1. Grade 2 Lesson 2 Arts Activity Boats and Knots

2. Table of contents Let’s start with two short songs
The parts of a sailboat
Origami: Let’s make 4 boats that float
Let’s make knots
Glue and Draw
Build a frame
Goodbye song

3. Let’s start with two short songs: Try to sing along
CLICK HERE TO SING THE SONG
"I saw a ship a sailing” (1:47)
CLICK HERE TO PLAY THE SONG
"Sailing Sailing” (2:11)

4. The parts of a sailboat
CLICK ON THIS VIDEO TO LEARN ABOUT "What are the Parts of a Sailboat?” (1:02)

5. Songs to play while doing arts
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN Port Side Pirates! (3:58)
Jimmy Buffett-A Pirate Looks At Forty (3:51)
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Southern Cross (3:54)
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO "Hues Corporation - Rock the Boat” (3:02)

6. Origami: Let’s make 4 boats that float
You have 15 min. to make as many boats as you can
"How to Make a Paper Boat, origami" (3:28)
How to make an Origami Sail Boat (3:24)
Origami Canoe (1:55)
Origami Yacht (3:02)

7. Let’s make knots
Try to make as many sailboat knots as you can while watching
the video
Boat Ed's Basic Boating Knots – YouTube (2:59)

8. Glue and Draw (7 min.)
Glue your boats and knots on a piece of cardboard
Draw the environment around: the water, buoys
Draw other pieces of equipment you find on a boat: whistle, life jacket, radio, ladder, etc.

9. Build a frame (7 min.) You can draw a frame
You can glue a frame using other pieces of cardboard
You can glue piece of the “wood” you found in your backyard, plants, pieces of birch tree trunk; fern, moss, sand, and so on…

10. Goodbye song!
CLICK HERE TO SING "Goodbye Song” (3:20)

11. End of Lesson 2