Artasia at Prince of Wales

During our final week, there was a period of time the kids were waiting for their paintings to dry. I offered to help them learn how to 3D shapes while they waited. We spent about 20 minutes going over how pyramids, cubes and cylinders are drawn from different angles. The children followed along in notebooks and offered suggestions for what we should go over next.

The lesson allowed kids to start gaining new skills and thinking about how to make more complicated shapes. Learning about how 3D shapes work allows them to get into more complicated artistic and mathematical skills such as sculpting or modelling.

The 3D shape lesson helped the children connect to different forms of expression. The immediate consequence was that they learned how to improve their drawing skills. But other skills were used during the lesson, like observing the lesson, mapping out the different shapes and providing knowledge through stories about their classroom lessons. The lesson might also allow them to reinforce their building skills in the coming years. 

– Ace Martin