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Creative Motivation

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Lesson Plan

Creative Motivation

Explore personal motivation through art

Students will engage in creative arts activities, including drawing and painting, to explore what motivates them. The lesson will conclude with a gallery walk where students share their work. This lesson is important as it helps build self-awareness and fosters creativity, self-expression, and appreciation for peers' perspectives.

Audience

Kindergarten Students

Time

30 mins

Approach

Explore personal motivation through art

Materials

Drawing paper, Crayons, Watercolors, Paintbrushes, and Gallery Walk Feedback Sheet

Step 1

Introduction

5 mins

  • Welcome the students and briefly explain what motivation is in simple terms.
  • Discuss how different things can make us happy and motivate us to do our best.
  • Tell students that today they will use art to show what motivates them.

Step 2

Drawing Activity

10 mins

  • Hand out drawing paper and crayons to each student.
  • Instruct students to draw something that makes them feel happy and motivated.
  • Encourage them to use lots of colors and be as creative as they like.
  • Provide support and encouragement as needed.

Step 3

Painting Activity

10 mins

  • Collect the drawings and hand out watercolors and paintbrushes.
  • Ask students to paint a picture of something that motivates them or makes them happy.
  • Guide them to think about colors and shapes that represent their motivation.
  • Walk around the room to assist and encourage students.

Step 4

Gallery Walk and Sharing

5 mins

  • Arrange the students' artwork around the room.
  • Invite students to walk around and look at each other's work.
  • Provide each student with a Gallery Walk Feedback Sheet to write or draw something they like about a peer's artwork.
  • Conclude with a brief discussion about the different things that motivate us and how everyone’s artwork is unique.
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Worksheet

Gallery Walk Feedback Sheet

Students will use this sheet to provide feedback on a peer's artwork during the gallery walk. This helps to develop their ability to appreciate and positively critique their peers' creative expressions.

Write or draw something you like about a friend’s artwork.

This could be a specific part of the drawing, the colors used, or how the artwork makes you feel.







What did you notice about the colors your friend used?

Think about how the colors make you feel and how they look together.







How does your friend's artwork make you feel?

Do you feel happy, excited, calm? Why do you feel that way?







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