Rainbow Fish 2011-2012

This project is one of those wonderful lessons that have such great results that I have students create a rainbow fish every year. I have a post on my blog from last year's rainbow fish, but we made many more amazing fish this year. Here are just some of them...

"G" is for Giraffe!!!

We learned that "G" is for Giraffe while reading the book Giraffes Can't Dance. (I posted a copy of the book in earlier in the blog, enjoy!!) This project took three classes to complete. The first day we read the book and created the background using a blue piece of paper, 1/3 of a green piece of paper, and a glue stick. During the next class, each student received three crayons (white, black and brown) and a yellow piece of paper. First we drew stars and night sky on the background. Next, we used ovals and curves to draw a dancing giraffe with black crayon and used a brown crayon to fill in the spots. The last day of the project, we cut out our giraffes and glued them to the night sky!!

"Hand Trees"

Kinder students are still continuing to work on our art alphabet. This week we are on the letter "H" and we are learning how to trace our hands to make a hand tree. This lesson teaches students how to trace their hand, how to draw more realistic trees, and how to make the color of the sky go all the way to the ground line. It also teaches students to think creatively about what is or could be in a tree. This project took 2 art classes to complete; one to trace and draw objects in tree with a black crayon and the other day was to add color and color sky all the way to the ground line.

G- giraffes cant dance- kinder

Giraffes can't dance

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E is for Elmer the Elephant!!

Kinder and First Graders have been working on an Art Alphabet and we have finally reached "E." For "E" we read the book Elmer which is about a patchwork elephant. It is wonderful story about celebrating our differences!! We used tissue paper squares and white card stock to recreate the patchwork pattern. Next, we used an elephant template and traced it on the back and finally, we cut them out!!

C is for Cow

Kinder students continued the ART ALPHABET with the letter "C!" We learned about an Oval and used all ovals to create this cow! First we used only black crayon to draw they cow. Next we used a pink crayon to create the mouth and utters on the cow. The next art class we used blue and green watercolor paint to paint the sky and the grass.

B is for Boat

Kindergartners are continuing to work on the ART ALPHABET!! This week we worked on "B" and drew a boat! This was also a great lesson to teach primary colors. First, we used watercolor crayons to draw primary color stripes on the paper with yellow in the middle. Next we drew a circle on yellow construction paper. After we cut the circles, we glued them on the red portion of the paper. Lastly, we drew a half of a circle and a triangle on a piece of black construction paper, cut them out, and glue them on the blue portion of the paper. Stay tuned to the blog for "C!"

A is for APPLE!!

We are starting our ART ALPHABET in art class. We started with A, of course, and we created apples from torn construction paper. Prior to class I cut rectangles for each of the colors but they had to tear them and glue them to create the apple. They used a black crayon to add seeds (I let them add as many as they wanted) and to write their names. We used glue sticks to glue everything down to the paper. First, we discussed the rules of using glue sticks. 1. Please do not twist the glue all the way when you use it, (that is how it breaks) and 2. Please make sure you twist the glue all the way down before you put the cap back on so that it does not get"smushed" in the cap!