In the Small, Small Pond

In Art Through Children's Literature we explored pond life by reading In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming. In this vibrantly illustrated Caldecott Award Winner, we looked closely at the pictures to learn about all the different animals that live in and around ponds. This book travels through the seasons, and explains where animals go in the winter.  Each illustration features sounds that animals make such as splashing fish and wiggling tadpoles,  so it's a really fun book to read!

This project was fun, easy and only took one class!

Supplies:

11"x 15" Watercolor Paper

Oil Pastels
Watercolors

• After reading, each student picked an animal (or a few) that lived in or near a pond to draw using oil pastels on watercolor paper. 
• They were encouraged to add a pond habitat that included water, greenery, and a sky for their animals to live in. 
• We finished these pond paintings by adding watercolors to the water, sky, and land.

       








                          Gaia

                    
           


                            

                           Meredith

             

                            

                       Jake

                                        Eddie

              
                               Luke

                              Chloe

            William

                
                

                                Aidan

                   Megan

                               Yula

Miss Vanessa