Printing: Patterns from Leaves and Bottle Tops
Primary 1 · Creative Arts
Printing: Patterns from Leaves and Bottle Tops
Lesson 5 of 5
10 min
Let's begin
Umutoni shuts her eyes tight.
Her friend puts something into her open hand.
She cannot see it, but her fingers know it is bumpy.
Today you will learn the word for what her fingers found.
Shut your eyes and touch your leaf print.
Is it bumpy, or is it smooth?
The way a thing feels when you touch it is its texture.
Careful! Green is not a texture. Green is a colour.
Your eyes see colour. Your fingers feel texture.
Hold up your work and look at it properly.
Say one thing you like: My veins came out clearly.
Say one thing you will change: Next time my row will be straighter.
Then look at somebody else's work. Say one kind, true thing about it.
Mud and paint carry germs you cannot see.
Step 1 Wash your hands with soap and water.
Step 2 Never rub your eyes with dry clay on your fingers.
Step 3 Wipe the table clean.
Step 4 Take the leaves and the soil back outside, where you found them.
This is part of your art. It is not something extra afterwards.
Tip
Eyes see colour. Fingers feel texture
Shut your eyes before you answer a texture question.
If your answer is a colour, you answered the wrong question.
Do each one, then tap Show answer to check.
Touch a stone with your eyes shut. What is its texture?
Answer: rough and bumpy. Your fingers feel every little lump.
You rub a lump of clay flat with your thumb. What is its texture now?
Answer: smooth. Your finger slides across it with nothing in the way.
Uwase is asked the texture of her leaf print. She says green. Is she right?
Answer: no. Green is a colour. Bumpy would be a texture.
The work is finished. What is the first thing you do?
Answer: wash your hands with soap and water.
Where do the leaves and the soil go at the end?
Answer: back outside, in the place where you found them.
What you learned today
Here are two short books to read with a grown-up.
Hari ibyo nshoboye gukora! is written in Kinyarwanda. It is about all the good things a child can make. It comes from Pratham Books, on the Global Digital Library.
Ibipesu is also in Kinyarwanda. It is about buttons, their shapes and their many colours. It comes from African Storybook.
Quick check
Green is a texture.
