Slide 1:LET´S USE A PAINTING TO TEACH ENGLISH!! By: Ana Belén Algar Olmedo Carlos Blanco García Ana Conejero Martínez Milagros María Frías Martínez


Introduction :Introduction You are about to see a presentation for children aged 6-7 on Arts and Crafts. We have chosen the painting “The Sunflowers”, by Vincent Van Gogh, as part of the cross-curricular unit on Spring. The children study at a bilingual school in Madrid. We will conduct the lesson in English.


Introduction :Introduction We have divided this presentation in two parts: Teachers´ notes The presentation aimed at the children, including some theory or basic information on the painter and his work and, most importantly, activities for the children to help them express themselves and develop their creativity, whilst learning English.


Teacher´s Notes :Teacher´s Notes Useful background information: the children are covering basic vocabulary in a cross-curricular way that is very relevant to our lesson: Science: plants and nature, seasons. Knowledge and Understanding of the World: Holland (countries in Europe), the Dutch language (other languages), Museums of the world, etc.


Teacher´s Notes :Teacher´s Notes Maths: shapes, sizes, volume English: they have covered the names of colours, basic textures and words describing feelings. We will aim at promoting socio-affective strategies by asking the pupils to collaborate and cooperate in class, as well as follow the class´ rules.


Teacher´s Notes :Teacher´s Notes Our goals: To encourage the children to express what the painting suggests to them. To develop creativeness, underlining our individuality and respecting our differences To motivate their curiosity for learning about new textures, colors, techniques. To let them experiment with different materials, mixing colours, hatching, drawing,… To use art-oriented technological resources adapted to their needs To work respecting the class ´rules


The Sunflowers, by Vincent Van Gogh :The Sunflowers, by Vincent Van Gogh Presentation by: Ana, Ana Belén, Carlos, Mila.


Look at these paintings:Obras del Postimpresionismo :Look at these paintings:Obras del Postimpresionismo Do they look alike? Do they look a bit fuzzy? Do you see a lot of colours?


Slide 9:What do you see in this picture?


Slide 10:What colours can you see?


Slide 11:Do you think it is nice or ugly?


Slide 12:Do you think that real sunflowers look like that?


Slide 13:Would you change anything in the painting?


Slide 14:The artist´s name is Vincent Van Gogh He was from a country called Holland (Northern Europe) He spoke Dutch He lived many, many years ago (before your parents were born) He liked bright colours and drawing with many lines


Additional Activities :Additional Activities Go to the galery!! Visit an Online Gallery to View Van Gogh's Sunflowers and Meet Mr. Van Gogh: http://www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/sunflowerindex.html


Additional Activities :Additional Activities Colours express feeling!! Have the children colour, paint and decorate their sunflower colouring page. Each pupil has to choose their favourite colour (Van Gogh´s favourite colour was yellow) and paint it just with its different tonalities.


Additional Activities :Additional Activities Large Sunflower Posters AS VINCENT VAN GOGH!!, Draw, colour and write Have the children observe Mr. Van Gogh's sunflower paintings.  Provide large pieces of paper (easel size, or tape discarded paper together) yellow paints in different shades, greens and other colours, brushes, sponges and allow them to do free style painting to make their own sunflowers. Children can then practice writing letter F is for Flower, S for Sunflower or letter Y for yellow...


Additional Activities :Additional Activities Our garden in class!! Sunflowers are very easy to grow and children love them.  Why not prepare a little corner of the class and have fun planting some sunflowers that the children will enjoy?


Additional Activities :Additional Activities “You Are My Sunshine” (Materials)  Printer Paper Scissors Something to colour with Magnet backing A photograph or hand drawn picture of mom's face and a photograph or hand drawn picture of the child's face that will fit inside the circle of the flower and the circle of the sun. To make the craft sturdier, you can paste the paper template onto a piece of poster board or cardboard before cutting it out.  (Whenever I need poster board, I usually use the cardboard that comes out of nylon stocking packages) Although it was originally made for mother, we can also dedicate it to Dad or any other special person.


Additional Activities :Additional Activities “You Are My Sunshine” (Instructions) Print out the template of choice.  Glue the template onto poster board or cardboard if you wish to make the craft sturdier Colour (where appropriate) and cut out the template pieces.  Younger kids may need help with this. Cut the picture of mom and picture of child out in a circle shape to fit inside the sunflower and the sun. Paste mom's picture into the sunshine and the child's picture into the sunflower Attach the magnet to the back (most of the magnets from the craft store come with a sticky backing, but if you have one that doesn't use a glue gun to attach).


Additional Activities :Additional Activities “You Are My Sunshine” (Instructions) When printing the template, make sure to set all your margins to zero so that the page prints properly. If you are using the black and white template, print it on yellow coloured construction paper as an alternative to colouring it in. Feel free to decorate further with sparkles, sparkle glue, sequins or anything else the kids can think of. When the children give mom her gift, make sure they sing!


