October

Mrs. Powers: 1st Grade Fall Trees with Leaf Prints
Key Objectives: drawing and shading trees trunks and branches from light to dark to show shape and form, printing with rubber leaves thinking about how to place them to make an interesting composition
Materials: pencil, crayons, rubber leaves, printing ink, brayers

Kindergarten Abstract sculptures

Key Objectives: Sculpting our model magic into a sphere shape by rolling in circles, drawing different line types then shaping wire into different lines, discussing the concept of 3-D art forms and abstract art

Materials: paper, pencil, markers, model magic, twisteez wires

Kindergarten Owls

Key Objectives: learn basic shapes to draw an owl-oval, circles, triangles and pointed talons, blending with oil pastels, texture (torn paper for feathers)

Materials: gray paper, pencil, oil pastels, glue stick, paper

  Kindergarten Name Collage

Key Objectives: learning letters of name by tracing, collage, pattern recognition and implementation

Materials: white paper, multicolored construction paper, black marker, glue stick, crayons

 Kindergarten Tree Sculputures

Key Objectives: cutting,  sculpting paper using our hands and fingers to bend and twist and shape a 3-D artform

Materials: scissors, brown paper bag, pencil, tissue paper, glue

 

Kindergarten Pineapples!!

Key Objectives: observing and drawing basic shapes of a pineapple - oval, pointed leaves, diagonal lines, cool color shadows, highlights and shadows

Materials: white paper, pencil, blue, purple and green marker, crayons, tempera cakes

 Indian Corn - Maize

 Key Objectives: shaping and cutting oval paper, repeating circle shapes for corn, highlight, shadow, using water colors in small spaces - small amount of water=juicier color

Materials: yellow construction paper, pencil, white oil pastel, black crayon, watercolors, tissue paper