Texture and Monsters

Kindergarten Update

Texture and Monsters

After finishing a unit on color, kindergarten moved on to a new element of art, texture!  Texture is all about how things feel and we explored textures in many different ways.  Above, you can see students reaching into mystery bags and describing the textures they felt. 

We then became "texture detectives" and searched for textures outside our school.  When students found textures, they created texture rubbings.

The next class, we continued using texture rubbings to make art, this time using texture plates.  Students thought of ideas for their art from their memories and imaginations!

Monster Collages 

After our texture work, we moved on to creating monster collages!  We read monster books like "If You're a Monster and You Know It" and "Glad Monster, Sad Monster" to think of ideas.  Students could use wacky scissors to give their monster a texture.   Students did an awesome job with cutting and glueing the monster body parts!  

Our last day on the topic of monsters was a stations day filled with experimentation, imagination and play!  We made monster costumes, monster food, monster homes, and painted with monster body parts!

Kindergarten Update

It's been a bust start to the year in Kindergarten art!  Kindergarteners have finished their letter lines paintings, Knuffle Bunny art, and are now working on art with primary and secondary colors.

See some completed letter line paintings below and read last year's post for more info on our process.

For their Knuffle Bunny art, students read the first two books in Mo Willems' acclaimed series.  Students thought about what toys are special to them and drew self-portraits with the toys.  Some students chose to add their drawings to real photographs, just like Mo Willems.  Check out the display in the kindergarten hallway!