Spring theme in children's modeling classes. Lesson notes on visual arts

Plasticine Spring. Step-by-step instructions with photos

Master class on plasticineography "Spring" for junior schoolchildren

Author: Natalya Aleksandrovna Ermakova, Teacher, Municipal budgetary educational institution of additional education for children “Children’s Art School named after A. A. Bolshakov”, Velikiye Luki, Pskov region.
Description: The work can be done with children 8-10 years old. The material may be useful for preschool teachers, additional education teachers, and teachers. Also, this work can be done with younger children, but using a preliminary drawing, and the production time will significantly increase from 2 to 4 lessons, depending on the age of the children.
Purpose: The work will serve as an excellent interior decoration and children's creative exhibitions.
Target: creating a spring landscape using plasticineography technique.
Tasks:
- teach children to create a spring landscape from plasticine, complement the work with gouache paints;
-improve skills in working with plasticine, the ability to build a composition, plan stages of work;
- develop fine motor skills of the hand;
- to cultivate interest in working with plasticine, love for native nature.
Hello, first grass of spring!
How did you bloom? Are you happy about the warmth?
I know you have fun and crowd there,
They work together in every corner.
Put out a leaf or a blue flower
Every young stub is in a hurry
Earlier than the willow from tender buds
The first one will show a green leaf.
(Sergey Gorodetsky)
Hello, dear guests! It's getting warmer every day. The snow has already melted, and the ground is covered with fresh green grass. Today everything around is happy. The days are getting longer and the weather is getting nicer. May will bring the first spring thunderstorm and rain, which will saturate the earth with life-giving moisture. Spring is a time of awakening and renewal of nature, full of beauty and joy. Today the master class is dedicated to this beautiful and amazing time, the time of awakening and rejoicing of nature.
We will need tools and materials:
-plasticine
-sheet of thick A4 paper
- modeling board
-stack, brush
-gouache (brown, green, blue colors)
-a glass for water

This drawing can be used as a template for kids, or you can suggest making a pencil sketch yourself.

Progress of the master class:

We begin creating a spring landscape with the background of the work. We will draw with plasticine, like with crayons.

We will decorate the upper part of the sheet with blue plasticine - sky, and the rest with brown - earth. Spring has not yet fully come into its own, so in some places black soil can be seen, and with green plasticine we will apply a second layer of color to the ground - young grass.

Then you need to use your finger to smooth out the formed pellets of plasticine and level the background. Now we need to show the horizon line in the landscape, let's roll a thin long sausage (with our fingertips) in blue. We place it on the line where sky and earth meet, and smear the sausage towards the sky, we get a forest in the distance.

If necessary, you need to align the horizon line with a stack.

Next we will sculpt the trees in the foreground of the work. It’s like entering a forest, and the tree closest to us will be the largest and tallest, so that even its top is invisible. Roll into brown sausages.

We place them on the landscape and apply them to the surface of the leaf inside the tree, sculpting branches. Then we will need a lot of very thin sausages for the tree bark (we roll them on a board with our fingertips).

The tree is old and there is a hollow in it, we flatten out a black oval shape at the top of the tree.

To make the tree cover more picturesque, we add black sausages to the tree bark. We sculpt the required number of branches and begin to work on the young spring greenery. We collect a small amount of green plasticine on the stack and smear it near the branches.

Now we will sculpt a birch tree. We make blanks - two long black sausages for the trunk, and thin cakes of approximately the same size (tear off a piece of white plasticine and knead it with your fingers).

We lay out the details on the landscape.

First we smooth out the white parts with our finger, then attach the black contours of the birch. Using a stack, we smooth the black edges of the trunk into the birch to get its characteristic features.

We sculpt the branches and leaves in the same way as the first tree.

Now the birch tree, which is located a little further from us, will be smaller. Roll up a white sausage to the required length (you can try it on the picture), and flatten it on a sheet of paper.

Add contours, twigs and greenery.

Our plasticine landscape lacks young green grass. We smear small shapeless pieces of plasticine on the places we need.

In the foreground the grass is tall, and in the distance it is small. Draw blades of grass in a stack.

