temporary circle art...

Kindergartener's finished working on art with different kinds of lines... and have moved on to using shapes. We started our circle unit by looking at different examples of art made with circles, and then making our own temporary circle art using colored bottle caps! They had a blast creating all kinds of masterpieces with the different colored bottle cap collection we have...

a lion... roar!

for his grandpa <3

practicing patterns!

kandinsky inspired? so cool!

drawing castles...

One of my favorite projects for Kindergarten is when we bust out the blocks and draw castles!

Although the kiddos love to build their own castles... I build one for this drawing (or sometimes my "big kids" that have class before them will build it for me!). We try to make it somewhat symmetrical, and I put it in the table that's in the middle of the room... that way most students have a similar view of the shapes that it takes to build it.

This is one of the first art projects where the kinders learn to draw from observation. We are usually just beginning our shape units, and so they get great practice at drawing the shapes that they see... and it's an excellent way to exercise their brains with spatial relationships.

I usually start the lesson by giving them a demonstration on the SMARTBoard of where to begin and how to "build" by drawing the shapes on their paper. But then I just let them go and their final castles are always amazing! Of course... they have to add details like kings, queens, and dragons! 

What materials do you have at home that you could set up and draw?

whooo doesn't love owls?

My second graders were working on using 

geometric shapes to create a recognizable image. 

And who doesn't love a good owl project? 

So, we decided to do a cut-paper collage - this would show off our geometric shape cutting skills, and creativity in "building" an owl. We started off with one large geometric shape for the body. Then students could use the scrap boxes as needed to cut out any shapes they wanted for the parts of their owls. We had a slideshow of owls playing on the SMARTBoard during class for inspiration. 

                             I loved the final artworks in this project! They have such personality. :)