The Girl With a Watering Can. Ill. by Arnold Skanick. Ill by David Frampton. The Random House Book of Poetry for Children. Ill by Arnold Lobel.
Children can do self portraits in a variety of art media.
Ask students to make a frame for their self-portraits to give to parents, family members or caregivers. Allow students to do word portraits of themselves using words cut out from newspapers and magazines. Discus the lives of these people. Encourage students to write about it. Ask students to find prints of famous portraits in art books in the library or at a local museum.