Year 2 Reclaimed materials: drawing and sculpture worksheet

“Spiky and Soft Hedgehogs” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 2 art unit “Reclaimed materials: drawing and sculpture”, for children aged 6 to 7, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 22 to 27 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Spiky and Soft Hedgehogs

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 2 · Art & design · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can notice more than one texture and shape on a nocturnal animal.

A Look back3 min

1.
Is orange a primary colour? Circle one.
YesNo
2.
Does this shape have three corners?
YesNo
3.
Which two colours mix to make green?
red and yellowblue and yellowred and blue

B Watch me, then you4 min

A hedgehog sleeps in the day and comes out at night. Look at the outline of its body.

Watch me

Look at the outline of the body, but leave out the pointy nose.

The rest goes round with no corners.

So the hedgehog's body is a round shape, like a circle.

Now you

1.
A hedgehog’s nose is a tiny triangle. Is its nose round?
YesNo

C Your turn6 min

Circle one answer each time. Watch what changes from one question to the next.

A hedgehog curled up under a hedge in a garden at night

1.
What texture are the spines on a hedgehog’s back?
spikysmoothshiny
2.
Look at this shape. If you leave out the spines, does a hedgehog's body outline have any corners?
YesNo
3.
On its ears, a hedgehog has ___ texture.
soft and furryspikyshiny
4.
Which shape is a hedgehog’s body?
trianglecirclesquare

Say it out loud: What changed from one question to the next? Which part of the hedgehog was it each time?

D Spot the mistake3 min

A hedgehog with a spiky brown back and soft, furry ears on a plain background.

Kit says: “A hedgehog has only one texture. All of it is spiky.”

1.
Is Kit right? Circle the answer.
Yes, it is all spikyNo, the ears are soft and furry

E Think deeper4 min

An owl is nocturnal too. Look closely at this owl on a fence post.

A barn owl on a wooden fence post at dusk

1.
Find two textures and one shape on the owl, or on another nocturnal animal you know. Tell your grown-up. Write a few words.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Spiky and Soft Hedgehogs · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. No If they say yes, they may think any bright colour is primary. Remind them that red, yellow and blue are the three primary colours.

2. No If they say yes, they may be guessing from the shape’s name. Ask them to count the corners with a finger.

3. blue and yellow Red and yellow make orange. Red and blue make purple. Blue and yellow make green.

B

1. No If they say yes, they may be thinking of the whole head. Remind them a triangle has points, so it is not round.

C

1. spiky If they say smooth, ask them what the spines would feel like if they touched one. Are they sharp?

2. No If they say yes, they may be thinking of the pointy nose. Ask them to run a finger round the outline.

3. soft and furry If they say spiky, they may think the whole animal is spiky. Ask: are the ears prickly, or soft?

4. circle If they choose square, they may be picking the shape they can see. Ask them to trace the round outline of the body.

D

1. No, the ears are soft and furry If they choose yes, they are looking at the back only. Ask them what the ears feel like.

E

1. Look for: Names at least two textures and one shape for a nocturnal animal, such as soft feathers, smooth or spiky parts, and a round head.

Words to use

Say“Which bit feels spiky, and which bit feels soft?”

Instead of“Say “Well done, that’s right” and move straight on without asking what they noticed.”

After the sheet

Press a fork into one ball of playdough and a spoon into another. Ask which one looks spikier, and why.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

5 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Make a Silhouette Scene(with a plan)
My Playdough Plaque(with a plan)
Clay animal shapes(with a plan)
Make a Night Sky Background(with a plan)
Finishing your animal(with a plan)

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