Taking a Closer Look at Ourselves- Self Portraits

The Centipedes are learning about each other and sharing about the things that are important to them.  All five of our Centipede girls this morning shared about how they love their baby dolls and how they take good care of them.  Next, we looked at pictures of children from all over the world and looked at some of the toys the children liked, where they lived, and how they go to school. Our preschoolers said that they liked the toys they saw and thought that the girls from other countries would all probably like baby dolls too. 

We are learning about ourselves, friends, neighbors, and potential friends from around the world to see how we each bring something new to share but also how we can learn about and appreciate our differences.  Everyone loved their baby doll but we also noticed that each doll was different and they shared different things about them. During class time we asked the preschoolers to take a close look at themselves in the mirror and draw what they see. We offered a variety of flesh tone markers for them to use and they chose and drew what they saw in the mirror: their unique selves.

Anna Lee took a long look at herself in the mirror, talking about her eyes and sharing about the details she saw in her own face.

Lena used the mirror to double check her picture... did she get everything on her paper she saw in her reflection?

 

She then took another look at her reflection to see what she was missing.

 

Lena added her hair into her picture and an ear... just one.. she said "I only saw one ear."

 Myla drew her head and her eyebrows to start and then added arms and legs to her body, carefully checking back with the mirror at times looking for little details.

 Kaya drew details of her face, noting that she has blue eyes and looked to find a blue crayon to color her eyes in.  Kaya drew very detailed facial features one at a time.  On the paper they may not have come together as a traditional face yet but she took time and care to draw each one on her paper.

  

Eva was so excited to share her picture while she was working on it.  She drew her bangs and the little wisps of hair on the side of her face.