The kindergartners made lady bug pictures a few weeks ago! We first skimmed through The Grouchy Lady Bug by Eric Carle (sadly we didn't have time to read the whole book). We then colored beautiful background on our white papers and added grass and dirt on top with paper. Then I guided them through drawing lady bugs. They turned out so cute!
The kindergarteners learned about caves this week! We looked at pictures of the outside and inside of caves, as well as some of the amazing paintings that can be found inside of them! We then pretended to be inside of a cave and turned off all of the lights and had a pretend fire going in the background. Once we were "inside" our cave we did our own cave drawings. We first drew a bear together and then added our signature, a handprint! Once we were done we told our own stories through pictures, just like the cave people did on their walls!
The kindergarteners drew chameleons this week! We read the book A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni before drawing our very own chameleons. We then filled their bellies up with lines and painted them in using rainbow order!
The kindergarteners drew cows this week! We first drew the cows in black crayon before talking about good vs. bad coloring. They then practiced coloring in their cows the best that they could and then added a background on their own. Once our pictures were ready we drew, cut out, and glued down a tongue to make each cow look like they were sticking their tongues out at us!
For Read across America Week, the kindergarteners read The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss before drawing The Cat in the Hat and painting him in with watercolors.
For Kansas Day the kindergarteners drew bison! We looked at pictures of bison and talked about texture before drawing our bison on brown paper then we carefully cut them out and glued yarn on their shoulders to create texture. While we waited for the glue to dry we drew a prairie background for our bison to live in and glued him to the picture!
The kindergarteners this week drew pigs at a party! We first read the adorable book, If You Give a Pig a Party by Laura Numeroff, and talked about things you might see at a party. Then we drew our pigs on pink paper using lines and shapes and cut them out. Once our pigs were done we drew a party for our pig to go to and glued them into our picture. Aren't these little circular piggies cute?
This week the kindergarteners and I made reindeers! We have been practicing drawing lines and shapes all year and we are finally ready to start our animals! This was our first year trying out this project and I absolutely LOVED it.
The funniest moment happened this week before we started. After scrapping my plans last minute and doing some Pinterest research I found this project and got it all set up. I walked down to the teachers lounge for some wonderful December treats when I saw one of the kindergarten teachers. She said "Oh, Leah! I have to show you something!" and pulled me into her room to show me the exact same project! We laughed so hard and decided that the kids wouldn't mind painting another one.. and they didn't! We drew our lines and shapes in black crayon first after talking about the importance of looking and listening for the directions first (which they did very well!) We then talked about painting neatly and painted them in with tempera cakes! They turned out so cute! The kindergarteners practiced drawing shapes and lines to create snowmen. We then painted our "snow" with tempera paints and the sky with blues and purple watercolors. They also learned how to do a magic trick to create their snowflakes; before painting their sky, they drew the snowflakes in white and then painted over the top. As they painted their snowflakes appeared! Once our projects were dry we drew a face, arms, a hat, a scarf, and buttons on to finish our snowmen.
My first graders will be practicing drawing lines and turning them into shapes and things for the next few weeks. We first sit on the floor and draw our lines in the air with our "imaginary crayons" (our pointer fingers). It is one of my very favorite activities, kindergartners are so cute! Watching them "erase" their lines by blowing them out is just hysterical. Once we have learned about our lines and have practiced "drawing" them we go back to our tables and practice drawing them with crayons. My favorite part is then when I let them take the lines that they practiced and turn them into anything that they want. It is so funny to see what they come up with! Here are a few of their drawings:
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The artwork of the HES & HMS artists.
Art Projects by GradeArchives
December 2015
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