Nursery World - Snail's pace

Henri Matisse's 'The Snail' will inspire your children to create their own pictures, while exploring colour and mathematical language, says Helen Shelbourne Henri Matisse's painting 'The Snail' is an excellent means by which to use shapes in a creative and fun way while at the same time exploring mathematical language and colour.

Henri Matisse's painting 'The Snail' is an excellent means by which to use shapes in a creative and fun way while at the same time exploring mathematical language and colour.

The process of talking about and creating pictures inspired by the painting, and having a mounted product by the end of the session, was exhilarating for the children. Some wanted to stay and make another snail straight away!

Planned learning intentions

To look at the way famous artists have drawn pictures

To explore colour, shape, form and space in two dimensions

To recognise and name a rectangle

To recognise and name attributes of shapes such as side, face and corner

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