The Dot, by Peter Reynolds
For the first lesson this year, I read The Dot by Peter Reynolds. It is a story about a little girl named Vashti who thinks she can't draw. Her art teacher tells her "to make a mark and see where it takes you" She then jabs the paper with her pencil. Next art class Vashti finds that her teacher has framed her dot in "swirly gold" From here she is inspired to create many kinds of dots.
Each first grade student had the opportunity to make their mark beginning with just a small dot in the center of the page, and then they added to it using color sticks. The children glued their artwork to a gold sheet of paper and decorated the frame with gold colored pencil.
Autumn LandscapesOwls (Day 1)Owls (Day 2)Students made a habitat for their owls. They used white crayon to create a moon and stars on black paper. Then, using various shades of brown paper, students used their hands to rip paper in order to create a tree and branch for their owl to sit on.
The Starry Night, 1889, by Vincent Van Gogh |