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Let's Make a Mural

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Students social skills blossom as they work together on this mural-making activity. In this early childhood visual arts lesson plan, students develop creative-thinking, fine-motor, language, and social skills as they work together to plan, design, and create a mural.

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creativity, hobbies

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cleverness, creativity and imagination, hobbies and recreation, visual and performing arts
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Grade
Pre-K - K
Subjects
Visual & Performing Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
3 days
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Project-Based Learning
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Year
2002
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