Los Angeles Valley College Cognitive Development Art Activity Plan

Visual Art Activity Plan: The goal of this project is to plan and demonstrate a developmentally appropriate art experience for a young child or small group of children. Students will use a children’s book to get inspired and plan for an art project. Students submit step-by-step instructions of the art activity in a PowerPoint Presentation. NO children please.

Objective: Design and explain developmentally appropriate activity plans based on the skill levels and abilities of young children.

Instructions: Create an Art activity developmentally appropriate for young children which would allow hands-on learning and exploration of materials.

Before you begin:

• You will choose an age group (i.e., Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers, Prek/Kinder. Years)
• You will use the children’s book you chose:
• You will use a developmentally appropriate children’s book to get inspired and plan for an Art Project.
• You will plan for a 2-dimensional Open-Ended (Process) Art activity.
• You will practice and reflect on why lesson planning is important.
• You may get ideas from Pinterest, but must be recreated your way! (NO plagiarism allowed)
• Materials must be safe, fun and explorative (e.g., loose parts, fabrics, recyclables, refer to your notes/textbook).
• NO children please.
• NO coloring book or pages.
• Remember Open-Ended materials (e.g., loose parts or conventional materials such as glue, paints, stamps, etc.).

Copy and Past the following questions with your answers and Upload your PowerPoint Slides

Part 1: Visual Art Activity

1. Age/Grade Level (i.e., Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers, Prek/Kinder. Years):
2. Children’s Book Title and Author (The Book You Choose)
3. State the primary goal(s), objective(s) or purpose of this activity (minimum 3 sentences):
4. State one impact this activity will have on Cognitive Development such as language, problem-solving, memory, verbal, etc.:
5. State one impact this activity will have on Social-Emotional Development such as communication, feelings, gestures, attachment, etc.:
6. State one impact this activity will have on Physical Development such as fine motor, gross motor, eye-hand coordination, etc.:
7. List at least one (1) reliable reference/eBook used for this activity:

Part 2: PowerPoint Presentation

1. Slide 1: Title of the Visual Art Activity:
2. Slide 2: List all materials for this Visual Art activity:
3. Slide 3: Briefly, explain procedure or steps. How, when, where would you begin to introduce materials to children:
4. Slide 4: Example how the visual art might look. Add an image, illustration, or online picture of possible outcome of visual art result: