This was one of my first art lessons posted on the blog all the way back in 2008 and the popularity of this cute project has continue to increase over the years. This is a first grade art lesson that focuses on movement and value. My favorite line from the book is sometimes when youre different you just need a different song.
directed drawing giraffes can't dance
I l o v e the story giraffes cant dance by giles andreae.
Directed drawing giraffes cant dance. Giraffes cant dance dancing giraffe wall art this post contains affiliate links. This project could be better if the giraffes were in different dances poses from the book. Based on the book of the same name the lesson was done in two 40 minute sessions. Use photos of real giraffes as a starting point for drawing your own illustrationssee resources below.
It is basically a story about a giraffe who isnt so great at dancing but discovers it doesnt really matter what anyone thinks as long as you are having fun and happy. Using the book giraffes cant dance as inspiration children create their own giraffes. This months challenge was to create a craft based on a popular preschool childrens book lil p loves the book giraffes cant dance and we decided to make a dancing giraffe wall art for her room with her favorite quote from the book. According to my first grade students they not only dance but sway gyrate and hip hop.
After reading one of my favorite books giraffes cant dance to teach my students about perseverance you can see my post here on some of the books i use to teach character in my classroom i decided to try out this art project with my kiddos. Make some decorations that the animals could put on display at the jungle dance. This is the book i reading next week to first graders for read across america week. Draw your own pictures of animals doing different types of dances.
You can see the art lesson where i got the idea here. Giraffes cant dance art lesson who says giraffes cant dance. Giraffes cant dance art lesson drawing video based on the popular book giraffes cant dance kids learn to draw a dancing giraffe and create a moonlit sky.
