Lily Pad Slides🪷 🪷 🍃 Lily Pad Painters Let's go to a magical garden and see what Mr. Claude Monet found in his pond! 🎨 This is Mr. Monet He was a painter who loved his garden very much. He wore a big hat to keep the sun away while he painted outside! "I must have flowers, always and always." 👨🎨 The Secret Pond 💧 Blue Water 🍃 Green Leaves Mr. Monet built a special pond. He filled it with flat, green leaves called lily pads. 🪷 Floating Flowers Look closely! The flowers don't grow on stems. They float right on top of the water like little boats. They can be pink, white, or yellow. They open up when the sun wakes up. They close up when it's time for bed! The Colors Change! ☀️ Morning Bright Yellow 🌤️ Noon Shiny Blue 🌅 Evening Soft Purple Mr. Monet painted the same pond over and over because the light changed the colors! ✨ Your Turn! Grab your "brushes" (or your fingers!) and let's paint our own magical lily pond. 🖌️ Paint 🧽 Sponge ☝️ Fingers
Pond Painting WorksheetPond Painter Create your own Monet-style masterpiece! Name: ________________________ Date: _________________________ Instructions: 1. Color the water with soft blues and greens. 2. Give the Lily Pads some green color. 3. Paint or color the Water Lilies pink, white, or yellow! Lily Pad Lily Pad Lily Pad "I am following Nature without being able to grasp her." — Claude Monet Pond Parts Can you draw a line from the word to the correct part of the lily? Water Lily 🪷 Lily Pad 🍃 Pond 💧 Trace the Artist's Name: M O N E T
Garden Guide Teacher ResourceGiverny Garden Guide Teacher's Instructional Resource for 'Lily Pad Painters' Materials Checklist • Blue, green, pink, and yellow paint • Round sponges or thick brushes • Large blue construction paper (optional) • Fresh flowers or photos of lilies • Shallow trays of water Learning Goals • Identify Claude Monet as an artist • Recognize and name 'Water Lily' and 'Lily Pad' • Observe how light changes colors • Practice fine motor skills (sponge dabbing) Instructional Sequence 1 The Hook: Pond Sensory Bin Fill a shallow tray with water and add real or craft lily pads. Ask students: "How do these feel? Do they sink or float?" Introduce the word buoyancy simply as "floating power." 2 Visual Discovery (Slides) Use the Lily Pad Slides. Focus on the colors. Ask: "If you were in Mr. Monet's garden at sunset, what color would the water be?" Encourage them to mimic Monet's wide brush strokes in the air. 3 Art Activity: Dabbing Light Provide the Pond Painter Worksheet. Encourage students to "layer" paint. Dabbing blue then a little white on top creates the "glimmering water" effect Monet loved. Discussion Questions "Mr. Monet had to paint very fast before the sun moved. Why did he do that?" "Look at your painting. If we turned off the lights, what colors would we see?" "Why do you think the lily pads are so big and flat?" (To stay afloat!) "What animals might live under the lily pads in Monet's pond?" Extension Activity: For students ready for a challenge, have them "mix" colors directly on the paper like an Impressionist, rather than mixing on a palette first.
Pond Explorer Cards👨🎨 Artist Claude Monet 💧 Pond A watery home 🍃 Lily Pad Floating leaf 🪷 Water Lily Pretty flower How a Water Lily Grows 1 🟤 Seed At the bottom of the pond 2 🌱 Leaf Growing up to the sun 3 🪷 Flower Floating on the water Teacher Note: Cut these cards out for students to use in a matching or sequencing game. They can also be used as labels for a classroom "Pond Exhibit."
Lily Pad Slides🪷 🪷 🍃 Lily Pad Painters Let's go to a magical garden and see what Mr. Claude Monet found in his pond! 🎨 This is Mr. Monet He was a painter who loved his garden very much. He wore a big hat to keep the sun away while he painted outside! "I must have flowers, always and always." 👨🎨 The Secret Pond 💧 Blue Water 🍃 Green Leaves Mr. Monet built a special pond. He filled it with flat, green leaves called lily pads. 🪷 Floating Flowers Look closely! The flowers don't grow on stems. They float right on top of the water. They open in the morning. They close at night! The Colors Change! ☀️ Morning Bright Yellow 🌤️ Noon Shiny Blue 🌅 Evening Soft Purple Mr. Monet painted the same pond many times because the sunlight changed the colors! Who Lives in the Pond? 🐸 Frog 🐟 Fish 🦟 Dragonfly They love to hide under the lily pads or sit on top of them! ✨ Your Turn! Grab your "brushes" and let's paint our own magical lily pond just like Mr. Monet. 🖌️ Paint 🧽 Sponge ☝️ Fingers
Lily Life Cycle WorksheetLily Life Cycle How does a water lily grow? Name: ________________________ 1 First 2 Next 3 Last Teachers: Ask students to cut out the pictures below and paste them in the correct order! 🪷 Flower 🟤 Seed 🌱 Sprout 💡 Did you know? Water lilies grow from seeds buried in the mud at the bottom of the pond. Their stems grow all the way up to the top of the water!
Pond Life Explorer WorksheetPond Life Search Who is hiding in Mr. Monet's garden? 🌿 Can you find them? 🐸 3 Frogs 🐟 2 Fish 🦟 4 Dragonflies Draw your favorite pond animal here! My Name Is: _________________________ Trace This: P O N D
Lily Anatomy WorksheetWhat's in a Lily? Learn the parts of Mr. Monet's favorite flower! Name: ________________________ 🪷 🍃 Cut and paste these words to the right boxes: FLOWER LEAF STEM ROOTS Did you know? The stem of a water lily is like a straw! It carries air down to the roots so they can breathe underwater.
Garden Explorer Map WorksheetMonet's Magic Map Can you find all the treasures in Giverny? 🗺️ 🏠 MONET'S HOUSE 🌉 THE GREEN BRIDGE 💧 LILY POND 👨🎨 🪷 🖌️ 🐸 🎨 🦋 Color the map to make it beautiful! Pond Scavenger Hunt: 👨🎨 Artist 🐸 Frog 🖌️ Brush 🪷 Lily 🦋 Butterfly 🎨 Palette Name: ________________________