Well, what would spring be without snowdrops? Roll up small droplets or carrots and combine them into flowers in threes. Roll out small blades of grass from darker green plasticine.

We place a nest of thin sausages on a birch tree.

And we complement the plasticine spring with light colors of gouache paints. This work can be supplemented with birds and animals at the request of the children; they are happy to respond to this proposal.

“Poem by A. Pleshcheev “Rural Song”.

Spring grass

Types of children's activities:gaming, communicative, cognitive-research, productive, perception of fiction

Technologies : gaming, information and communication, dialogue, health-saving, socio-game, personality-oriented.

Target: Formation of children's ideas about seasonal changes in nature (Spring).

Tasks	Material	Organization
1. Educational: Acquaintance with A. Pleshcheev’s poem “Rural Song” Develop the ability to combine words into sentences Develop memory Give a general concept of “spring” Find the color green in your surroundings 2. Developmental: Pinching small pieces of plasticine from a large one Rolling them into sticks Carefully laying them out in the picture Develop the ability to work collaboratively 3. Educational: Greeting a guest correctly Respect fellow workers Love and protect nature	Demo material: Large walking doll Masha in warm clothes Subject picture “Forest clearing” Sprouted grass Weed from threads Decorative plastic grass Sprouted oats Handout: Green plasticine Equipment: Oilcloth Wet wipes	Preliminary work: Observe seasonal changes in nature on a walk. Looking at illustrations in books and albums

Planned results:

The child shows emotional responsiveness to the appearance of the guest doll Masha, when reading A. Pleshcheev’s poem “Rural Song”, examines the doll and the plot painting “Spring” with interest, answers questions, tries to tell what he sees in the picture, masters the basic movements when performing physical education exercises “Our red flowers...”, take an active part in productive activities (sculpting grass in the meadow).

1. Organizational moment.

The teacher draws the children's attention to a knock on the door and invites the children to go see who has come to visit them. The door opens and the teacher introduces the walking doll Masha. “Hello children!” says the doll. The teacher invites the children to say hello to the doll and touch it with their hands. "What's your name, girl?" - asks the teacher. "Masha!" - the doll answers. Then the teacher says to the doll: “Oh! Masha! Why are you dressed so warmly, it’s already spring outside! Children, let's remember that in the spring it is already warm and there is no need to wear a warm coat, a warm hat, the leaves have already bloomed on the trees, we see bright flowers on the lawns, and what else can we see on the lawn (question for the children), let's go to our picture and Let's see what else Spring has pleased us with.

Viewing a slideshow: “Here are the leaves, here are the flowers, and here is the grass!” We look at the plot pictures and answer the teacher’s questions:

• What season?
• What is shown in the picture?
• What color is the grass in the picture?
• What color is the sun, the sky?

(Remember colors, names of plants, etc.)

Our red flowers	Place your palms together in front of you (“prayer pose”)
The petals are blooming,	One at a time, starting with the thumb, spread your fingers apart, leaving your wrists connected.
The breeze breathes a little,	Blow on your hands - “flowers”
The petals are swaying.	Move your fingers back and forth
Our red flowers	Take turns putting your fingers together, bringing your hands together in a boat (“prayer” pose)
The petals close
They shake their heads,	Swing your palms left and right
They fall asleep quietly.	Rest your head on your folded palms

3. Modeling grass in the meadow.

Teacher: “Children! Look at the drawing! (The teacher shows his unfinished drawing of a forest clearing where there is no grass) Spring is drawn here! Here are the trees with small green leaves, here are the colorful flowers in the meadow! But what is this! What is missing in our meadow? Right! No weed! What color is it? That's right, green! We have plasticine! What colour is he? Right! Green too! This means that you and I can “plant” grass on our drawing by making it out of plasticine! Each of you will roll up a plasticine “stick”, and we will stick it on the drawing, and you will get a green meadow.”

The teacher shows techniques for rolling out small sticks - sausages - from plasticine. Children perform the exercise by repeating straight movements with their palms after the teacher. The teacher makes sticks together with the children, then sticks “grass” with them on the drawing. During sculpting, the teacher draws the children’s attention to the fact that everyone is sculpting one stick, and the result is a lot of blades of grass, controls the work process, modeling techniques, helps children who have difficulty doing the work.

