The third trimester kindy's started off the trimester by learning about clay and how to make a pinch pot. We then made a second project out of clay that centered around actual texture. We defined texture and touched different things in the room with our hands and described the way that different things feel. We then created clay hands with different kinds of texture on them.
The next project we did involved lines. The students received a "pet line" and named it. The pet line was a piece of wire that I asked them to make different types of line with. The students looked a different types of line and made sounds while drawing different types of line in the air with their hands. They then learned about the artist Wassily Kandinsky who claimed that he could see different types of line, shape, and color when listening to music. I then challenged the students to "hear" lines, shapes, and colors while listened to the soundtrack to Fantasia.
The thing we did most recently was learn about warm and cool colors through a series of activities and drawing exercises. They then created a background either using warm or cool colors that they would use for their self-portraits.
Next, I taught them how to draw a full body self-portrait and we defined the word detail. We read the book titled The Colors of Us that celebrates the differences we all have. We talked about how boring the world would be if we all looked and acted the same and we focused on how our differences make us unique. The students then created sketches of themselves using what I call "whisper lines" that are soft and easy to erase. Finally, they created a final self-portrait and glued them to their backgrounds. Here are some pictures showing some of the things that they have been up to....
The next project we did involved lines. The students received a "pet line" and named it. The pet line was a piece of wire that I asked them to make different types of line with. The students looked a different types of line and made sounds while drawing different types of line in the air with their hands. They then learned about the artist Wassily Kandinsky who claimed that he could see different types of line, shape, and color when listening to music. I then challenged the students to "hear" lines, shapes, and colors while listened to the soundtrack to Fantasia.
The thing we did most recently was learn about warm and cool colors through a series of activities and drawing exercises. They then created a background either using warm or cool colors that they would use for their self-portraits.
Next, I taught them how to draw a full body self-portrait and we defined the word detail. We read the book titled The Colors of Us that celebrates the differences we all have. We talked about how boring the world would be if we all looked and acted the same and we focused on how our differences make us unique. The students then created sketches of themselves using what I call "whisper lines" that are soft and easy to erase. Finally, they created a final self-portrait and glued them to their backgrounds. Here are some pictures showing some of the things that they have been up to....