This lesson plan for children aged 12 months to 3 years focuses on self-portraits to promote self-recognition and self-care. It includes objectives, materials needed, and various activities that encourage creativity and understanding of personal similarities and differences. The educator will assess children's work through observations and discussions about their creations.

1. Lesson Plan Template
Content Area or Developmental Focus: All About Me (Self-
Portrait)/ Social-Emotional
Age/Grade of Children: 12 months to 3 years old (Early Head
Start)
Length of Lesson: 30 - 45 minutes
Goal
Recognize themselves as artists
Demonstrate a growing ability to care for themselves, their
personal belongings, and to meet their own needs.
Objective
The child will use creativity to increase understanding and
learning by creating a self- portrait.
Standards Included
Mississippi Early Learning Standards for Infants Through Four-
Year - Old Children.
1. Make discoveries about self, others and the environment.
2. Find new things to do with familiar, everyday objects.
3. Shows delight in creating something new.
Materials
Various colors of people shaped poster board
Small hand mirrors
Crayons / Markers

2. Various colors of yarn (Hair)
Various colors of eyes
Glue
Introduction
The educator will tell the children that today we will be creating
a self- portrait. The educator will communicate about portraits
and why artists like to create them.
Lesson Development
The lesson will allow the children to understand similarities and
differences between themselves and peers.
(For example: color of skin, eyes, and hair.)
Differentiation
Support: The child may need support with choosing the right
color of people shape poster, eyes, yarn, crayon, or marker for
the color of their image.
Enrichment: The educator will encourage the child to add 1 or
more of their favorite things, such as ear rings.
Assessment
(Practice/ Checking for
Understanding)
The educator will observe the children work to see what they
have created. To see have they added any favorite things. Ask

3. open-ending questions about their self- portrait.
Closing
The educator will ask the children to place their portraits in the
basket. Allow the children to hang their portrait up around the
class so it can be view by others. Ask the children open-ended
questions about their portrait.