Housekeeping: Early Finishers

A friend who just started to conduct art classes asked how I track the progress of the different classes. As the classes spread throughout the week, some classes would miss their art lessons due to mandatory school programme such as health screening or accumulated time loss due to snack time embedded in the curriculum (a lot can be done in 10 min!). Thus, we have to plan for buffer time to ensure all children can still complete the curriculum. For my students who have completed their task this term, they will be helping to do up the art room by referring to the above video for a quick lesson. 

Housekeeping: Early Finishers (New!)

Take these tongue depressors and think of some wacky scenarios! I'm always on the lookout for quick to clean up activities for my early finishers. These activities can be placed at an easily accessible spot and doesn't take up a lot of time for maintenance. Students will draw a stick from a container and complete the task.

Art Class: Early Finisher Activities

It is common for children to complete their art tasks at a different pace. Therefore, to accommodate the transition period to the next lesson unit, I have planned for early finisher activities. It's important that the activities are low mess and can be put away quickly because I wouldn't want it to supercede the actual art lesson conceptually and it should be stimulating. A bookshelf with art-related readings is available for the children freely whenever they have completed their art task. I'm also toying with the idea of a lightbox with solid shapes, yarn bombing, observational drawing and playing with magnets.

Making my Early Finisher Palette poster

Making paint tubes with toilet paper roll

These fake paint tubes are wrapped with casting plaster and painted with real paint :D

Found this beauty in my neighbourhood for yarn bombing