Activity goals
1. Be able to use dots to represent watermelon seeds.
2. Learn to use cotton swabs to draw dots within the specified range and experience the fun of painting with special tools.
Color within the specified range and learn about red and green.
Activity preparation
Color pens, cotton swabs, glue, paint, rag, paper with watermelon line drawing
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Activity process
1. Introduction activities:
Read the riddle please Children guess and arouse their interest. The riddle is as follows:
Wearing green clothes,
There is water in the belly,
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Have many children,
All of them have dark faces.
(Answer: watermelon)
2. Group activities:
(1) Use black Paint watermelon seeds.
Q: What color are watermelon seeds?
3. Classroom activities:
(1) Guide children to observe the picture and explain: big watermelon, round, red flesh, black seeds and green skin.
Children, please add melon seeds to these watermelons!
(2) Learn how to draw with cotton swabs: Use your thumb, index finger, and middle finger to pinch the middle of the cotton swab, and dip the cotton part in the paint for painting. Do not dip too much in the paint; if your little hand accidentally dips in the paint, you can wipe it off with a rag.
(3) Provide guidance on children’s painting. Children are asked not to draw the dots too big, but to arrange the dots evenly and to have the same size.
4. Game activity: watermelon coloring
(1) Distribute paper with watermelon line drawings to children. Ask them to paint the melon pulp red, the melon rind green, and then draw black seeds on the melon pulp
(2) Show three kinds of red, green and black Color, let children identify the color of watermelon flesh, watermelon rind and watermelon seeds
(3) When painting, guide children to apply colors within the line frame
5. Teacher evaluates and summarizes.
Activity extension
Guide children to draw watermelon seeds with their fingers. (Tip: Roll up your sleeves, use your index finger to dip a little black paint into the watermelon picture, but do not overlap it in one place, do it repeatedly. After you finish dotting, wipe your fingers clean with a rag.)