4. Reflection

Educator: That's how many blades of grass you made!! A whole meadow appeared. I just want to run through it, like in summer, barefoot!

Along the green meadow

I'm running without slippers!

And the grass is tickling

I want to laugh!

But a little more time will pass, and the same grass will grow in fields, meadows, and parks. In the meantime, let's show our work to the doll Masha! We will admire our work together and invite Masha to visit us again!

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Modeling is one of the first and most significant types of creative activity for a child. Children become acquainted with it already in the junior group of kindergarten. Modeling in preschool educational institutions occupies a separate huge layer. And this is not just like that.

“The hand is the human brain coming out”

Almost all kids love to sculpt. During the process, the child not only sees the result, but also touches it, can change and add something. Here the main tool is your hands, not a brush, pencil or scissors. The child will get acquainted with the stack, but a little later, and at first it is the hands that are the important component on which children's modeling from plasticine is built.

Therefore, a child begins to control his own hands much better after he is given the opportunity to create from plasticine, clay, and salt dough.

Then the child realizes that from one block of plasticine you can invent an infinite number of images. He acquires more skills; it is no longer his mother or teacher who shows him and tells him what to sculpt. Now the child is a creator; all he needs is the simplest modeling kit to bring his plans and ideas to life.

Why sculpt for kids?

In the process of creating new works, the child gets used to the image and begins to create new and original works from plasticine. At the same time, artistic taste actively develops, ingenuity begins to work, fantasy and imagination are given free rein, and, therefore, active development takes place.

It's no secret that speech development occurs through the development of fine motor skills of the hands. Therefore, modeling for children is not just an exciting process, but also a hand massage and finger development. All this will have a positive impact on how the child speaks in the future.

Everything that develops during the modeling process will help the child grow into a harmonious, creative personality.

Modeling in the senior group of kindergarten

By the senior group of kindergarten, children already have some experience working with plasticine. They are already creating products that are much more varied and sophisticated than in previous years. The muscles of the hands have already become stronger, so new opportunities arise when creating more precise parts.

The child’s psyche also does not stand still. Children's attention becomes more stable, they have become much more diligent. Now the child can reproduce the image in his head and then sculpt it.

If we compare children of the older and middle groups, then after six years the child is already able to sculpt dynamic objects, however, he comes up with the action after the product is ready. For example, let’s say you want to sculpt a cat. The child sculpted a cat, but the cat’s paws are far apart. Here the baby may assume that the cat is running. Then he will spread her paws even further. And if the teacher asks what the cat is doing, he will, for example, say: “She is running away from the dog.”

Senior program

At the beginning of the year, children in the older group learn to sculpt the simplest objects that are familiar to them. In this case, the bias goes towards creating a product from the total mass by pulling out individual parts. At this stage, fruits and vegetables are molded.

After this, learning to sculpt begins in parts. Folk toys - cockerels, dolls, whistles - are usually taken from a single piece as a basis.

Further, the teacher focuses on the relative size of the parts, on a more accurate transfer of the characteristics of the object, on strengthening the parts together by smoothing out the joints. Here the child learns to place figures vertically on a wide base.

Then comes the stage of learning to sculpt figures on legs. Since it falls in the winter, children are usually asked to sculpt boys and girls in winter clothes, but there may be other themes.

The next stage is the image of animals, usually from one piece. Then the figures are complemented with individual details.

It also provides for the modeling of dishes based on folk crafts.

Further, the program involves working to expand children's knowledge about the world around them. Thus, it can take place on the theme “Spring”, when children try to create figures of animals in motion, scenes from fairy tales.

In the summer, during modeling lessons, they repeat and consolidate what they have learned during the year. Here, classes can take place either at the suggestion of the teacher or according to the children’s own plans. Children sculpt based on observations or from the nature suggested by the teacher.

Spring theme

The third quarter of the school year falls in the spring. Here the teacher can offer children a wide variety of topics for modeling.

For example, classes can be dedicated to significant days:

• Maslenitsa (sculpting a stuffed animal of winter, making dishes for pancakes, the pancakes themselves).
• March 8 (flower sculpting).
• (modeling of space objects).
• Easter (making eggs and Easter cakes, hens and chicks).
• Victory Day (military themed crafts).