Additional Activities :Additional Activities “You Are My Sunshine” (Lyrics) You are my sunshine My only sunshine You make me happy When skies are grey You never know dear How much I love you So please don't take my sunshine away! Interactive Lyrics: (http://www.geocities.com/holidaysfun/sunshine.html)


Additional Activities :Additional Activities Learn about colour yellow!! This is an easy paper craft to help young children learn about the colour yellow Materials Paper Scissors Printer Glue Something to color with (crayons, paint, markers, etc)


Additional Activities :Additional Activities Learn about colour yellow!! (Instructions) Print template. Cut out the template pieces.  This may require adult assistance. Glue the pieces together.   If you get stuck, use the small image at the top of this page to give you an idea of how it goes together.   If you are working with a large group of children, you may wish to pre-make an example to display during craft time. Let the children write them name on it.


Additional Activities :Additional Activities Join the word search!!


Additional Activities :Additional Activities Trip!! A visit to the Van Gogh Museum is a unique experience. The museum has the largest collection of paintings by Vincent van Gogh in the world. It also presents an extensive range of exhibitions on various subjects connected with 19th-century art history.The Van Gogh Museum is on Museumplein in Amsterdam... (Postal address P.O. Box 75366. 1070 AJ Amsterdam). But if your school is situated in Madrid, you can visit the Prado Museum (Paseo del Prado 8. 28014 Madrid) and see an amaizing picture of Vincent Van Gogh, Landscape at Dusk. This museum had a temporal exhibition of twenty four more pictures of the impressionist painter last year. But we can go to visit the other friends of Vincent Van Gogh, there are lots of other impressionist who have used the same impressionints stile: Joaquín Sorolla, Albert André, Eugéne Boudin, William Chase, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Edouart Manet, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir...


Guidelines on what to ask children when looking at a painting :Guidelines on what to ask children when looking at a painting When looking at a work of art, students might be asked to: DESCRIBE IT What kinds of things do you see in this painting? What else do you see? What words would you use to describe this painting? What other words might we use? How would you describe the lines in this picture? The shapes? The colors? What does this painting show? Look at this painting for a moment. What observations can you make about it? How would you describe this painting to a person who could not see it? How would you describe the people in this picture? Are they like you or different? How would you describe (the place depicted in) this painting?


Guidelines on what to ask children when looking at a painting :Guidelines on what to ask children when looking at a painting RELATE IT. What does this painting remind you of? What things do you recognize in this painting? What things seem new to you? How is this painting like the one we just saw? What are some important differences? What do these two paintings have in common? How is this picture different from real life? What interests you most about this work of art?


Guidelines on what to ask children when looking at a painting :Guidelines on what to ask children when looking at a painting ANALYZE IT. Which objects seems closer to you? Further away? What can you tell me about the colors in this painting? What color is used the most in this painting? What makes this painting look crowded? What can you tell me about the person in this painting? What can you tell me about how this person lived? How did you arrive at that idea? What do you think is the most important part of this picture? How do you think the artist made this work? What questions would you ask the artist about this work, if s/he were here?


Guidelines on what to ask children when looking at a painting :Guidelines on what to ask children when looking at a painting INTERPRET IT. What title would you give to this painting? What made you decide on that title? What other titles could we give it? What do you think is happening in this painting? What else could be happening? What sounds would this painting make (if it could)? What do you think is going on in this picture? How did you arrive at that idea? What do you think this painting is about? How did you come up that idea? Pretend you are inside this painting. What does it feel like? What do you think this (object) was used for? How did you arrive at that idea? Why do you suppose the artist made this painting? What makes you think that? What do you think it would be like to live in this painting? What makes you think that?


Guidelines on what to ask children when looking at a painting :Guidelines on what to ask children when looking at a painting EVALUATE IT. What do you think is good about this painting? What is not so good? Do you think the person who painted this do a good or bad job? What makes you think so? Why do you think other people should see this work of art? What do you think other people would say about this work? Why do you think that? What grade would you give the artist for this work? How did you arrive at that grade? What would you do with this work if you owned it? What do you think is worth remembering about this painting?


Example of an activity for children aged 9-10 :Example of an activity for children aged 9-10 Treasure Hunt VINCENT VAN GOGH As a post impressionist painter and one of the most famous artists of all time, Vincent van Gogh has become an icon. Since he was child, he proved to be quite a character. Many people are surprised to find out that this great artist sold only four painting during his life. In actual fact his works of art amount to 750 paintings and 1600 drawings. Although Van Gogh had six brothers, only one of them supported him, his brother Theo.  We hope the following exercises will help you discover how wonderful Vincent Van Gogh´s works of art are.


Example of an activity for children aged 9-10 :Example of an activity for children aged 9-10 1- Where was Vincent van Gogh born? When? Click here 2- Where did Vincent van Gogh die? How? And, which year? Click here 3- Where did Vincent meet the famous painter Paul Gauguín? Click here 4- Could you enumerate five of his works of art? Click here 5- How many paintings did Vincent paint related to “The Sunflowers” theme? Why? Click here 6- Vincent started to draw when he was nine years old. But, at what age did he start his vocation? Click here 7- Now, concentrate on what you’ve learned about Vincent van Gogh, and try to answer this question: Why did Vincent van Gogh create a new original style amongst his contemporary?