Lindsay Lovold

Lesson Plan
Type of Activity: Apple Stamping (art)
Age: 2-3 years
Number in group: 2-4
Observation and Planning- On-Going Assessment

Why do this activity? I have observed the children in my class, and they all love to paint, and they love apples.
(Observations-Data Collection &
Analysis)

What can children learn? Fine motor skills, gross motor skills, color recognition, sensory exploration, cause and effect (when I mix these colors together, I
What can children do? get this color, etc.)
 Skills
 Concepts: I can create, I can explore, I can create new colors

I.C.EL.1 Uses senses to take in, experience, integrate, and regulate responses to the environment (continued)
II.A.EL.1 Expresses a wide range of emotions (continued)
IV.A.EL. 2 Engages in meaningful learning through attempting, repeating, experimenting, refining and elaborating on
WMELS Performance experiences and activities
Standards
(Planning and Curriculum Goals)

Apples (any size)

Paint
Materials Needed Paper
Notes on Differentiation,
Guidance, Culture, and
other group specific
considerations
Invitation/Hook/Finger
Play/Song/Question
Procedure
(list steps in bullet points or
numbers so you can follow
along as you teach)
Children do not need to do this activity if they do not want. I will also provide apple shaped stamps and ink if children would
prefer that, and to further the apple art and exploration. Children can eat/taste the apples before they dip it in the paint, if they
would like.
Ask the children one on one: “Would you like to come do some apple stamping?”
Provide the apples in a bucket, already cut in half and prepared.
Bring out the paint, pour paint onto plates/into cups/bowls so children can easily access.
Let children explore the apples, let them paint how they want.
Sing “Way up high in the apple tree” finger play to further engage apple exploration/apple learning.
Way up high in the apple tree, 5 red apples stared down at me. I shook that tree as hard as I could, down came an apple, mmmm was
it good! (…..4…..3…etc.)
 How does the paint feel? How does the apple feel? What color is the apple? What happens when you mix the colors? What
Questions to ask
happens when you press the apple on the paper? Do you like apples? Where do apples come from?
(open-ended questions support
divergent thinking; how, why,
what)

Prepare for the Activity- Implementation

WITC Instructor Only

/2 Activity Plan is developmentally appropriate
/2 Activity Plan is comprehensive
/1 Professional Presentation/spelling & grammar is correct

Reflection- On-Going Assessment

REFLECTION STUDENT

How did the

children
respond to the
activity? What
did they do? The children loved the activity! Through this process they learned where apples come from, they also got to explore the inside of the
What did they apple and look at the seeds. They got to feel the paint and explore new paint colors, and feelings.
learn?
Was the
activity well
organized?
Were there
enough
materials?
Were the
guidance
techniques
appropriate?
I was well prepared, I cut all of the apples in half before the activity and prepared the paint before bringing it to the table. I made sure I
had paper ready and put their names on the paper as they completed their projects.
Was the
activity
effective in
encouraging
the concepts
and skills? Did
the student
encourage I expanded on this activity by reading apple books, (I am an apple) and singing apple finger plays. I asked questions about apples to further
those concepts their apple knowledge and exploration.
through
questions?