During this period, you can learn how to sculpt flowers, insects, and animals.

Objectives of spring classes

When preparing a lesson, the teacher sets himself a number of tasks that he must solve. Like any activity, modeling in the senior group on the theme “Spring” involves solving three main problems:

1. Educational objectives.
   Here the child’s basic knowledge about such a time of year as spring, knowledge of spring signs, knowledge about migratory and wintering birds is consolidated, and the ability to give a complete answer to the question posed is developed.
2. Developmental tasks.
   The development of sound-syllable analysis, the development of the ability to coordinate parts of speech with each other, the development of fine motor skills of the hands, and the development of tactile sensitivity continue. Logical thinking, the ability to analyze and compare also develop. Attention, memory, and imagination develop.
3. Educational tasks.
   Modeling in the senior group on the theme “Spring” helps to cultivate the ability to contemplate and understand the beauty of the world around us on the basis of riddles, sayings, proverbs, chants, and to cultivate accuracy in performing work. This, in turn, introduces children to folklore. The ability to listen to the answers of other children is also developed.

Class materials

To make the lesson interesting and rich, various materials are used.

1. A variety of visual materials on a spring theme. These can also be reproductions of paintings by famous artists, for example, “Big Water” by Levitan, “The Rooks Have Arrived” by Savrasov, “A Breath of Spring” by Kryzhitsky, “Spring Landscape” by Berggolts, “Early Spring” by Endogurov, “Spring” by Bryullov. It could also just be a set of thematic cards with an image
2. Various decorative elements are used to decorate figures and products: buttons, decorative stones, beads, twigs, threads.
3. Musical accompaniment. Here you can use both works of classics, for example “Snowdrop” by P. I. Tchaikovsky from the children’s album “Seasons”, and other works (“Vesnyanka” music and lyrics by Z. Lozinskaya).
4. You need a standard set for modeling: plasticine and stack.

The rest of the equipment is selected based on the topic of the lesson at the discretion of the teacher.

Change of activity

Preschoolers cannot engage in one activity for a long time, even something as exciting as modeling. Therefore, they need to be offered various physical exercises, finger games and exercises for the hands.

Modeling in the senior group on the theme “Spring” can be accompanied by the following active games:

1. Physical exercise “Rain”.

Drop once, (jump on tiptoes, handles placed on belt)

Drop two, (jump)

Very slowly at first. (jump 2 times)

And then, then, then, (jump 4 times)

Everyone (running in a circle)

We opened our umbrellas (we spread our arms to the sides)

We sheltered ourselves from the rain (we put our hands above our heads like an umbrella).

2. Physical exercise “Ladybugs”.

We are ladybugs (jumping)

Fast and dexterous! (run in place)

We crawl along the lush grass (pretend that we are crawling)

And then we’ll go for a walk in the forest. (we walk in circles after each other)

Blueberries in the forest (reached up)

and mushrooms... (sit down and collect mushrooms)

My legs are tired from walking! (lean over)

And we have been wanting to eat for a long time... (we stroke our bellies)

Let's fly home soon! (“we fly away” to our places)

Let's stretch our fingers - which can be used in spring-themed sculpting classes:

1. Finger gymnastics “Spring”.

Spring has just dropped in on us - (we pull our hands in front of us)

I dipped my palm in the snow (hands down)

And a gentle one blossomed there, (we make a bud from our palms)

Small snowdrop (we slowly open our fingers, imitating the opening of a bud)

2. Finger gymnastics “Grain”.

Planted a seed (press the index finger in the center of the palm)

The sun came out. (we squeeze and unclench the handles)

Sunshine, shine, shine!

