Kindergarten

Kindergarten

=== Kindergarten is an exciting time in a child's life. I focus on teaching my Kindergarten students the basics of the art room. Fine motor techniques that include the simple, like how to hold a pair of scissors, to the more difficult, like creating a sculpture from folded paper. === === Students will learn about shapes, primary colors, secondary colors, and how to create art using different techniques. (like watercolor painting, drawing, cutting, gluing) They will also observe and participate in classroom discussions about famous artworks. ===

 Kindergarten Projects 2010

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Kindergarten first observed a colorful germ and bacteria slide show and then read a book about germs; "[|Germs are Not for Sharing]!" by: Elizabeth Verdick. They discussed with me the importance of hand washing. Then the students created a bright germ shape with a paint brush and watercolor. When the germ was dry, the students cut and glued their germs to black paper. Then line detail was added with black markers and crayons with the finishing touch of some googlie eyes. The results were fantastic and Kindergarten learned that germs are not for sharing! =====

 Winter Scene Kindergarten observed and discussed the painting "Hunters in the Snow" by __Pieter__  __Bruegel __. The students told me that they saw that the painting was about __winter__. I asked them how they knew this and they told me that there was snow on the ground and no leaves on the trees. The students also told me about other things they saw like ice skaters, trees, and birds in the sky. I then asked them what kind of colors the painting was made with. The students told me they saw blue, white, black, and brown.

Using these colors, Kindergarten made their own snow scenes starting with a big snow pile at the bottom of the page. After their snow pile was colored in, the students added many winter details such as trees with no leaves, igloos, snowmen, and birds. I was quite impressed with their observational and critical thinking skills. Enjoy the slideshow.  media type="custom" key="5574385"

The Primary Colors  The Kindergarten classes learned about the __<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 154%;">Primary colors __<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">. These colors are <span style="color: #d90d0d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 154%;">RED <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">, <span style="color: #cdc61d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">YELLOW <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">, and <span style="color: #0614db; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 154%;">BLUE <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">. The students sang a song about these colors and learned that they are super special because they make all of the other colors!

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">After learning about the <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> __<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 154%;">Primary colors __, <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;"> the students talked about <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> __ Radial Design __. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">They discovered that <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> radial means __ round .__ <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">We all had a fun time making our arms swing in a radial motion.

Here are some of the raidal design paintings that the kindergarten created. media type="custom" key="5612085"

<span style="color: #c600ff; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">Roy G Biv <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Kindergarten watched and sang two new songs together about the __<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 168%;">color spectrum __<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">. Both of the videos can be found below. After viewing the videos, the students designed their own cute paper rainbow caterpillar by tracing a yogurt cup in all of the colors of the rainbow.The caterpillar lives on a cut out green leaf. [still trying hard to learn "cutting from the fold"!]

Happy Spring!

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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Here are two excellent videos about the color spectrum.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Roy G Biv- By: They Might Be Giants media type="custom" key="5741477" <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Roy G Biv- By: Mr. Ray media type="custom" key="5741491"

<span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">Scrap Box Collage <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">If there is one thing the students love, it is being able to use the art room's scrap box! For this lesson, I explained to the students what a <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 144%;">__collage__ <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">was [cut and paste paper] and how they could make virtually anything out of paper. Each student received a bright green piece of paper and was allowed free choice of any scraps in the scrap box. Here are some of the results:



<span style="color: #0094ff; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%; text-align: center;">City and Country Homes

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Kindergarten observed two different pieces of artwork. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Andrew Wyeth's] <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> "Christiana's World" and <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Romare Bearden's] <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> "The Block". They told me how in Christiana's World that there is a lot of open space and grass. They thought about what time of year it was and if they thought that the girl in the painting lived in the house. Many students noted how it was windy because the girl's hair was blowing. My what smart students! After looking at Christiana's World, we closed our eyes and imagined what the scene sounded like, quiet, windy, crickets, and maybe a cow mooing off in the distance. They all agreed it would be nice to live in the <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">country <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">For "The Block" the students has a completely different reaction. The students expressed to me that this piece of artwork was full of bright colors, people, and buildings. It was much different from the first artwork that we looked at. There was a lot more going on and felt a lot more crowded. We then closed our eyes and imagined that we were on the street inside this picture. It was noisy!! <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Even though it was noisy, the students thought that living in the <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">city <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">would be fun!

After our talk about places that people can live, Kindergarten took crayons and markers and drew for me their own homes. The results were just as colorful as Romare Bearden's "The Block!" media type="custom" key="6167615" align="center"

<span style="color: #0094ff; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">Paper Plate Fish <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Kindergarten just completed a project having to do with <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 144%;">color <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">, <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 144%;">patterns <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">, and <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 144%;">fractions <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">. The students observed me as I demonstrated how to create a fish from a paper plate. The students learned that the tail fin of the fish is <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 144%;">1/4 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;"> of the entire fish! They also learned how to make an <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 144%;">AB pattern <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;"> and how to cut a mouth to make another fin. What fun for our hallway!