Look beyond ordinary reality and create art from dreams, chance and unexpected connections.
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Digital download · a printable Parent Guide and Wonder Companion Journal for your child
Digital downloadA melting clock or an impossible animal can make us pause and look again. Salvador Dalí’s carefully made dreamlike images offer one doorway into Surrealism, a movement shaped by many artists exploring imagination, chance and unexpected combinations.
This printable Wonder Lesson connects close looking with symbolism and imaginative drawing. The Parent Guide and Wonder Companion Journal help children locate Spain, respond to artworks, let a line travel freely and create their own surprising worlds rather than copy a famous painting.
Look closely, say what you notice and listen to another person’s interpretation. The Parent Guide opens questions while the journal provides room to draw freely, discover shapes and combine ideas in a way that is entirely your own.
There is no requirement to make a perfect picture or reveal a personal dream. Invent a playful impossible scene while awake, choose images that feel comfortable, and let an adult preview artworks and videos before sharing them.
The free companion resources introduce Dalí and the wider Surrealist movement, with an imaginative watercolour activity. Share Little People, BIG DREAMS: Salvador Dalí, Dalí and the Path of Dreams and Just Being Dali, then explore the book-review quiz and Create a Surreal Mash-Up.
Tate Kids offers a route beyond Dalí into other artists. The Dreams of Dalí 360° video is a modern interpretation of a painting; preview it if dream imagery may unsettle your child and choose another resource if needed.
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There is no fixed age recommendation. Choose the artworks, drawing activities and questions that suit your child, helping with reading and writing where useful. An adult should preview images and videos for younger or sensitive children.
Two printable PDFs: a four-page Parent Guide and a three-page Wonder Companion Journal, seven pages in total. This is a digital download, not a physical book or art kit.
Printing provides the journal’s map, fact-file, drawing and reflection spaces. You can read the guide on a screen and use your own paper or sketchbook if you prefer.
There is no fixed completion time. Begin with one painting or drawing experiment and return over several days if you wish. You do not need to complete every extension.
Begin with pencils, paper and colouring materials. Paint or collage can be optional extensions, with adult supervision for cutting and suitable art supplies. You do not need special equipment, to interrupt sleep or to recreate the dream-catching technique described in the guide.
Yes. The videos, read-alouds, activity, quiz and further prompts are free to access with or without purchasing the printable lesson. The Parent Guide and Wonder Companion Journal are the paid download.
Preview the artworks and immersive video and skip anything unsettling. Children can invent gentle impossible combinations while awake and need not share private dreams or nightmares. The aim is curiosity and creative choice, not pushing through discomfort.
Who Was Salvador Dalí? is one of the wonder-led adventures in The Wonder Curriculum Volume One. The complete family set travels through science, nature, history, art and the wider world, with every adventure designed to be used in any order.
Download the Parent Guide and Wonder Companion Journal and explore Surrealism, unexpected connections and original dreamlike art together.
£6.99
Digital download · a printable Parent Guide and Wonder Companion Journal for your child
