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Wednesday, September 19, 2018

kindergarten mono-printing art lesson

Kindergarten mono-printing

It is so hard coming up with lessons to teach kindergarten, especially at the beginning of the year. This is an easy lesson that goes quickly and the kids love doing this. 
I used finger paint and donated copier paper.
The paper was the perfect size for my dollar store cookie sheets (love the dollar store!). 


We used finger painting tools to draw our designs into the paint. They are actually called Kids' Colour Shapers from United Art Education.  You can also use q-tips. 


Roll the paint with a sponge brayer onto the cookie sheet, draw your design and press the paper on top. Easy! 














The students  loved this lesson!










Tuesday, September 18, 2018

1st day art lesson for 1st graders

1st day art lesson for 1st graders
 My 1st graders have me for kindergarten art so this part was review. 
I just changed it a bit to fit the needs of my kiddos. We reviewed the various lines in art and students filled out this worksheet on lines. 
On the other side of the paper students were to create faces out of the circles and add various lines to create different hair styles. 

This lesson is easy and I think it would be ideal for a sub to teach if you needed something quick. 
Thanks to Jon Kristofer for this great idea on creating the faces.  




Romero Britto 1st grade art lesson

1st grade Romero Britto pattern art lesson

I love this artist and he is so kid friendly!
 I showed a print of Romero Britto's apple painting and told the children that this was our inspiration for our art lesson. I borrowed this lesson  from https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/for-love-art-2265916/2nd-grade-romero-britto-inspired-pumpkins-5852456957
This is my demonstration video below:

How to paint the pumpkin video. 

Finishing it up. 
I first instructed the students on how to draw a pumpkin, big enough to fill the whole paper and how to add curve lines to make the pumpkins appear round. I had a real pumpkin for students to view as we discussed the characteristics of  it.



We discussed shades and tints and then students used orange, yellow and red to create various shades of orange on each section of their pumpkin.







On the second day I showed  a You tube video called "Inside Romero Britto's Pop Art Empire". It's a little over two minutes long. We discussed various patterns and where we can find ideas (clothes, animal patterns and around the classroom). Students could trace their pumpkins with either a white or black oil pastel and then add various patterns in each section of their pumpkin. 




Notice the little critters? Those are our quiet critters. They watch over each student and if their buddy touches them or talks then they go back in their critter jar. Working like a charm! I found the idea on Pinterest.

After they finished their patterns they cut them out and glued them to a brown piece of 12" X 18" paper, added vines and leaves. 
Remind students to put glue on the back of their pumpkins instead of on the brown paper or this will happen! 


I like to draw steps on the board for students to reference to (and not rely on me all the time!).
















Monday, September 17, 2018

Mouse paint kindergarten finger painting lesson

Finger painting Mouse collage

I think it is so important to allow children to experience finger painting. With only two sinks and 25 students per class I have to be creative on allowing all my students to engage in this and not go crazy! I decided we were actually just going to use one finger!
This lesson is based on the book "Mouse Paint"  by Ellen Walsh. If you don't have the book you can find someone reading it on YouTube. This lesson has been used for years, so I'm not sure where the original idea came from. 
On the first day I provided 12" x 9" multi media pieces of paper with the mouse shapes and color words already copied onto them. My student teacher (thanks for the idea Brandy) from a couple of years ago did this lesson with the kiddos but I wanted to change it to a finger painting lesson. 

After discussing the primary and secondary colors students got to work. I gave each student a drop of each of the primary colors and then they mixed on each section. Students wiped their fingers on the newspapers on the tables in between mixing the colors. When they were finished with all the colors they were then allowed to wash their hands at the sinks.






 On the second day students cut out the mouse shapes, glued them to a piece of black construction paper and added details with oil pastels to make them into mice.

Yes they are a little crafty, but my goal was for the students to practice their cutting skills and to make colors.