about the process of creating than the product that develops (Jalongo & Isenberg, 1997). Most infants who make marks on paper are simply exploring what happens when the marker or other writing instrument touches the paper. They are not really interested in creating something specific on the paper. 

As infants grow into toddlers, they learn how to better control a marker, crayon, paintbrush, or other art tools. Over time, their scribbles will begin to have more of a shape rather than being haphazard marks on the paper. However, this does not mean that a child should only participate in drawing activities. Children should be given a variety of art experiences.