Seed, grow - grow! (Put your palms together, move your arms up)

Leaves appear (Put your palms together, fingers touching your thumb one by one)

Flowers are blooming. (Squeeze and unclench your hands)

“Poem by A. Pleshcheev “Rural Song”.
Spring grass
Types of children's activities: gaming, communicative, cognitive-research, productive, perception of fiction
Technologies: gaming, information and communication, dialogue, health-saving, social gaming, personality-oriented.
Goal: Formation of children's ideas about seasonal changes in nature (Spring).
Objectives Material Organization
1. Educational:
Acquaintance with A. Pleshcheev’s poem “Rural Song”
Develop the ability to combine words into sentences
Develop memory
Give a general concept of “spring”
Find the color green in your surroundings
2. Developmental:
Pinching small pieces of plasticine from a large one
Rolling them into sticks
Carefully laying them out in the picture
Develop the ability to work collaboratively
3. Educational:
Greeting a guest correctly
Respect fellow workers
Love and protect nature Demonstration material:
Large walking doll Masha in warm clothes
Subject picture “Forest clearing”
Sprouted grass
Weed from threads
Decorative plastic grass
Sprouted oats
Handout:
Green plasticine
Equipment:
Oilcloth
Wet wipes Preliminary work:
Observe seasonal changes in nature on a walk.
Looking at illustrations in books and albums
Planned results:
The child shows emotional responsiveness to the appearance of the guest doll Masha, when reading A. Pleshcheev’s poem “Rural Song”, examines the doll and the plot painting “Spring” with interest, answers questions, tries to tell what he sees in the picture, masters the basic movements when performing physical education exercises “Our red flowers...”, take an active part in productive activities (sculpting grass in the meadow).
Contents of organized children's activities
1. Organizational moment.
The teacher draws the children's attention to a knock on the door and invites the children to go see who has come to visit them. The door opens and the teacher introduces the walking doll Masha. “Hello children!” says the doll. The teacher invites the children to say hello to the doll and touch it with their hands. "What's your name, girl?" - asks the teacher. "Masha!" - the doll answers. Then the teacher says to the doll: “Oh! Masha! Why are you dressed so warmly, it’s already spring outside! Children, let's remember that in the spring it is already warm and there is no need to wear a warm coat, a warm hat, the leaves have already bloomed on the trees, we see bright flowers on the lawns, and what else can we see on the lawn (question for the children), let's go to our picture and Let's see what else Spring has pleased us with.
Viewing the slide show: “Here are the leaves, here are the flowers, and here is the grass!” We look at the plot pictures and answer the teacher’s questions:
What season?
What is shown in the picture?
What color is the grass in the picture?
What color is the sun, the sky?
(Remember colors, names of plants, etc.)
Slide No. Title Contents
2 Green meadow The teacher shows a picture and remembers with the children what color the grass is.
3 Chamomile Together with the children, they remember what these flowers are called, what color the petals and center are.
4 Dandelions The meadow turned yellow - the dandelions bloomed. Let's remember what color these flowers are
5 Red flowers in the meadow And here are the red flowers in the meadow, remember the color red
6 This is a multi-colored meadow. We remember the new color - purple, and introduce this color into the passive dictionary.
7 Green grass The main color of spring is green, without green grass our meadow would not be so beautiful
8 Our meadow What a beautiful meadow it turned out to be!
“Surprise from Masha”:
“What did Masha bring us as a gift? Let's look into the bag! The teacher takes out green grass (sprouted oats) from the bag. - “Thank you, Masha, for the gift! Children! But I also brought you some real grass to look at and something we can play with!” He takes out a knitted piece of “grass” from the basket, plastic grass and cut out turf with grass in a tray. “Children, you can touch the grass with your hands and tell what it feels like.” Children touch the grass.
2. Main part
“Let me read you a poem about weed!” Reads an excerpt from A. Pleshcheev’s poem “Rural Song”
The grass is turning green
The sun is shining
Swallow with spring
It flies towards us in the canopy.
Children, following the teacher, try to repeat the poem, finishing the lines.
Physical education minute
"Our red flowers..."
Our red flowers, join the palms in a boat in front of you (“prayer pose”)
Open the petals, one at a time, starting with the thumb, spread your fingers to the sides, leave your wrists connected.
The breeze breathes a little, blow on your hands - “flowers”
The petals are swaying. Move your fingers back and forth
Our red flowers, Take turns putting your fingers together, joining your hands in a boat (“prayer” pose)
Close the petals, shake your head, shake your palms left and right
They fall asleep quietly. Rest your head on your folded palms
3. Modeling grass in the meadow.
Teacher: “Children! Look at the drawing! (The teacher shows his unfinished drawing of a forest clearing where there is no grass) Spring is drawn here! Here are the trees with small green leaves, here are the colorful flowers in the meadow! But what is this! What is missing in our meadow? Right! No weed! What color is it? That's right, green! We have plasticine! What colour is he? Right! Green too! This means that you and I can “plant” grass on our drawing by making it out of plasticine! Each of you will roll up a plasticine “stick”, and we will stick it on the drawing, and you will get a green meadow.”
The teacher shows techniques for rolling out small sticks - sausages - from plasticine. Children perform the exercise by repeating straight movements with their palms after the teacher. The teacher makes sticks together with the children, then sticks “grass” with them on the drawing. During sculpting, the teacher draws the children’s attention to the fact that everyone sculpts one stick, and as a result, many blades of grass are obtained, controls the work process, sculpting techniques, and helps children who have difficulty doing the work.
4. Reflection
Educator: That's how many blades of grass you made!! A whole meadow appeared. I just want to run through it, like in summer, barefoot!
Along the green meadow
I'm running without slippers!
And the grass is tickling
I want to laugh!
But a little more time will pass, and the same grass will grow in fields, meadows, and parks. In the meantime, let's show our work to the doll Masha! We will admire our work together and invite Masha to visit us again!

