Childcare Peer facilitations

Name and image/s of the Activity

x- ray art (Peer Facilitation)

Materials used:

Cotton buds

Black A4 paper

Glue

White chalk

Time plan:

5 minutes – trace hand

15-20 minutes- glue cotton buds on the handprint and shade in the hand print

Room and/or equipment requirements:

There are no specific requirements for this activity

General Aim of activity – What will the final outcome be? ie. ‘To make an aeroplane with cardboard’ box.

To make a hand xray out of chalk and cotton buds and chalk

Specific Learning outcomes of the activity – What will be learned by doing the activity? Ie. ‘To use fine motor skills using the scissors’

The children will develop their fine motor skills as a result of doing this activity. Their fine motor skills will be developing due to the fact that they will gluing the cotton buds on the hand as well as shading in the hand to make it look like a real x-ray. This activity will enable them to develop their palmer grasp as well as their pincer grip. These grips are developmental milestones during a child’s life. This activity will also enable them to understand the human body more clearly and what bones look like in their bodies.

Steps for making or doing activity:

Use images with short captions

Step 1: Trace hand on a black Step 2: Shade hand print with white chalk

piece of paper

Step 3: Glue cotton buds onto hand print

How will the child/ren benefit from the activity?

This activity is very beneficial for children as it enables them to relate their body to art. This activity enables them to draw in a more realistic manner. Their cognitive development begins to develop as a result of this. This xray art enables them to understand what the inside of their hand looks like and what their bones resemble. Many children may not understand what bones are and thus this activity will enable them to begin to think about the inside of their hand rather than just the outside of an image. It develops their transparency skills. This links in with the Aistear theme exploring and thinking as a result of thinking about the inside of their body and identity and belonging, what they look like as a person. The development of transparency benefits their cognitive development and sets them up for the future.

Age group/s: (development level)

Two years plus

How would you make the activity more inclusive? Principles of universal design

For children with visual impairments it is important for the practitioner to ensure that the child can be involved with this activity. In order to make this activity more inclusive practitioners should support children with additional needs by giving them vital information on what to do next such as “now you need to stick on the cotton buds, the glue is to your left and there are 5 cotton buds to your right”. This will give the child the independence to participate in this activity whist at the same having essential support from the practitioner.

How would you adapt the activity to suit outside/inside?

A practitioner could adapt this activity to suit outside by using natural materials as the bones such as twigs.