The Kindergarten Fine Arts Day was so much fun! I was very happy to see so many guests come support their Kindergartener. In case you missed the slide show, here it is:
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Kindergarteners are learning all about Claude Monet and his famous gardens. We got to see what his house and gardens look like via a virtual field trip to Giverny France. After observing them and talking about what grows in gardens, the students made their own mini clay water gardens.
The extended day Kindergarteners were filled with joy as they realized the tying skills they learned during their project could be transferred to a very important day-to-day activity: shoe tying!
The kindergarteners have been spending a lot of time carefully putting together their warm story quilts. They had to not only create a color pattern to make a quilt blanket effect, but also a paper pattern!
As the cold weather begins, Kindergarteners discussed ways that they enjoy staying warm. Whether it's by drinking a steaming cup of hot chocolate or wearing extra layers and some ear muffs, we need to stay cozy! Kindergarteners learned about story quilts and how some artists like Faith Ringgold create these combinations. Using our ideas and Faith Ringgold as inspiration, Kindergarteners drew a picture of their favorite way to stay warm. These warm images will be added to a paper quilt later on.
Our scenic pumpkin patches are in need of pumpkins! Kindergarteners spent the past few weeks finishing up their pumpkin patch paintings, and are now ready to draw pumpkins. Drawing pumpkins is quite simple, all you need are curved lines! Once the pumpkins are done they will be glued to the paintings to fill the patch.
We started the year off in kindergarten art by learning about all different types of lines through the story "Lines that Wiggle." We looked at how artists use lines to make shapes and draw pictures. Since it's fall, we used the lines we knew to draw a picture of a pumpkin patch that will later be filled with pumpkins!
The students finished off their delicious cupcakes by adding colorful "sprinkles," a fancy "baking cup," and "cherry on top." Once the cupcakes were finished, the kindergarteners listened to the story "Cupcake: a journey to special," by Charise Harper.
As we approach March, we like to think that the weather will begin changing into beautiful spring weather. Based on the cold and snow, I'm not sure we're quite there. Either way, the kindergarten portraits are enjoying catching snowflakes on their tongues!
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