Mr. Chen Heqin's principle of "life education" holds that "let children do whatever they can, and let them think whatever they can. Children explore and discover for themselves, the knowledge they seek is the real knowledge, and the world they discover is the real world. " Hegel pointed out in Aesthetics: "The most outstanding art itself is imagination." Imagination is the most universal and primitive ability of human beings. In our life, people often unconsciously imagine things around them. For example, seeing endless mountains can easily make people think of "like a liar, like a lion" and so on. Another example: the teacher pointed to the clouds in the sky and asked the children, "What are they like?" The child answered "puppy, elephant, doll" and so on. 3 ~ 6 years old is the golden stage of cultivating imagination and creativity, and it is also the key period for children's painting ability and hands-on ability.

First, "nature"-the source to stimulate children's imagination.

Rodin, a famous French artist, famously said, "Nature is always beautiful". Natural scenery is diverse, colorful, diverse and beautiful. Nature is the best classroom for children's painting activities. Appreciating the scenery of nature opens the door for children to imagine, discover and create beauty. For example, we take our children to the park near the school to carry out the creative art "Walking in the Park" of the big class. The children saw all kinds of flowers and trees, fitness equipment, small shops and so on. Then let the children freely say what kind of trees, flowers, equipment and shops they see and connect them with geometric figures (circles, rectangles, triangles, etc.). Han Jing said to the teacher, "These two trees are the same height. What is close to us looks big, and what is far from us looks small. " Such activities allow children to understand the distance relationship between various objects more intuitively. And it will be used in actual painting. We also encourage children to use the activity of "walking in the park" to create a work related to the park according to their own imagination. Cheng Mingyu didn't like painting very much before. This time, he not only handed in his work, but also pointed to the painting and said to me, "Miss Wang, this is a scene where my parents took me to fly a kite." Han Han said, "I drew this to buy drinks in the store." . The children's works made me understand "I'm afraid I can't do it, I'm afraid I can't think of it!" " In nature, children actively explore knowledge and participate in activities, which shows that nature not only promotes their intellectual development, but also enriches children's imagination.

Second, "multiple senses"-arouse children's imagination.

Eighty percent of the information in the human brain comes from vision.

1, "seeing" is an important way for children to know the world, and observation in art activities is extremely important. For example, the children of the creative art "Autumn Fruit" in the big class found that an apple has more than one color through close observation of the fruit.

We ask children to close their eyes and "smell" their smell. When we smell it, we imagine and silently say, "The apple smells delicious. I want to paint it with a pink tablecloth. " This not only stimulates the children's olfactory system, but also mobilizes their enthusiasm for expressing their feelings in various colors.

3. Put different shapes of fruits in opaque bags for children to touch and fully stimulate their tactile system. Xiaoyu: "This is the banana I touched. Its body is slippery and angular. " On this basis, our teacher guides children to paint boldly according to their own ideas. The effect is particularly good.

4. Finally, a piece of music "Autumn has arrived" was played, and the children listened carefully, which stimulated their auditory system. Meng Meng: "Miss Wang, I feel that the fruit babies are very happy after listening to it. I want to help them draw smiling faces. " Kay: "After listening to the music, I think it is especially suitable to decorate them with red and orange." Children use their painting tools to express their feelings after hearing music. The activities organized by our teacher not only fully mobilized children's various sensory systems, but also stimulated their curiosity, enthusiasm and desire to explore and cultivated their imagination.

Third, "appreciation of works"-to stimulate children's imagination

Children's paintings are full of individuality, and there are many parts worth learning from each other, which can stimulate children's imagination and creative potential. For example, the creative art of the big class "Ink Halo" allows children to create ink paintings by dripping ink and printing pictures, and add pictures through imagination. On this basis, teachers purposefully guide children to learn from their peers.

Teacher: "What do you think of Feifei's ink halo?"

Haoxuan: "Teacher, I look like a dragon."

Tong Tong: "This is a Mao Mao."

Linlin: I feel like an angry tiger.

Children inspire a lot of sparks in the process of communicating with each other. The children changed the picture from one shape to another. Children use markers to outline the bodies of animals and add their five senses. We put all the children's works on display and made a collection of "Chinese style" animal works.

Appreciating and observing the works of masters is also a common form of children's painting. The works of masters such as Van Gogh, Miro, Picasso and Monet should always appear in children's sight, so that children can cultivate their aesthetic ability imperceptibly. Of course, Shouguang, which is becoming more and more modern, also has various artistic activities. Our teachers can take this opportunity to organize children to visit, or ask parents to lead their children to visit, so that children can discover and discover in the ocean of art and help them broaden their horizons and enrich their knowledge.

Einstein also believes that "imagination is more important than knowledge, because knowledge is limited, and imagination summarizes everything in the world, promotes progress and is the source of knowledge evolution." Therefore, artistic activities can let children spread their imagination wings and fly freely.