Starry Night Mural Europe

Starry Night Mural (Europe)

Multicultural Art Lesson Plans

Lesson plan developed by Aurora Tollestrup, BS Ed

Activity:

Starry Night Mural (Europe)

Age Group:

Preschool

Starry Night Mural (Europe)

* Lesson plan objectives and assessments can be adapted to use this activity with school-age children

Objectives:

Children will work together to create collaborative art

CDA Competency Standard:

III.9.1a

The classroom environment provides opportunities for children to practice cooperation

a) Materials, equipment and activities provided help children experience working and playing in harmony

Materials:

Mural sized butcher paper
Wall
Pencil
Colorful strips of paper
Glue sticks
Pictures of Van Gogh’s Starry Night painting

Procedure:

Familiarize children with Van Gogh’s Starry Night painting. Explain who he was and where he was from. Here is a great resource: The Van Gogh Gallery
Secure the butcher paper to the wall and draw the swirly outlines of the elements in the Starry Night painting. In the sections write the names of the colors.
Invite children to work together as a group to glue the colorful strips onto the mural.

Assessment:

Observe and record children’s collaboration and cooperative learning experience.

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. Infants and toddlers require special precaution, only use non-toxic materials, and do not allow young children to put things in their mouths that are a choking hazard.