Summary of GCD for modeling in junior group 1 on the topic:
"Spring grass"
Purpose: to introduce A. Pleshcheev’s poem “Rural Song”, to teach
coordinate words into sentences, develop memory; continue to learn how to pinch off small ones
pieces of plasticine from a whole piece, roll them into sticks, carefully place them on
board, distinguish the color green, develop the ability to work collectively.
Materials: green plasticine, modeling boards, illustrations for the poem.
Preliminary work: A teacher with children at the window observes changes in
nature;
GCD move:
Spring has come. The sun is shining brightly outside. The days have become warmer. The snow has melted and
grass began to grow through the ground.
Listen to how spring is described in Alexey Pleshcheev’s poem “Rural
grass"
The grass is turning green
The sun is shining;
Swallow with spring
It flies towards us in the canopy.
With her the sun is more beautiful
And spring is sweeter.
Chirp out of the way
Greetings to us soon!
I'll give you some grains;
And you sing a song
What from distant countries
I brought it with me.
Questions:
Children, what time of year did I read you a poem about?
What color is the grass?
What color is the sun?
Who flew in the poem?
Progress:
Educator: Guys, today we will sculpt a meadow. Remember what grows in the meadow?
Children: (grass, flowers)
Q: What color is the grass?
Children: (green).
Q: So what color do we need plasticine?
Children: (green).
Q: What does the weed look like? Let's look at a picture of weed. If
If you carefully examine the blade of grass, you will see that it looks like a thin stick. You
remember how to make a stick?
Children: (Yes).
Q: Show me. (children perform straight movements with their palms). That's right, that's how we will be
sculpt a blade of grass. The teacher shows techniques for rolling out a stick, paying attention
children to get a thin blade of grass.
Physical education lesson “The wind blows over the fields”
The wind blows over the fields,
And the grass sways. (Children smoothly swing their arms above their heads.)
A cloud floats above us
Like a white mountain. (Stretching - arms up.)
The wind carries dust over the field.
The ears are leaning -
Right to left, back to front,
And then vice versa. (Tilts to the right, left, forward, back.)
We climb the hill, (Walking in place.)

We'll rest there for a while. (Children sit down.)
Q: Children are starting to sculpt spring grass. And I’ll play you calm, beautiful music,
it will help you unleash your creativity and encourage and elevate your
mood.
Children begin to sculpt, during the sculpting process the teacher assists the children,
experiencing difficulties.
Q: That's how many blades of grass we made. It turned out to be a whole meadow. I really want it
run through it like barefoot in summer. Well, it’s okay, a little more time will pass and the grass will
will grow up on our site, in the park in the meadow.
Reflection
Ask the children if they liked making blades of grass? Whose work did they like and why?
Tactfully draw attention to the guys’ mistakes, suggest that they not be allowed to happen at the next modeling session,
try.
We lay out the work on the board.