Lesson 3: Storytelling Through Art | Creative Writing & Art Therapy for Kids | Jetpulse Studios

Focus: Narrative structure & creative thinking

This week introduces story structure — beginning, middle, and end — helping children craft short visual stories starring their heroes.

Lesson Objective:
Students will learn how to turn their thoughts, emotions, and ideas into visual stories. Using art and comic-style panels, they’ll begin to understand how pictures and words work together to tell meaningful stories.

Learning Goals:

• Understand the basics of storytelling through images

• Create a short visual story about a personal experience or idea

• Recognize how art can express imagination and feelings

Activity: “My Story in 3 Panels”
Students draw a 3-panel comic strip showing a moment that made them proud, happy, or brave.
Each panel should include:

1. Beginning: Introduce yourself or your character.

2. Middle: Show what challenge or event happens.

3. End: Show what you learned or how you felt.

Reflection:

• What story did you choose to tell?

• How did you feel while drawing it?

• What do you think your story teaches others about you?

This lesson reinforces emotional awareness, sequencing, and creativity — building directly on the “Power of Emotions” lesson from Week 2.