We spend a week focused on Art. It was a very basic introduction to the fact that there are different famous artists, different kinds of art, and many ways to express your ideas and feelings.
We started with Vincent Van Gogh. We talked about how colors can show how we feel and how he liked to use bright colors in a lot of his paintings.
I gave them all a print out of The Starry Night and let them paint. They each definitely showed their own personality in their painting.
With Monet, we talked about doing art outside. We took our sand art outside.
We tried some sculpting with modeling clay
Megan Warnick prepared this activity to use tissue paper.
And we had a dragon fly that the kids observed to try to sketch.
The kids like when I make their lunches look like different things. For this week I showed them how colorful food is, and how they can be artists. Yes, I encouraged playing with food....but purely for learning purposes.
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