Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Primary and elementary students will . • • • • learn about the art and life of Vincent van Gogh. draw a still life of sunflowers and further their understanding of shape by breaking the sunflowers down into basic shapes. learn to use oil pastels. learn how to paint with and manipulate watercolor paints. MATERIALS • 16"x20"heavyweightdrawingpaper • Pencils • Blackpermanentmarkers • Oil pastels • Watercolor paints • Paintbrushes • Still life of sunflowers • Book,Camille and the Sunflowers, by L. Anholt.Barron’sEducationalSeries;1994. NATIONAL ART STANDARDS • • • Understanding and applying media, techniquesandprocesses. Using knowledge of structures and functions. Choosing and evaluating a range of subjectmatter,symbolsandideas. Go to artsandactivities.com and click on this button for links to Web sites related to this article. David Santina > 20 > by Michelle Daddino T his is one of my favorite lessons to do with my kindergarten students as the children seem to love it, everyone is successful, and both the children and I get many ooohs and aaaahhhs from people admiring the work in the halls. I am always pleasantly surprised with how a little planning and effort on my part results in kindergarten students producing such amazing artwork! These beautiful and colorful sunflowers were inspired by the book Camille and the Sunflowers by Laurence Anholt, which does an amazing job of introducing young children to the art and life of Vincent van Gogh. The book begins by portraying van Gogh as a painter coming into town who comes to stay with Camille and his father, the postman. The story illustrates many of van Gogh’s famous paintings, and even deals with van Gogh’s hardships in a way that is appropriate for young children. Van Gogh’s sunflower paintings are the main topic of the story, which is why I use it as an introduction to this lesson. After I read the children the story, we have a brief discussion of the story and van Gogh’s life, and I show them more examples of his work. We begin our sunflowers by viewing a real still life of a vase of sunflowers. I emphasize how big the sunflowers are, march 2010 x www.ar tsandactivities.com