Bigger or Smaller? (Ages 3+)
Adapted from: Canadian National Art – A-continent- to -explore
Materials: A sheet of paper, coloured pencils
View the artistic video, in order to explore the concept of perspective. Then, take a nature walk with your child. During your walk, have fun identifying objects, from smallest to largest. Make comparisons: are you bigger or smaller than a rock, a tree? And if you were the size of an ant, how would that tree look to you? And if you flew over your neighbourhood like a bird, what would it look like?
Back at home, draw something from the viewpoint of the ant (near) or the bird (far). Grab your coloured pencils! Then send us a photo of your drawing, and check back to this site to see it posted (see “how to submit” below).