Sequencing a Color Scene

Emerald Bay
Lake Tahoe, Nevada

When I was younger, I did this art activity in a class and I had no idea what we were doing. I thought our project was the coolest art project ever. After 40 years of education and teaching art, I have still used the same project to excite the students. This art activity never fails as a mini 3-D book, a themed card for a special event, or a sequencing lesson of events. I usually have the students make up stories that coincides with the picture so the kids have a hands on success.

In the following pictures, one will see a lake scene created by sequencing the pages. This is a project the class worked on recently, where the student learned about color coordinating, three-dimensional art, motor skills in coloring, cutting, sequencing, and story telling. This is a sample of a template that instructors may use in a small, medium, and large size to accommodate the lesson. At times, I will just use different colors of construction paper to simulate the colors we are using rather than using a crayon to color the art.

This is the lesson works in my class:

First the instructor should explain the process of each section and then give time limits to reduce the amount of distractions and behavioral issues. This is a good lesson to have parents volunteer for because the lesson runs more smoothly if there are plenty of helpers to assist the students. 
Set-up and supplies are as follows;

1. Have five stations, one for each page of the book
2. Have each station supplied with scissors, coloring crayons, and pencils
3. There is card stock or construction paper in each station
4. There are sentence strips or strips of lined paper to use for the text portion of the project
5. Last, there is glue or tape if the class decides to add embellishments like the sun, or birds flying, or flowers.

This is the base color for the back page. 
Make sure to cut out an oval for the  template

Here is the next template, make sure you 
cut out the middle and leave the brown attached

And the next...Cut out the the middle and leave the dark blue 

Cut around the green and move onto the last page

Here is the completed book with a scene of the lake. 

Add an embellishment to the cover like this sun 

or add birds or a boat to the piece.

There you go, a great way to create something special for your children. 

The students will love the feeling of accomplishment and the parents 

will appreciate the hard work as well. 

All someone has to do now is make up a story 

to go along with the pages.