Year 1 'Geckos' Inspired by Aboriginal Designs

Year One’s art topic this term has been texture and pattern.  Last week, they looked online at some aboriginal paintings.  They used their interactive whiteboard to look closely at the patterns and talked about how they could imitate them using everyday objects from their classroom.  As their classroom is called the Gecko room, they decided to make geckos.  First, they created a sandy background by marking brown, yellow and beige paint with their fingers.  Then they each printed a pattern on their geckos using the wrong end of a small paintbrush.  These were inspired by the aboriginal designs that they had seen.  Click here to see a slideshow of them  printing their geckos.  Look at the level of concentration on their faces.  This activity required a great deal of patience and careful control of their fine motor skills.  Do come and see all of the children’s geckos displayed in their classroom.  I’m sure the children would love to show you their art work.