For the month of October, we learnt about insects. The children were delighted and excited to learn in depth about some insects. For instance, we learnt about houseflies. They were surprised to know that there are 300 000 species of flies. They were developed 65 million years ago and can survive in all types of habitat. We also talked about why a housefly is also known as a pest. The children were curious to learn about the housefly's features. They were surprised to know that a housefly has a red compound eyes. Each eye contains 4000 lenses that enable visualization of different pictures at the same time, yet they have poor eye sight.
In this art and craft activity, the children are given two sets of colour. They were presented with red and grey paints, which is the colour of the housefly. The children used flyswatter to smear it with paint and smack it on the butcher paper. The children took markers to draw circle shapes that represented houseflies. They then smacked the flyswatter with paint over the circle shapes. The children were excited and pretended to catch houseflies.
Ern Yu and Chrishaun drawing houseflies.
Yee Ann looking out for the circle shapes.
Jing Xuan is observing the group at work.
Chrishaun had some paint splashed on his face.
Jing Xuan exchanging the flyswatter with her peer.
Chrishuan and Ern Yu at work.
Time to get dirty!
When both groups finished with their art work.
Eu Yi is finishing the art work with extra houseflies.
There are many household items that can be used for creative expression. You can create fun prints using these household items with the young ones!
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