Paint like Michelangelo
Setting: Dining room, playroom or classroom
Materials:
Paint
Paper plates
Paintbrush
Towels
Water
Cups
Desk or table
Tape
Paper
Instructions:
Tape paper to the bottom of a desk or table.
Tape paper to the bottom of a desk or table.
Set out paint, paintbrushes and paper
plates (to act as paint pallets) and put water in cups to allow for switching
colors.
Put towels down on the floor to allow for
comfort.
Allow individual to lay down on the floor
and paint upward like the famous Michelangelo ceiling.
After have a discussion on what the
children drew and why they chose to draw that specific thing.
Purpose: This is a fun way to promote emotional
expression by allowing the individual to pick what they draw and colors and
then having a discussion increasing their verbal ability to speak their needs
and also understand their own needs and emotions. Range of motion is needed in the
upper extremity in order to lift the arm upward while painting and also grasp
is enhanced in use of the paintbrush and fine motor skills are used in the
actual painting process and in swirling the different paint colors. Grasp and
fine motor skills are needed to manipulate a pencil necessary for writing and
independence in ADL’s such as dressing themselves.
Bowker, Amy.
(2012). Paint like Michaelangelo. Classroom Collective [Blog post]. Retrieved
from: http://classroomcollective.tumblr.com/post/18346664496/paint-like-michaelangelo
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