Lesson Plan for Nursery 1 - Cultural and Creative Arts - Drawing And Colouring Of A Table

**Lesson Plan for Nursery 1: Drawing and Colouring of a Table** **Grade Level:** Nursery 1 **Subject:** Cultural and Creative Arts **Topic:** Drawing and Colouring of a Table **Duration:** 40 minutes --- ### Objectives: 1. Students will be able to recognize and identify a table. 2. Students will learn to draw a simple representation of a table. 3. Students will practice fine motor skills through drawing and colouring. 4. Students will express creativity by choosing colours to decorate their table drawing. ### Materials Needed: - White drawing paper - Pencils - Erasers - Crayons or coloured pencils - Reference image of a table - Teacher’s large drawing pad or whiteboard and markers ### Introduction (5 minutes): 1. **Greeting and Settling Down:** Welcome the students warmly and ensure they are seated comfortably. 2. **Engagement Activity:** Show them a small toy table or a real table in the classroom and ask, “What is this?” Allow them to respond and introduce the word “table.” 3. **Discussion:** Briefly discuss the uses of a table. Ask how many legs they think tables usually have. Emphasize the simple parts: the top and the legs. ### Direct Instruction (10 minutes): 1. **Demonstration:** On a large drawing pad or whiteboard, draw a basic table step-by-step: - Draw a large rectangle or square for the tabletop. - Draw four straight lines downwards from the corners as legs. 2. **Guided Practice:** Walk students through the steps, encouraging them to mimic the movements on their own papers. ### Guided Practice (10 minutes): 1. **Monitoring and Support:** Circulate the room to assist students with their drawing. Offer help to those struggling and praise those who are doing well. Make sure everyone feels encouraged. 2. **Correction and Encouragement:** Provide simple corrections and positive reinforcement, ensuring everyone understands that it's okay if their table looks a little different. ### Independent Practice (10 minutes): 1. **Colouring Activity:** Provide students with crayons or coloured pencils. Encourage them to choose the colours they like for the table and its legs. 2. **Creativity Encouragement:** Suggest ideas like adding a design to the tabletop or using realistic colours but allow freedom of choice. ### Conclusion and Sharing (5 minutes): 1. **Sharing Session:** Allow a few students to come to the front and show their drawings to the class. Ask them to talk briefly about their colouring choices. 2. **Positive Feedback:** Provide encouragement and positive feedback to each presenter and ask the class to clap for their friends. ### Assessment: 1. **Observation:** Watch for students' engagement and ability to follow the drawing steps. 2. **Finished Drawing:** Check each student's drawing and colouring. Assess whether they were able to draw the top and legs of the table and use colours creatively. ### Closing: 1. **Wrap-Up Discussion:** Ask the students if they enjoyed drawing and colouring the table. Ask if they can name other objects they might find on a table. 2. **Goodbye Song:** Sing a short goodbye song to end the lesson on a positive note. --- **Note to Teacher:** Remember to be patient and give lots of positive reinforcement. Nursery 1 students are at different developmental stages, so the aim is to foster creativity and enjoyment in the activity.