OBJECTIVES

To create an object in dimensions :

 as part of a project
 in relation with a theme

To learn to see one’s environment in its plastic characteristics.

SKILLS

Being able to :

 classify materials
 make choices
 take advantage of techniques to assemble, associate, juxtapose, fragment spaces.

MATERIALS

 various boxes, crates (from the grocer’s for example)
 plastic or clay cups
 hollowed out logs of wood
 Glue
 Natural elements (dry vegetation, soils, sands, pebbles, stones….)

REFERENCES

 Francis Hunzinger "Terres louangées"
 Marinette Cueco "Magnolia Grandiflora "

PROCEDURES

Before the session :

 Create a garden at school.
 Gather iconographical documents.

Lay out the garden in plots delineated by rims : a vegetable garden, a flower garden an herb garden.

Develop cultivations according to a precise plan : semi-regular rows, delineation of the alleys and of the space between plants.

1) Present the children with the works :

 In Francis Hunzinger’s work, children see :…plenty of gardens … multicoloured soils… tiling… collections, … mosaic…
 In Marinette Cueco’s work, children see :… leaves cut out in triangles, … a forest, … collections, … a tidying …

2) Create the « sand gardens » :

 Sort out, classify the natural elements by colour, by shape, après washing the stones and sifting the sands and soils.
 Make up sand gardens, soil gardens, by associating these elements in a box.

Present one’s creation, express oneself in front of the others.

FOLLOW-ON ACTIVITIES

Create miniature gardens installed in various objects : a chair, a toy, a shoe.

ASSESSMENT

It will deal with the child’s ability to :

 Elaborate an achieve a project
 Take advantage of the works of the observed artists (constitution of a collection, use of the vegetal as a material…)

Present one’s work and analyse the work of others.

TRANSPOSITION

These activities my be transposed to any other level or age.

Yvette Puel. Henri Wallon Nursery school , Achères (Yvelines ) France