Penguin Problems

Penguin Problems by Lane Smith 

Kindergarten artists made collage penguins then played together to create a "moveable collage" of Antarctica. I love the book "Penguin Problems" because it shares a message of mindfulness and gratitude in a very entertaining way.

#kindergarten #penguins inspired by #penguinproblems by #lanesmith

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#advicefromawalrus in #penguinproblems

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Inspired by Andy Warhol's Winter Tree

#kindergarten and #gradesoneandtwo at #waitsfieldschool were inspired by this #wintertree print by #andywarhol (scroll to last image)

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Birds & Birches inspired by Lois Ehlert

"Do you think birds know when it's going to snow?" 

asks Lois Ehlert in her book "Snowballs."

We looked at Ehlert's creative collages and then made painted paper using the watercolor resist technique.  We used music pages for our birch trees and collaged colorful birds in the trees. These gorgeous collages and Ehlert's amusing illustrations remind us that winter is anything but cold and gray!

Kindergarten Gingerbread House Collages

Cherry blossom paintings for Chinese New Year

Kindergarten Gingerbread House Collages

Kindergarten "Over and Under" Collages

Kindergarten artists read "Over and Under the Snow" and "Under the Snow," then created collages to show what lives above and below the snow.  They included their "nature name animals" in their collages. 

 

The Snowy Day group mural

Kindergarten artists read "The Snowy Day," by Ezra Jack Keats.  We identified all of the snow activities in the book. 

They worked together to create this beautiful snow mural using white and silver paint.  

As always, we place a huge importance on practicing social skills in art class, such as sharing and cooperation, in addition to honing our art skills.  This type of lesson is great for both.  

Hopefully our snow art will inspire our winter weather to bring on some fluffy, white powder! 

Birches and Birds

First and second grade artists looked at the beautiful illustrations in Lois Ehlert's book, "Snowballs."

We used liquid watercolor paint with oil pastel resist to make colorful papers, which we used to cut out our birds. We used sheet music for our birch trees and added shading and detail with black oil pastels. 

Thank you to Deep Space Sparkle for the inspiration for this project!