Just before we left for quarantine, kindergarteners spent a couple of months focusing on gardens in art. In preparation for our auction artworks that would have been available at the Spring Benefit (if we had stayed in school we could've completed them), the children had been drawing, printing, and collaging fruits, veggies, and flowers - expanding on the kindergarten theme of "KinderGarden" that year in their homeroom classes.
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art lessons and projects for Preschool - 12th grade
Sunday, June 27, 2021
Friday, June 25, 2021
New Posts from Before Covid Sent Us All Home... Starting with Faux-Stained Glass (1-3 grades)
Friday, April 26, 2019
Big & Bold Self-Portraits by Ks and 1s
For the past two weeks the kinders and first graders have been working on their big and beautiful self-portraits using chalk and/or oil pastels. These can be very messy materials but the children have persisted - despite fingerprints, smudges, and pink, chalky shirtsleeves.
Sunday, March 10, 2019
Third Grade Mixed-Media Animal Habitats
This project has been a long time in the making! It came about somewhat organically, which is one thing I really love about it. After our last project, I brought in some "how to draw" animals sheets for early finishers to work on.
Kindergarteners Explore How Shapes Make Pictures
This year our kindergarteners completed a drawing project in which they used shape stencils to create a picture or design. First, they worked collaboratively, exploring how to use the stencils and experimenting together to make pictures:
Second Graders Learn How to See Like an Artist
Second grade learned more about how to draw from observation this year - which means there were actual objects on their tables and they drew them as best they could by paying close attention to what they saw.
Kandinsky Sights & Sounds!
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