This is a watercolor project inspired by a Social Studies teacher I used to work with. He wanted to teach about Canadian animals with antlers. See my more detailed post about this lesson HERE.
Discuss with kids all the different animals we have in Canada with antlers. Don't get confused like me and say 'big horn sheep'- they have horns not antlers! Antlers are made of true bone, are grown annually, and are dropped and re-grown each year. They are found in the deer family (Cervidae).
Did you know that the moose is the largest member of the deer family!
Horns (found on animals like Bighorn Sheep, Mountain Goats, or Bison) have a bony core covered in a permanent sheath made of keratin, and they are never shed.
We are lucky to live near Banff National Park so most, if not all of my students have seen these animals in the wild!
I changed it up a bit this year. Instead of painting the animal with black paint, we used sharpies. I'm finding the kids joining my classes in Grade 4 are lacking the fine motor skills kids pre-covid had. It's really disheartening to see. Kids are having way too much screen time and art teachers are seeing the consequences of that big time.
Some Grade 4/5 finished artworks:
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