Did you know that snakes can change their clothes twice a year?
We didn't. But after we read this poem we worked out what the poet meant and looked at this You Tube clip of a snake shedding its skin.
The children were fascinated to learn that our skin stretches and grows with us, but as a snake has scales, they need to shed their old skin as they grow bigger.
We made these slithering snake pictures with pastel and dye resist. I love using pastels with my class, and with a bit of time the results are very effective.
We tried to make our snake pictures bright and eye-catching. We discussed about not using black in our art and using our imagination to colour our snakes. We also looked at a selection of snake pictures to get different ideas that we could use.
I love the variety of colours, patterns, and snake shapes the children used.
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