Children
were asked to make simple small drawings of single Lego blocks. We talked
briefly about perspective and viewpoint: how you can view piece of Lego you can angle it so that you can see three sides.
Before we
started drawing, we observed how a person looks smaller when further away, and gets bigger as he approaches closer. The
children were able to observe that the children in the background seemed of
course smaller than children in the foreground. BUT they were also able to
observe that ALL children remained VERTICAL. They did not lean (often when
children draw shapes in perspective they make the mistake of angling the
vertical lines). We used this observation when we looked at and drew the Lego
blocks. Vertical lines stayed vertical – it is the angle of horizontal lines
which we need to change to help describe perspective.
This lesson also lent itself to 3D writing, where children experimented with writing LEGO and their name using one vanishing point.
To be extended next week...
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