My third grade artists always learn coil pot building for their clay project. This year I switched it up a bit, and the coil pots became bird nests. We squeezed “twigs” through garlic presses to finish the tops of our pots – this was a big hit with my third graders! glazing our nests [...]
Continue Reading Add comment February 1, 2012
Georgetown’s Kindergarten Art Teacher, Mrs. Nienhouse, began a beautiful little cardinal project with her kiddos today. They’re not done yet – can’t wait to see what they add next time! I love this one with the little musical notes!
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First Graders are finishing up a new project – sweet little chicks! We learned about collage and following directions while creating this cute project. This project is adapted from Nicole Siebert’s “Innovative Art Projects for Children”.
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First Grade artists are finishing up a project inspired by Lois Ehlert’s winter story, “Snowballs”. We created a cardinal collage and learned about the French word, collage, or “to glue” along the way! The cardinal was made by folding a red construction paper circle in half like a taco – and in half again [...]
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Second grade artists have been reviewing landscapes this past week – new words for our Word Wall include: collage, foreground, middleground, and background! First we tore map pages from an old atlas – and spent some time exploring different parts of the world. (I’m so glad my students find maps as fascinating as I do!) [...]
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Here are a few pix of my work at Thistle Gallery! Visit my Valley View Farm Fibers blog for more!
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